Dispositional Measure of Employability.
DME
Employability as a psycho-social construct (career identity, personal adaptability, social and human capital), operationalised through five first-order dimensions: openness to changes at work, work and career resilience, work and career proactivity, career motivation, work identity.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 25 across 5 dimensions (openness to changes at work 5, work and career resilience 8, work and career proactivity 3, career motivation 3, work identity 6). 5-pt Likert agreement (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Italian adaptations reported - count unverified
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A.J. (2008). A dispositional approach to employability: Development of a measure and test of implications for employee reactions and turnover. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81(3), 503-527. https://doi.org/10.1348/096317907X241579
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