University-to-work success scale: adaptation and validation in newly graduates

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Célia Sampaio, Maria do Céu Taveira, Joana Soares, Ana Daniela Silva
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Abstract

Purpose

Success in the transition between the university and the labor market is an important indicator of the adaptation of newly graduates to the worker’s role in life. This study aims to describe the validity and reliability of the University-to-Work Success Scale based on its internal structure and relationship with measures of career success, protean career orientation and life satisfaction in newly Portuguese graduates.

Design/methodology/approach

Using an online protocol, responses were collected from 576 graduates for less than twelve months (74.1% women), aged between 20 and 64 years (M = 25.8, SD = 6.693). Instruments included a socio-demographic questionnaire and measures of transition success, career success and life satisfaction.

Findings

The internal structure of the scale was evaluated through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses that supported a four-factor hierarchical structure with a good fit. The reliability of the factors evaluated by Cronbach’s Alpha was satisfactory. The scale consists of 29 items divided into four subscales (professional insertion and satisfaction, confidence in the future of career, income and financial independence and adaptation to work).

Practical implications

These results support the use of the scale as a valid and reliable measure to assess success in the transition between university and the labor market in newly Portuguese graduates.

Originality/value

This study is very important because this measure can serve as a basis for both preventive and corrective career interventions and policies. The preventive approach can help graduates in their transition to the labor market by promoting career resources. The corrective approach can include re-evaluating organizational integration practices after employment, with an emphasis on promoting gender equality.

从大学到工作的成功量表:在新毕业生中进行调整和验证
目的 从大学到劳动力市场的成功过渡是衡量新毕业生是否适应工人生活的一个重要指标。本研究旨在根据大学到工作成功量表的内部结构及其与葡萄牙新毕业生的职业成功、无常职业取向和生活满意度等测量指标之间的关系,说明该量表的有效性和可靠性。设计/方法/途径通过在线协议,收集了 576 名毕业不到 12 个月的毕业生(74.1% 为女性)的回答,他们的年龄在 20 岁到 64 岁之间(男=25.8,女=6.693)。研究结果通过探索性和确认性因素分析对量表的内部结构进行了评估,结果表明量表具有四因素分层结构,拟合度较高。通过 Cronbach's Alpha 对各因子的可靠性进行了评估,结果令人满意。该量表由 29 个项目组成,分为四个分量表(职业融入和满意度、对职业未来的信心、收入和经济独立以及对工作的适应)。 原创性/价值这项研究非常重要,因为该量表可作为预防性和纠正性职业干预措施和政策的基础。预防性方法可以通过促进职业资源来帮助毕业生向劳动力市场过渡。纠正方法可包括重新评估就业后的组织融合做法,重点是促进性别平等。
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Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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4.50
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期刊介绍: Higher education around the world has become a major topic of discussion, debate, and controversy, as a range of political, economic, social, and technological pressures result in a myriad of changes at all levels. But the quality and quantity of critical dialogue and research and their relationship with practice remains limited. This internationally peer-reviewed journal addresses this shortfall by focusing on the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning and higher education and covers: - Higher education teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, policy, management, leadership, and related areas - Digitization, internationalization, and democratization of higher education, and related areas such as lifelong and lifewide learning - Innovation, change, and reflections on current practices
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