Validation study of the motivation for occupational choice scale

Tammy J. Davis; Andrew Schwarz; S. Carraher

doi:10.2466/pr0.1998.82.2.491

Validation study of the motivation for occupational choice scale

Tammy J. Davis
, Andrew Schwarz
, S. Carraher^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With a sample of 332 employed adults we tested the factor structure of a 29-item scale proposed by Davis in 1987 to measure seven factors. While Davis's work did not support that structure, with the use of confirmatory factor analysis we found support for a seven-factor structure over that of a six-factor structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	491-494
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	82
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1998.82.2.491
State	Published - Apr 1998
Externally published	Yes

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