Validation of a measuring scale of the expectations of millennials at work, the Mexican case

Abstract

Today the retention millennial workers is a challenge for organizations. The purpose of this paper is to propose ideas to the decision makers, to lessen the high rate of personnel turnover in all kinds of industries in many countries. This research validates an instrument that evaluates the employability factors of millennials in Mexico, according to their own expectations. We based our study on the previous literature about the millennial generation in many countries. To validate the questionnaire, a sampling of 781 workers from the states of Querétaro and Guanajuato in México was conducted. The method used to achieve the objective was through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling, and tested two different methods: first order and second order models. With the three methods, exploratory, first order and second order factor analyses, similar results were obtained. In the analysis of the statistical techniques, two latent variables associated with the expectations of this generational group were generated. The factors found are “personal satisfaction with the organization” and “satisfaction with the organization’s social commitment.” These two factors are supported by the literature of other researchers. It is suggested that this questionnaire be validated in other countries but also in other regions of Mexico, using different productive sectors, thereby obtaining a broader perspective that will allow us to understand not only what millennials want from their work, but to what extent they want it.

Evaluating employability in contexts of change: validation of a scale

“…Most of them only use samples of students, or they are designed to assess the employability of students (e.g., Senan and Sulphey, 2022 ). Some scales are created to evaluate employability in very specific contexts or samples, such as the “Athlete Competency Questionnaire for Employability” ( Smismans et al, 2021 ) or employability of millennials in Mexico ( De la Garza et al, 2020 ), employability of Italian workers, and employability as the perception of the probability of getting a new job ( Lodi et al, 2020 ). Some studies analyze the antecedents of employability (e.g., innovative skills and abilities, along with knowledge, personality attributes, career-related traits, emotional intelligence, and perception of efficacy), as in the case of “The scale of Employability and innovation” ( Singh et al, 2017 ).…”