A Short-Form Measure of Career Orientations: A Psychometric Evaluation

Igbaria, Magid; Baroudi, Jack J.

doi:10.1080/07421222.1993.11518003

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“…This might apply even more so in the Netherlands, a country known for the large number of women working in part-time jobs. Men generally tend to be focused on 'functional' careers and 'management' (Igbari and Baroudi 1993). We found similar results in our own research among students.…”

Section: Career Anchorssupporting

confidence: 79%

“…This means that boys and girls are often attracted to certain careers for the same reasons. International research-mainly focused on students with a higher education in the USamong hundreds of graduates and professionals shows that the eight career anchors can be found among both men and women, but not to the same extent (Schein 1987;Igbari and Baroudi 1993). Women tend to be more focused on lifestyle than men, although this anchor is on the increase among men.…”

Section: Career Anchorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Career orientation of secondary school students (m/f) in the Netherlands

Klapwijk

Rommes

2009

Int J Technol Des Educ

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In this paper, a new perspective is developed to promote a positive relationship between young people and technology. An in-depth study of the values young Dutch secondary school students feel are essential in their future profession was made. Following organisational psychologist Edgar Schein, we distinguish career anchors, each with their own core value. These core values show that differences between young people are considerable and explain why it is often so difficult to get grip on the decisive factors in the choice of a career. Although all girls have to deal with the masculine image of technology, they are not a homogenuous group as they pursue different values. Many of the anchors can be fullfilled by following study and career path in technology. However, current careers in technology are insufficiently associated with values such as creativity, service, autonomy and entrepeneurial. The educational system has been emphasizing the functional, expert anchor, but is gradually changing and preparing for the rise of the creative society that has been described by the economist Richard Florida. In contrast with Schein, we show that career anchors can already be indentified in secondary school students and added a new anchor identity.

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Section: Career Anchorsmentioning

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Career orientation of secondary school students (m/f) in the Netherlands

Klapwijk

Rommes

2009

Int J Technol Des Educ

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“…Consistent with Igbaria and Baroudi (1993), confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS software was performed on the data related to career anchors measured by the short-form instrument that these authors developed, to confirm the presence of ten latent factors. All the other statistical techniques (correlation, alpha, regression) involved SPSS software.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given the large number of indicators of Schein's original career anchor instrument, we retain the short version of Schein's 1985 questionnaire, developed and validated by Igbaria and Baroudi (1993) (25 indicators instead of 41, with alpha coefficients varying from .62 to .90). Many authors (e.g., Igbaria, Kassicieh andSilver, 1999 andPetroni, 2000) also used the short version of the questionnaire productively.…”

Section: Career Anchors Measurement Instrumentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many authors (e.g., Igbaria, Kassicieh andSilver, 1999 andPetroni, 2000) also used the short version of the questionnaire productively. Considering that Schein's initial version did not measure the career anchor of identity, but that DeLong recognized its existence, the three indicators that obtained the highest factors in the factor analysis of DeLong (1982aDeLong ( , 1982b were added to the questionnaire of Igbaria and Baroudi (1993). Thus, the career anchors were measured by 16 indicators 2 using a scale ranging from 1 (of no importance) to 6 (very important) and by 12 indicators using a scale ranging from 1 (not at all true) to 6 (completely true), for a total of 28 indicators.…”

Section: Career Anchors Measurement Instrumentmentioning

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Revisiting the Career Anchor Model: A Proposition and an Empirical Investigation of a New Model of Career Value Structure

Wils

Tremblay

2015

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This study proposes an original model of career values organized in a circular logic. The new career value structure consists of four quadrants opposed in pairs (bureaucratic self-concept versus protean self-concept, and careerist self-concept versus social self-concept). Contrary to Schein’s model, which rests on the dominance of a single career anchor, our model organizes career anchors according to attraction and repulsion, which may explain the existence of several dominant anchors. Based on a sample of 240 employees and 155 managers in the healthcare sector, a new instrument to measure career values was validated. Four quadrants emerged from the multidimensional analysis. Hypotheses regarding the links between quadrants of career values and career anchors were largely supported by multiple regression analysis. Notably, the managerial career anchor is significantly linked to the careerist self-concept, whereas the service anchor is significantly associated with the social self-concept. The study also affirmed hypotheses linking the quadrants to other variables like collectivism and proactive behaviors. Accordingly, collectivism is significantly linked to the social self-concept, whereas proactive behaviors are connected to the protean self-concept. Not only was the structure model verified empirically, but the construct validity of the new instrument was also demonstrated. This study also clarifies several problems related to career anchors, such as career anchor structures or ambiguity inherent in some career anchor measurement indicators.

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Encouraging Individually Directed Career Development

Cunningham¹

2016

Strategic Human Resource Management in the Public Arena

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A Short-Form Measure of Career Orientations: A Psychometric Evaluation

Cited by 105 publications

References 22 publications

Career orientation of secondary school students (m/f) in the Netherlands

Career orientation of secondary school students (m/f) in the Netherlands

Revisiting the Career Anchor Model: A Proposition and an Empirical Investigation of a New Model of Career Value Structure

Encouraging Individually Directed Career Development

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