A short form of the Career Futures Inventory

McIlveen, Peter and Burton, Lorelle J. and Beccaria, Gavin (2013) A short form of the Career Futures Inventory. Journal of Career Assessment, 21 (1). pp. 127-138. ISSN 1069-0727

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the international transferability and structural validity of the Career Futures Inventory (CFI) in a sample of Australian university students (N = 1,566). Exploratory factor analysis of the data from a random half-split of the sample supported a three-factor solution equivalent to the original CFI subscales, Career Optimism, Career Adaptability, and Perceived Knowledge. Confirmatory factor analysis of the data from the remaining random half-split supported the structural validity of a short form, the CFI-9. The subscales of the CFI-9 had acceptable internal consistencies and correlations with measures of academic major satisfaction, career choice satisfaction, and generalized self-efficacy. It was concluded that the properties of the CFI and the CFI-9 were sufficient to explore their application as measures of perceptions of employability. It was suggested that the CFI-9 has potential as a diagnostic screening tool for counseling and educational interventions.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Submitted version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Copyright 2012 Sage Publications. This is the authors' version of the work. It is posted here with permission of the publisher for your personal use. No further distribution is permitted. For the definitive version of this article, please refer to the journal. To access the journal's website, use hypertext links above.' Permanent restricted access to Published Version of paper due to publisher copyright policy.
Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Education
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2013 02:46
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2015 02:57
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Career Futures Inventory; short form; CFI-9; employability; optimism; adaptability
Fields of Research :	01 Mathematical Sciences > 0104 Statistics > 010401 Applied Statistics 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130305 Educational Counselling
Socio-Economic Objective:	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930199 Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified
Identification Number or DOI:	10.1177/1069072712450493
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/22915

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