Self-Perceived Employability Scale – Polish Adaptation

• Authors: Ewa Domagała-Zyśk , Piotr Mamcarz , Klaudia Martynowska , Agnieszka Fudali-Czyż , Andrew Rothwell

Abstracts

EN

Employability, understood as a set of achievements – skills, knowledge, personal qualities – that make graduates employable and successful in their profession, is more and more often a subject of research, both in the context of improving the educational offer of universities, as well as examining the quality of life and professional satisfaction of graduates. Employability is differentiated from employment – the state of having a job. In today’s unstable job market where temporary contracts and protean-type careers dominate – equipping graduates with the resources to effectively change or modify their career path is crucial. The paper aims to present the psychometric proprieties of a Polish adaptation of the A. Rothwell and Arnold Self-Perceived Employability Scale. The final version consists of 9 items and has good psychometric properties. The study of the perceived employability of students provides important knowledge regarding the graduates’ competencies, and it is an important factor in modifying the educational offer at universities and planning graduates’ satisfying careers in the contemporary unstable job market.

Keywords

EN

employability; students; career; employability scale

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 70
• Pages: 9-22

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Ewa Domagała-Zyśk

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000000222277102

author

Piotr Mamcarz

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000000163076326

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Klaudia Martynowska

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000000310103057

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Agnieszka Fudali-Czyż

• Pedagogical University, Cracow

• https://orcid.org/0000000267692975

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Andrew Rothwell

• School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

• https://orcid.org/0000000327402598

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2022.70.4.01

Biblioteka Nauki

2159471