Development and Validation of the Career transition Scale

The purpose of this study was to development, determines validity and reliability of the career transition Scale (CTS) based on transition qualifications (concerns, control, curiosity and confidence in university- to -work transition) presented by Savickas & Profily (2011). This research was carried out on 370 undergraduates of Isfahan University who were selected by employing Stratified Sampling Method (each school of Isfahan University was treated as a category). The factor structure of the questionnaires was examined via Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results of Exploratory Factor Analysis indicated that the existence of a 32-item structure could properly fit the subjects’ responses. Also, the final model was obtained through releasing error covariance of items in the Confirmatory Factor Analysis. To determine the convergent validity, the correlation between the 4 scales of university- to -work transition and Career Path Adaptability as well as between those scales and Career Path Decision-making Self-efficacy were calculated. The calculations revealed a positive, significant correlation between the concern scale and Career Path Adaptability at 0.66 and a total score of 0.80 for the correlation between transition scales and Career Path Decision-making Self-efficacy which demonstrated the convergent validity of the items. The reliability of the CTS was determined by Cronbach’s Alpha and test-retest method. The Cronbach’s Alpha showed an adequate internal reliability for 4 scales of university- to -work transition, ranging from .77 for Concern subscale to .86 as the total score for the University- to - Work transition. In addition, the Test- Retest Method at a 2-week interval ranged from .67 i.e. the Concern for the University to Work transition subscale to .88, i.e. the University to Work transition Curiosity. On the whole, the findings of the research supported the adequacy of the four scales of the University to work transition to evaluate readiness of the students in the University to work transition.