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Social Psychology and Society
2026. Vol. 17, no. 1, 146–165
doi:10.17759/sps.2026170109
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)

Adaptation of the questionnaire for career development: “Career engagement scale”.

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The article is devoted to the adaptation of the Career Engagement Scale for the Russian context. The theoretical basis of the study is the concept of person-vocation fit, which represents one of the levels of person-environment fit.
Objective. To adapt the Career Engagement scale for Russian representation.
Hypothesis. The hypothesis of the best fit of the single-factor approach for the Career Engagement scale of the Russian representation was tested.
Methods and materials. The methodology included exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on two samples: university and college students (n = 481) and employees of organisations (n = 1000).
Results. The results revealed a three-factor scale structure (“Career planning”, “Career networking”, “Career self-development”), confirmed in both samples. The obtained scale structure is consistent with the data of preliminary studies but differs from the one-factor approach proposed by the authors of the original questionnaire (A. Hirschi, P.A. Freund, A. Herrmann). The adapted 10-item scale demonstrated high reliability and validity, supported by correlations with positive affect, resilience, self-esteem, and trust.
Conclusions. A reliable and valid psychodiagnostics tool has been added to the methodological arsenal of practical psychologists. The adapted questionnaire can become a basis for the design of personnel development programmes aimed at strengthening the proactivity of employees and contribute to the integration of cross-cultural and generational approaches in the research of career strategies.

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Keywords: proactive career behavior, career engagement, person-vocation fit, career planning, career networking, career self-development

Journal rubric: Methodological Tools

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2026170109

Funding. The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project number 24–28-00209, https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00209/.

Supplemental data. Datasets can be requested from the author (N.V. Volkova).

Received 16.03.2025

Revised 26.04.2025

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For citation: Volkova, N.V., Bordunos, A.K., Chiker, V.A. (2026). Adaptation of the questionnaire for career development: “Career engagement scale”.. Social Psychology and Society, 17(1), 146–165. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2026170109

© Volkova N.V., Bordunos A.K., Chiker V.A., 2026

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Natalia V. Volkova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Department of Management, HSE University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9045-4393, e-mail: nv.volkova@hse.ru

Aleksandra K. Bordunos, Lecturer at the Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Saint Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-3180, e-mail: a.bordunos@gsom.spbu.ru

Vera A. Chiker, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Psychology, St. Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7444-6898, e-mail: vchiker@yandex.ru

Contribution of the authors

Natalia V. Volkova — data collection and analysis; application of statistical and mathematical methods for data analysis; manuscript writing and formatting.
Aleksandra K. Bordunos — annotation, literature review; visualization of research results.
Vera A. Chiker — ideas of the study; planning of the research; research supervision.
All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the committee on intra-university surveys and ethical evaluation of empirical research projects at HSE University (report no, 2024/04/22).

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