Career Identity (London)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.853 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of career identity — the centrality of career to one's self-concept and willingness to invest in career advancement.
Sample item(s)
“My career is one of the most important things in my life”
“I am highly involved in my career”
“Most things in my life are connected to my career”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.85. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational career-identity measure.
Source & citation
London, M. (1983): Toward a theory of career motivation. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 620–630.
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