Higher education faculty and job embeddedness

Validation of the Occupational Embeddedness Scale

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4097722
AutoresMiriam Howland Cummings (0000-0002-8653-4489, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA, autor de correspondencia), Chen Zong (0000-0003-4743-2372, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA), Carolyn A Haug (0000-0003-1452-6794, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA), Nancy L Leech (0000-0002-3386-6930, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA)
Año2023
Volumen48
Número6
Páginas864-876
Fecha de publicación2023-06-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2023.2172562
OpenAlexW4318486217
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas36

Occupational embeddedness is defined as what keeps people in their current occupation and is believed to have three dimensions: Fit (perceived compatibility), Links (ties to others), and Sacrifice (material or psychological losses upon career change). Occupational embeddedness is highly relevant for academic faculty in higher education, who have a large investment to earn an advanced degree only to enter a highly competitive job market. However, there is currently not a validated measure of occupational embeddedness. This study seeks to validate the Occupational Embeddedness Scale (OES; Ng and Feldman 2009) using a sample of 91 higher education faculty members in the United States. The participants had been in higher education for an average of 21.28 years (SD = 13.53). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using maximum likelihood estimation and internal consistency was examined. Results indicated that due to the open-ended nature of the items comprising the Links dimension, that entire dimension necessitated deletion despite its theoretical importance. After Links was removed, a revised OES including just Fit and Sacrifice is proposed; this revised scale demonstrated acceptable-to-good model fit, factor loadings, and internal consistency. It is highly recommended that future research reintroduce the Links dimension to the OES with closed-ended Likert-type items

Confirmatory factor analysis · Embeddedness · Higher education · Job embeddedness · Job satisfaction · Likert scale · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Mathematics · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology