Professional Fulfillment: Concept and Instrument Proposition

Abstract This paper aims to propose a concept and an instrument of professional fulfillment (PF), which is theoretically defined as the perception of having attained or being on the right track for attaining one’s most important career goals. The Professional Fulfillment Scale (PFS) was developed in order to operationalize PF, being tested across two studies. Regarding Study 1, in which 406 workers took part, results from exploratory factor analysis evidenced construct validity for PFS. In Study 2, in which 270 workers took part, results from confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling presented satisfactory model fit indices for PFS. We conclude that both the professional fulfillment concept and the scale are useful for mapping people’s importance and achievement of career goals and evaluation of progress, working as a diagnostic tool for career management.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Psico-USF

• Publication date

  2019-04-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1590/1413-82712019240103
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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