Development, validation and deployment of the EmployAbility scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4819488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Bennett (0000-0002-0676-1623, Curtin University, corresponding author), Dawn Bennett, Subramaniam Ananthram (0000-0002-2917-4800, Curtin University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1311-1325 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2021.1888079 |
| OpenAlex | W3129686160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 46 |
This article presents the development, validation and deployment of a scale with which higher education students self-assess their perceived employability. Underpinned by social cognitive career theory and Yorke and Knight’s (2007) USEM model for students’ attainment of employability, a perceived employability questionnaire was developed and piloted with 1849 university students. The final questionnaire was administered with students from over 15 Australian universities, resulting in a sample of 10,193 students. The scale was validated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, resulting in a 14-factor employability measure that met the acceptable validity thresholds. The multi-factor perceived employability scale validates the USEM model and has implications for theory and practice
Confirmatory factor analysis · Employability · Exploratory factor analysis · Exploratory research · Higher education · Knight · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychometrics · Social science · Sociology · Software deployment · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development · Higher Education and Employability · Human Resource and Talent Management · Medicine · Psychology
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