DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF HOGAN’S RAW MODEL OF EMPLOYABILITY: THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK HARD COMPONENT

<p>The following study attempted to operationalize the willingness to work hard component of Hogan’s RAW model of employability. <em>Willingness to Work Hard</em>, the W in the model, appears to be multi-faceted; a qualitative synthesis of themes suggests that the construct may be dispositional. I examined proactive personality by using the G ProACT scale to help understand the multi-dimensionality of <em>Willingness to Work Hard</em>. <em>Taking initiative, rigidness, planning</em>, and <em>anticipating opportunities</em> were the four subscales that emerged. The purpose of my study was to collect evidence of construct validity for the proposed measure. I examined the relationship between the G ProACT measure and discriminant and convergent variables. A survey was distributed among CSUSB students that contained the G ProACT measure, demographic related items, and other established measures to gather construct validity. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with 488 participants indicated a lack of support for the hypothesized model. Specifically, the CFA revealed that three of the four factors did not relate to the presumed construct of proactive personality. <em>Rigidness </em>showed no relationship whereas <em>anticipating opportunities</em> and <em>planning </em>demonstrated marginal relationships to the underlying construct. Follow-up analyses indicated that <em>taking initiative</em> was the only subscale deemed as strongly factorable. Findings suggest a need to further explore <em>taking initiative</em> to determine if the measure appropriately captures the dispositional nature of <em>Willingness to Work Hard</em>. Future research should continue to examine if proactive personality or other motivational constructs are an appropriate fit for the RAW model.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted Thesis: Campus only access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Gonzales, Amanda V

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kottke, Janet

• San Bernardino
• IO psychology
• employability
• Amanda Gonzales
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/483

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1520