ERIC Number: EJ804288
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Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 26
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The Development and Factor Structure of a Career Locus of Control Scale for Use with School Pupils
Millar, Rob; Shevlin, Mark
Journal of Career Development, v33 n3 p224-249 2007
This article describes the development and psychometric assessment of a multidimensional, domain-specific Career Locus of Control Scale (CLOC) designed for use with adolescent school pupils engaged in the career development and decision-making process. A 47-item version was administered to 743 school pupils, age 15 or 16 years evenly split between males and females (54% male). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to develop a 20-item scale that represented expectations related to Internality, Luck, Helplessness, and Powerful Others. Estimates of internal reliability of the sub-scales were high, and scale scores correlated significantly with measures of generalized locus of control and career decision self-efficacy. Overall, the CLOC scale demonstrated promising psychometric properties such that further research appears warranted and required. (Contains 1 figure, 6 tables and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Students, Career Development, Career Choice, Multidimensional Scaling, Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Reliability, Intervention, Career Counseling, Foreign Countries
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