The construct of career adaptability has recently gained importance in research on vocational development and has led to a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches. Alongside with vocational identity it has been theorised as the crucial meta-competency of modern career construction. Due to its roots in adolescent career development, career adaptability is not limited to the vocational adjustments of working adults, but is also highly relevant for the pre-occupational orientation processes of adolescents initially developing a vocational identity. Despite the recent increase in empirical research on career adaptability, the field of vocational education has been largely neglected so far. Therefore, a quantitative survey among nearly N = 400 commercial apprentices within the German dual system of VET has been conducted. This study focuses on the replication of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) among commercial apprentices within the German dual system, and its discrimination against alternative operationalisations of career adaptability. Furthermore, the relationship between career adaptability and vocational identity (operationalised as occupational and organisational identification) was explored. Results showed that the four-dimensional structure of career adaptability covered by the CAAS could be largely replicated in the dual system. In addition, it was found that the CAAS can in part be separated from alternative operationalisations. Finally, the results confirmed career adaptability positively predicts both foci of identification in a cognitive and affective manner. This indicates that career adaptability can be seen as a beneficial factor for vocational education and training as it fosters the vocational ties of apprentices in terms of their identity.

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德国双重制度下商业学徒的职业适应性和职业认同

职业适应性的建构最近在职业发展研究中变得越来越重要，并导致了多种理论和经验方法。除了职业身​​份之外，它还被认为是现代职业建设的关键元能力。由于其根源于青少年职业发展，因此职业适应性不仅限于在职成年人的职业调整，而且与最初发展职业身份的青少年的职业前导向过程也高度相关。尽管最近关于职业适应性的实证研究有所增加，但迄今为止，职业教育领域一直被广泛忽略。因此，在近N个国家中进行了定量调查 =在德国职业教育与培训双重体系内有400名商业学徒。这项研究的重点是在德国双重制度内的商业学徒之间复制职业适应能力量表（CAAS），以及对职业适应性的替代性运作方式的歧视。此外，还探讨了职业适应性与职业身份（作为职业和组织认同进行操作）之间的关系。结果表明，CAAS涵盖的职业适应能力的四维结构可以在双重体系中大量复制。此外，还发现，CAAS可以部分与替代性运营方式分开。最后，结果证实了职业适应性可以以认知方式和情感方式积极地预测身份认同的焦点。