Purpose of Measure: "The CCM detected differences in career commitment levels associated with varying degrees of professionalism across occupational groups" (Carson & Bedeian, 1994).
Lay-Person Terms: To assess an individual's commitment to their line of work/career field.
Measure:
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
| 1. Strongly Disagree | 2. Disagree | 3. Neither Agree nor Disagree | 4. Agree | 5. Strongly Agree | |
| 1. My line of work/career field is an important part of who I am. | |||||
| 2. This line of work/career field has a great deal of personal meaning to me. | |||||
| 3. I do not feel “emotionally attached” to this line of work/career field. | |||||
| 4. I strongly identify with my chosen line of work/career field. | |||||
| 5. I do not have a strategy for achieving my goals in this line of work/career field. | |||||
| 6. I have created a plan for my development in this line of work/career field. | |||||
| 7. I do not identify specific goals for my development in this line of work/career field. | |||||
| 8. I do not identify specific goals for my development in this line of work/career field. | |||||
| 9. The costs associated with my line of work/career field sometimes seem too great. | |||||
| 10. Given the problems I encounter in this line of work/career field, I sometimes wonder if I get enough out of it. | |||||
| 11. Given the problems I encounter in this line of work/career field, I sometimes wonder if the personal burden is worth it. | |||||
| 12. The discomforts associated with my line of work/career field sometimes seem too great. |
Type of Validity: Consistent with its predefined content domain, a principal-axes factor analysis of the CCM produced three dimensions: Career Identity, Career Planning,and Career Resilience. Coefficient alpha reliabilities for the three dimensions ranged from .79 to .85.
Citation of Publication: Carson, K.D. and Bedeian, A.G. (1994). Career Commitment: Construction of a Measure and Examination of Its Psychometric Properties. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 44(3), 237-262
Instructions to analyze and interpret: “The following prefatory instructions introduced the surveys’ first section: ‘This survey begins with statements about your LINE OF WORK or CAREER FIELD in which you are currently employed. You may consider line of work/career field as having the same meaning as occupation, profession, or vocation.’ The final section in all surveys requested information pertaining to education level, chronological age, tenure in career field, organization tenure, gender, and marital status. Age was measured in years, whereas the two types of tenure were measured in months. In both pilot studies, a 5-point rating scale was used to measure career commitment responses (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree).”
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