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Competencies for the Contemporary Career

Development and Preliminary Validation of the Career Competencies Questionnaire

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ID23318673
AuthorsJos Akkermans (0000-0003-2870-6921, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, corresponding author), Veerle Brenninkmeijer (0000-0002-0291-2586, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands), Marthe Huibers (Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands), Roland W B Blonk (0000-0001-8699-2511, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Year2013
Volume40
Issue3
Pages245-267
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Career Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0894-8453 • E-ISSN: 1556-0856
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0894845312467501
OpenAlexW2122578413
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited41

A new and promising area of research has recently emerged in the field of career development: career competencies. The present article provides a framework of career competencies that integrates several perspectives from the literature. The framework distinguishes between reflective, communicative, and behavioral career competencies. Six career competencies are discerned: reflection on motivation, reflection on qualities, networking, self-profiling, work exploration, and career control. Based on this framework, we developed the Career Competencies Questionnaire (CCQ) and preliminarily validated it in two samples of young employees between 16 and 30 years of age. The results provided initial support for the content, factorial, discriminant, and incremental validity of the CCQ. We hope to stimulate further discussion, research, and development of interventions in the area of career development. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed.

Career development · Cognitive Information Processing · Competence (human resources) · Medical education · Pedagogy · Profiling (computer programming) · Psychological intervention · Applied Psychology · Career Development and Diversity · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development · Higher Education and Employability · Psychology · Social Psychology

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