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Psicothema, 2008. Vol. Vol. 20 (nº 4). 659-664




Validación de un cuestionario de expectativas laborales con estudiantes de Secundaria

Ángel Vázquez Alonso y María Antonia Manassero Mas

Universidad de las Islas Baleares

Este estudio presenta el análisis de validez y fiabilidad de un cuestionario para el diagnóstico de las expectativas y prioridades de los jóvenes en relación al futuro laboral, que valora la importancia de distintos rasgos generales de un trabajo. Los resultados muestran una estructura final de ocho factores que se corresponden bien con la postulada teóricamente para el cuestionario; los datos de fiabilidad del cuestionario global y de las diferentes subescalas también son favorables. El análisis de las puntuaciones de las subescalas muestra que los aspectos relativos a la Autoactualización personal tienen la primacía, mientras la dimensión Manual es la menos importante.

Validation of a job expectancy questionnaire with secondary students. This study presents the validity and reliability analysis of a questionnaire that assesses the importance of some general job features, for the diagnosis of youths’ expectations and priorities concerning a future job. The results show an 8-factor structure with a very good fit to the theoretical structure of the questionnaire, and reliability for the entire questionnaire and for the factor sub-scales is also quite satisfactory. The analysis of the sub-scale scores reveals that youths’ most important factor is Self-actualization, whereas the Manual dimension is the least important one.

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