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Influence of Proactive Personality on Career Self‐Efficacy
Author(s) -
Kim Hyang Sook,
Park InJo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/joec.12065
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , self efficacy , scale (ratio) , variance (accounting) , multilevel model , social psychology , construct (python library) , big five personality traits , incremental validity , rasch model , applied psychology , construct validity , psychometrics , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , accounting , quantum mechanics , computer science , business , programming language
This study examined the relationship between proactive personality and career decision‐making self‐efficacy. In Study 1, the authors validated the Proactive Personality Scale–Korean Short Form, using the Rasch model with 315 participants, and found that fit statistics, point‐measure correlations, and item difficulty estimates satisfy the construct validity criterion. In Study 2, the authors administered the Proactive Personality Scale, Career Decision‐Making Self‐Efficacy Scale, and Career Search Self‐Efficacy Scale to 296 freshman and sophomore college students. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that proactive personality scores explain additional variance in both career decision‐making self‐efficacy and career search self‐efficacy scores. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.