Constructing and Determining the Reliability and Validity of a Purposive Career Behavior Scale for Master Science Students

Author: Elham Khaksar*, Mohammad Sedigh Nekounam**, Mohsen Hasheminasab*** and Sarveh Soleimani****

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Abstract

This study was carried out to develop and determine the validity and reliability of purposive career behavior scale for master science (M.Sc.) students of Yazd University, Iran. Thus, purposive career behavior scale including 30 items was constructed based on the 'theory of action' and then to calculate the reliability and validity of the total scale of 125 M.Sc. students of Yazd University were studied. For the reliability of the scale, Cronbach's alpha and test-retest methods in a sample of 67 were applied. The obtained alpha coefficients were 0.97 and 0.89, respectively. Also, in order to check the reliability of the scale from the viewpoint of assessors as well as the correlation with questionnaires on 'career adaptability' and 'career indecision', the scale was conducted on a sample of 58 subjects using the Spearman correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the scale had a negative significant correlation with career indecision questionnaire (-0.26) and a positive signif

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Purposive career behavior, contextual action theory, M.Sc. students.

Conclusion

This study was carried out to develop and determine the validity and reliability of purposive career behavior scale for master science (M.Sc.) students of Yazd University, Iran. Thus, purposive career behavior scale including 30 items was constructed based on the 'theory of action' and then to calculate the reliability and validity of the total scale of 125 M.Sc. students of Yazd University were studied. For the reliability of the scale, Cronbach's alpha and test-retest methods in a sample of 67 were applied. The obtained alpha coefficients were 0.97 and 0.89, respectively. Also, in order to check the reliability of the scale from the viewpoint of assessors as well as the correlation with questionnaires on 'career adaptability' and 'career indecision', the scale was conducted on a sample of 58 subjects using the Spearman correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the scale had a negative significant correlation with career indecision questionnaire (-0.26) and a positive signif

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Elham Khaksar, Mohammad Sedigh Nekounam, Mohsen Hasheminasab and Sarveh Soleimani (2016). Constructing and Determining the Reliability and Validity of a Purposive Career Behavior Scale for Master Science Students , Biological Forum – An International J