La Versione Italiana della Scala sull’Autogestione della Carriera
Alessandro Lo Presti, Alfredo de Angelis
In an increasingly unstable labor market, career self-management represents a key competence enabling individuals to maintain employability and adaptability through career behaviors. However, despite the theoretical and empirical relevance of this construct, no validated instrument was available for its assessment in the Italian context. This study examined the validity and psychometric properties of the Career Self-Management Scale (Sturges et al., 2010) among Italian employees through two complementary studies. Study 1 tested the construct validity of the scale using confirmatory factor analysis on 217 employees. Results supported the three sub-dimensions, including networking, visibility, and mobility-oriented behaviors, and showed good model of fit indices and high reliability. Study 2, conducted on 237 employees, examined convergent and predictive validity. Career Self-Management correlated positively with self-directed career management, career adaptability, and career insight, and was associated with higher objective career success. These findings confirm that the Italian version of the Career Self-Management Scale is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing career self-management behaviors. The study contributes to the cross-national validation of the construct and provides a useful tool for future research and interventions aimed at promoting employability and career success.
Keywords
Career self-management, Confirmatory factor analysis, Career adaptability, Career insight, Self-directed career management, Objective career success.
