Abstract
In this study, I utilize deductive scale development techniques (Hinkin, 1998) to develop a measure of the underemployment and test its psychometric properties in multiple samples. Existing measures of underemployment fail to assess all of the dimensions that are included in the definition of the construct. Results confirmed overall subjective underemployment as a higher-order factor for underlying underemployment dimensions (i.e. Educational Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Wages, Job Status, and Job Field). The UDE scale demonstrated adequate composite reliability, content, convergent, and discriminant validity. Contributions to theory, strengths and limitations, and future research directions are offered.
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