Validation of a Portuguese version of the multidimensional measure of employability
Vítor Gamboa,
Catarina Luzia de Carvalho,
Joana Soares
et al.
Abstract:This study describes the validity and reliability evidence of the multidimensional measure of employability (MME) based on the internal structure and relations to career self‐efficacy and career success. Two hundred forty seven Portuguese persons (75.7% women) aged from 21–73 years old (M = 39.9, SD = 10.9) participated. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested adequate fit in the correlational and hierarchical models. Measurement reliability was good for total score and each factor. Correlations with the additi… Show more
This study describes validity and reliability evidence of the Multidimensional Measure of Employability (MME) based on the internal structure and relations to other measures in a sample of unemployed persons in Portugal. Altogether, 216 individuals participated in an online survey. The MME’s internal structure was tested by confirmatory factor analyses, suggesting good fit. The factors’ reliability was good, as assessed by four types of coefficients. Multiple linear regressions considering motivational and emotional features allowed for the identification of validity evidence based on the relationships with other constructs. Thus, MME is a valid and reliable measure to assess employability among unemployed persons.
This study describes validity and reliability evidence of the Multidimensional Measure of Employability (MME) based on the internal structure and relations to other measures in a sample of unemployed persons in Portugal. Altogether, 216 individuals participated in an online survey. The MME’s internal structure was tested by confirmatory factor analyses, suggesting good fit. The factors’ reliability was good, as assessed by four types of coefficients. Multiple linear regressions considering motivational and emotional features allowed for the identification of validity evidence based on the relationships with other constructs. Thus, MME is a valid and reliable measure to assess employability among unemployed persons.
Background
Considering that beliefs may be assessed and changed, inventories measuring employability and career beliefs may be of utmost importance for career interventions.
Objective
This study introduces the psychometric properties of a brief version of the Employability and Career Beliefs Inventory (ECBI) in a sample of unemployed persons.
Methods and results
Altogether, 2023 unemployed persons aged from 18 to 66 years old and living in Southern Portugal participated in an online survey. The ECBI’s original internal structure was tested and did not fit the data. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were implemented, and a three-factor solution was retained. The three factors discriminate three types of beliefs named growth, pessimism, and flexibility. Measurement invariance models identified scalar equivalence across gender and educational degree, and metric invariance across age. All items fit the graded response model’s parameters. The growth and flexibility subscales were less effective in the assessment of low latent trait levels, whereas the opposite was observed with the pessimism subscale. Internal consistency is good yet discrimination between factors is questionable. Correlations to career decision-making self-efficacy evidence validity based on the relations to other constructs.
Conclusion
Despite the limitations, the brief version of the ECBI proposed in this study is ready for further use and development among unemployed persons.
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