Career Expectations in the Organization Scale: Development and Validity Evidence

Abstract Career expectations are an important element to understand the relationship between professionals and their work/organization. The objective of this paper is to describe the procedures for development and provide validity evidence of the Career Expectations in the Organization Scale, an instrument that assesses individuals' expectations about the future of their careers in their respective organizations. Study 1 reports the exploratory factor analysis of the instrument (n = 183) and Study 2 describes a confirmatory factor analysis conducted on an independent sample (n = 352). Both samples were formed by adult employees of different organizations. The results indicated the presence of two factors: Professional Achievements (nine items; ρ = .95; α = .95) and Career-Personal Life Relationship (four items; ρ = .90; α = .90). The discussion highlights that the scale shows validity evidence, facilitates academic analyzes of the career expectations and is useful as a diagnostic tool in human resources management.