Here, there, & everywhere: Development and validation of a cross-culturally representative measure of subjective career success


Briscoe J. P., Kaše R., Dries N., Dysvik A., Unite J. A., Adeleye I., ...More

Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol.130, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 130
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103612
  • Journal Name: Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, EBSCO Education Source, Gender Studies Database, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Keywords: Career success, Cross-cultural, Scale development, PSYCHOLOGICAL SUCCESS, BOUNDARYLESS CAREER, SATISFACTION SCORES, WORK, JOB, SCALE, LIFE, EMPLOYEES, CRITERIA, DISCREPANCIES
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2021Subjective career success continues to be a critical topic in careers scholarship due to ever changing organizational and societal contexts that make reliance upon external definitions of success untenable or undesirable. While various measures of subjective career success have been developed, there is no measure that is representative of multiple nations. In this study, we develop and validate a new subjective career success scale, which is unique from currently available measures in that it was developed and validated across a broad representation of national cultures. We validated the scale across four phases and several studies cumulatively involving 18,471 individual respondents from 30 countries based upon the GLOBE and Schwartz cultural clusters. This scale allows for addressing career success differences both within and across cultures. It is also easily applicable in everyday practice for companies operating in multi-country contexts. We explore theoretical and practical implications.