Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form.
OSS-SF / OSS-6
Occupational self-efficacy - a person's competence belief that they can successfully fulfil the tasks and challenges of their work role. Unidimensional (a generalized work-domain self-efficacy, distinct from task-specific self-efficacy).
- Length and format
- 6 (short form); reduced from an 8-item and originally 20-item version. 6-point Likert (1 = strongly disagree to 6 = strongly agree), summed/averaged to a single score (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Validated in many languages incl. DE, SV, NL, EN, ES, PT (Brazilian), ZH and others; measurement invariance across the original five countries
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Rigotti, T., Schyns, B., & Mohr, G. (2008). A short version of the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale: Structural and construct validity across five countries. Journal of Career Assessment, 16(2), 238-255.
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