One Common Factor, Four Resources, Both, or Neither: A Network Model of Career Adaptability Resources

Abstract

Career adaptability is better described as interconnected resources than as manifestations of a common factor. Using a sample of 1053 responses to the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale, we compared traditional confirmatory factor analysis models (unidimensional, bifactor, hierarchical) with a confirmatory network model, which is found to outperform the others.

Keywords:

• Career adaptability
• career success
• network model
• job satisfaction
• mutualism
• psychometrics

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Nils Myszkowski

Nils Myszkowski holds a PhD in Psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France), and is an Associate Professor at Pace University (NY, USA). His research focuses on how psychological measurements can be improved and optimized in various contexts, especially occupational (e.g., personnel selection, occupational health, creativity and innovation).

Martin Storme holds a PhD in psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France). His research interests lie in individual differences psychology and psychometrics. He is an Assistant Professor at IESEG School of Management (Lille, France).

Pinar Çelik holds a PhD in social psychology from Tilburg University (Tilburg, the Netherlands), and is an Associate Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium). Her research interests lie in social and personality psychology.

Martin Storme

Nils Myszkowski holds a PhD in Psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France), and is an Associate Professor at Pace University (NY, USA). His research focuses on how psychological measurements can be improved and optimized in various contexts, especially occupational (e.g., personnel selection, occupational health, creativity and innovation).

Martin Storme holds a PhD in psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France). His research interests lie in individual differences psychology and psychometrics. He is an Assistant Professor at IESEG School of Management (Lille, France).

Pinar Çelik holds a PhD in social psychology from Tilburg University (Tilburg, the Netherlands), and is an Associate Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium). Her research interests lie in social and personality psychology.

Pinar Çelik

Nils Myszkowski holds a PhD in Psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France), and is an Associate Professor at Pace University (NY, USA). His research focuses on how psychological measurements can be improved and optimized in various contexts, especially occupational (e.g., personnel selection, occupational health, creativity and innovation).

Martin Storme holds a PhD in psychology from Université Paris Descartes (Paris, France). His research interests lie in individual differences psychology and psychometrics. He is an Assistant Professor at IESEG School of Management (Lille, France).

Pinar Çelik holds a PhD in social psychology from Tilburg University (Tilburg, the Netherlands), and is an Associate Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management - Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium). Her research interests lie in social and personality psychology.