Evaluación de conductas y actitudes de búsqueda de empleo. Revisión y validación de tres escalas para la orientación profesional

Abstract

One of the fundamental objectives of career guidance is to facilitate labor integration. To do this you need to have valid and reliable instruments that evaluate the job search process. It is intended to expand and improve three scales used by the Employment and Training Service of the Region of Murcia (SEF) aimed at measuring the main cognitive-behavioral elements involved in the job search process: insertion facilitator system (SFI), search behaviors employment (ICBE) and job search expectations (ECPBE). After a preliminary study, some items are removed, and new elements are added based on the literature review and expert opinion. The improved scales are subject to validation by confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 472 people. According to the results, the new scales have adequate reliability in all their elements with a Cronbach's alpha greater than .7. They show an adequate structure and fit in the robust Satorra-Bentler measurement model χ2 (494) = 972.43 (p = .000), NFI = .9, NNFI = .92, CFI = .93 and RMSEA = .05 with a correct convergent and discriminant validity. In conclusion, the improved scales constitute a valid and reliable measure of the main variables involved in the job search and a useful tool for decision-making based on evidence about the suitability of career guidance actions aimed at unemployed people.