Abstract
Career is undoubtedly an essential part of people’s lives. Unfortunately, career development does not necessarily go smoothly because various circumstances, such as career barriers, might constrain career development. Therefore, it is important to have valid and reliable instruments that help evaluate and understand this phenomenon. The current study aimed to test the validity of the Lithuanian version of the Perceived career barriers scale. The sample included 382 participants aged from 18 to 63 years (M = 37.5 years, SD = 13.6). Two hundred twenty-six of the participants were females, 155 were males, and one did not disclose their gender. The Perceived Career Barriers Scale was translated from the German language using the back translation technique. Its construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Results also showed that the scale is reliable. Convergent validity of the scale was also confirmed – perceived career barriers correlated with career self-efficacy, Past Negative time perspective, Present Fatalistic time perspective, and Future Negative time perspective. The Perceived Career Barriers Scale may be used for further research, although it is recommended to conduct a more comprehensive validity evaluation.
Highlights
Since the results of previous research (Kairys et al, 2013; Taber, 2013) are inconsistent regarding the Past Positive and Present Hedonistic time perspectives, their links to career barriers was not considered as evidence of construct validity
The scale was translated from the German language using the back translation technique
The measure consists of 18 items divided into 6 scales: Past Negative (PN), Past Positive (PP), Present Hedonistic (PH), Present Fatalistic (PF), Future Positive (FP), and Future Negative (FN)
Summary
Career is undoubtedly an essential part of people’s lives. career development does not necessarily go smoothly because various circumstances, such as career barriers, might constrain career development. Swanson and Tokar (1991b) analysis revealed little support for the internal-external barriers dichotomy They classified career barriers into three categories, where the locus of barriers was not necessarily considered. Present Fatalistic time perspective reflects the belief that external forces govern a person’s life and that their behavior does not lead to anything in life Such a person views life from a position of helplessness. Time perspective is a broad construct related to future hopes and fears as well as with reminiscence of dealing with obstacles in the past It is considered as a construct related to career barriers. Since the results of previous research (Kairys et al, 2013; Taber, 2013) are inconsistent regarding the Past Positive and Present Hedonistic time perspectives, their links to career barriers was not considered as evidence of construct validity
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