The aim of the article is to present the assumptions behind the concept of Career Adaptability proposed by Mark Savickas and to present the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Career Adapt-Ability Scale. It consists of five dimensions: concern, control, curiosity, confidence and cooperation. The analyses were carried out with the participation of young adults (N = 664; 63% female, 37% male) aged 18–34 (M = 24.4, SD = 2.9). The reliability of the instrument was assessed using the internal consistency method. Evidence for the construct validity was obtained through confirmatory analysis and correlation with other, conceptually related variables, such as social participation and ambiguity tolerance in a career-related decision situation, measured using four indexes – preference, tolerance, confidence and aversion. The results obtained indicate very good psychometric properties of the questionnaire. High levels of career adaptability are characteristic of two types of social participation – integration and assimilation. Higher levels of all five components of the Career Adapt-Ability Scale are also accompanied by greater acceptance of unknown, complex, inconsistent and unpredictable information when taking professional decisions.
The purpose of the presented research was to find out what level of career maturity, defined on the basis of a measurable sense of efficacy in taking careerrelated decisions by young people, is typical for people who show combinations of various temporal orientations. The participants of the research were 92 upper high school seniors (50% of whom were girls and the other 50% – boys) aged 17-19. Polish language versions of the following questionnaires were used: Betz and Taylor’s Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale and Zimbardo and Boyd’s Time Perspective Inventory. The collected data showed that the past-negative and present-fatalistic temporal orientations are connected to a low level of career maturity in most of its dimensions. The results were analysed in the context of research on self-efficacy in taking decisions, as well as the process of young people’s orientation towards the future.
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Celem prezentowanych badań było określenie, jaki poziom dojrzałości do planowania kariery, definiowany za pomocą wymiernego poczucia skuteczności w podejmowaniu decyzji zawodowych przez młodzież, jest typowy dla osób o preferencjach kombinacji różnych orientacji temporalnych. W badaniu wzięło udział 92 uczniów ostatnich klas szkoły ponadgimnazjalnej (50% dziewcząt i chłopców) w wieku 17–19 lat. Zastosowano Skalę Poczucia Skuteczności w Podejmowaniu Decyzji Zawodowych Betz i Taylor oraz Kwestionariusz Postrzegania Czasu Zimbardo i Boyda. Zebrane dane pokazały, że nasilenie orientacji temporalnej przeszłościowej negatywnej oraz teraźniejszej fatalistycznej wiąże się z brakiem dojrzałości do planowania kariery zawodowej w większości jej wymiarów. Wyniki zostały przeanalizowane w świetle badań nad poczuciem skuteczności w podejmowaniu decyzji oraz procesu orientacji młodzieży ku przyszłości.