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  • 1.  Career self management subscale that does not contain networking?

    Posted 05-28-2018 16:38
    Dear all,

    maybe you can help with a hint from the top of your head:

    We are developing a networking training and seek to evaluate it using a
    non-equivalent control group design. Networking is usually considered a
    career self-management (CSM) behavior, and I would like to employ
    another dimension of a CSM measure to show that the training
    specifically changes networking, but not other CSM behaviors.

    So far, all dimensions I looked into appear to relate to networking
    regardless of their name, or are not very reliable.

    Do you have a suggestion for a scale/dimension that is distinct from
    networking?

    I would be happy for any suggestion you have.

    best,
    Hage Wolff

    --
    Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Wolff
    Universit??t zu K??ln
    Department Psychologie
    Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie
    Bernhard-Feilchenfeld-Str. 11
    50969 K??ln

    (University of Cologne
    Department of Psychology
    Organizational and Economic Psychology
    Bernhard-Feilchenfeld-Str. 11,
    50969 Koeln, Germany)


  • 2.  RE: Career self management subscale that does not contain networking?

    Posted 05-29-2018 19:41
    Dear Hage

    We have developed the career engagement scale as a broad measure of career self-management behaviors. This scale also includes 1 networking item but overall is much broader.
    Hirschi, A., Freund, P. A., & Herrmann, A. (2014). The career engagement scale: Development and validation of a measure of proactive career behaviors. Journal of Career Assessment, 22(4), 575-594. doi: 10.1177/1069072713514813

    In addition, we have recently published the Career Resources Questionnaire that also includes three career self-management behaviors (i.e., learning, exploration, and networking)
    Hirschi, A., Nagy, N., Baumeler, F., Johnston, C. S., & Spurk, D. (2018). Assessing Key Predictors of Career Success:Development and Validation of the Career Resources Questionnaire. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(2), 338-358. doi: 10.1177/1069072717695584

    Or you might want to focus on career exploration, for example with the scale used in this study:
    Hirschi, A. (2009). Career adaptability development in adolescence: Multiple predictors and effect on sense of power and life satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74(2), 145-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.01.002

    I can provide you with all scales (also in German) if you wish.

    Best regards, 
    Andreas



    Andreas Hirschi, PhD
    Full Professor
    Chair Department of Work and Organizational Psychology
    Executive Director Institute of Psychology
    Associate Editor, Journal of Vocational Behavior

    University of Bern
    Institute of Psychology
    Fabrikstrasse 8
    3012 Bern
    Switzerland
    Email: andreas.hirschi@psy.unibe.ch
    Tel.: +41 31 631 40 45