This paper develops and validates, at a confirmatory level, a second‐order scale to measure Responsibility of the University in Employability (RUE). First, the literature on the components of RUE is explored and a formative conceptual model is proposed to underpin its measurement using extant research in the field of organisational responsibility and employability. At the empirical level, the second‐order RUE model considers the reputation of the university, the teaching staff, and the matching activities with employers as components of RUE. This model is based on five empirical studies. The first is a small‐sample study based on the opinions of experts (n = 5) and the rest are based on representative samples of university students (n = 816, n = 1,082, n = 1,088, and n = 1,203). A very good fit between model and data were revealed (CFI = 0.975; RMSEA = 0.039; standardised X² = 2.676). The results indicate that matching activities with employers and teaching staff generate more RUE than university reputation. Guidelines are offered for managing the responsibility of the university in employability.

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大学在就业方面的责任：制定和验证五项研究的测量量表

本文在确认水平上开发和验证了用于衡量大学就业能力（RUE）责任感的二阶量表。首先，对有关RUE组成部分的文献进行了探讨，并提出了一种形成性的概念模型，以利用组织责任和就业能力方面的现有研究来支持RUE的度量。在经验层面，二阶RUE模型将大学，教师的声誉以及与雇主的匹配活动视为RUE的组成部分。该模型基于五项实证研究。第一个是基于专家意见的小样本研究（n  = 5），其余基于大学生的代表性样本（n  = 816，n  = 1,082，n  = 1,088，而n  = 1,203）。结果显示模型与数据之间非常吻合（CFI = 0.975； RMSEA = 0.039；标准X ²  = 2.676）。结果表明，与雇主和教学人员进行的匹配活动产生的RUE高于大学的声誉。提供了指导原则，以管理大学的就业能力。