Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in a French-Speaking Swiss Sample: Psychometric Properties and Relationships to Personality and Work Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Rossier, Jerome; Zecca, Gregory; Stauffer, Sarah D.; Maggiori, Christian; Dauwalder, Jean-Pierre
Titel	Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in a French-Speaking Swiss Sample: Psychometric Properties and Relationships to Personality and Work Engagement
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80 (2012) 3, S.734-743 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.004
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Adjustment; Measures (Individuals); French; Psychometrics; Personality; Work Attitudes; Test Reliability; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Factor Structure; Switzerland; NEO Five Factor Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Personalanpassung; Messdaten; Französisch; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Personalität; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Testreliabilität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Faktorenstruktur; Schweiz
Abstract	The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) in a French-speaking Swiss sample and its relationship with personality dimensions and work engagement. The heterogeneous sample of 391 participants (M[subscript age] = 39.59, SD = 12.30) completed the CAAS-International and a short version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. To assess personality dimensions, participants completed either the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire (n = 283) or the NEO-FFI-R (n = 108). The internal consistencies for the four subscales and total scores of the CAAS ranged from good to excellent, and skewness and kurtosis values indicated that scores were normally distributed. Gender differences and correlations with age were small or negligible. Several CFA models confirmed the factor structure of the French version of the CAAS-International, with loadings very similar to the ones observed for the international form. Adaptability was related to different personality dimensions, particularly neuroticism and conscientiousness, and also to work engagement. When predicting work engagement, career adaptability had a significant incremental validity over personality dimensions. Finally, career adaptability partially moderated the relationship between personality and work engagement, suggesting that career adaptability also contributes to regulating the expression of personality dispositions. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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