Validation of the subjective career success scale among Brazilian professorsPurpose This article aims to present the validation of the Dual Aspect Importance & Achievement Career Success Scale (DAIA-CSS) in Brazilian Portuguese in the context of federal university professors.
Design/methodology/approach The authors used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to examine the adequacy of the factorial structure of the seven dimensions of the measurement model. The validation was performed based on a sample of 999 university professors.
Findings Through the CFA, the adjustments to the measurement model according to the additions of modification indices and correlations between the items, the verification of the indicators of general adjustment of the model and convergent and the discriminant validity, evidence of validity was found for the factorial structure of the DAIA-CSS measurement instrument for its application in Brazilian Portuguese.
Originality/value This research presents, as a theoretical contribution, the validation of an instrument for measuring subjective career success in the context of Brazilian university professors. Understanding the dimensions of subjective success can help individuals better understand themselves and their careers, which can also contribute to other areas of their personal lives. Finally, understanding individual differences in the importance and achievement of subjective success can contribute to developing human resource policies and practices for organizations.
Subjective career success; Career success; University professors; Validation; Confirmatory factor analysis