While prescriptions based on anecdotal data and theoretical accounts of career sustainability abound, empirical research has been hampered by the lack of a scale to measure career sustainability. Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to develop and validate a new measure of career sustainability. In Study 1, we relied on Chin, Li, Jiao, Addo, and Jawahar’s framework to develop a measure of career sustainability. We then conducted two studies to provide preliminary construct validity evidence. In Study 2, we show that scores on Career Sustainability Scale are related to career plateaus and career satisfaction in predictable ways. In Study 3, we show that career sustainability is positively related to psychological well-being, and this relationship is stronger for gig workers who are freelancers than for conventional workers. We discuss implications for research and practice and hope that our new measure facilitates empirical research on career sustainability.

尽管基于轶事数据和职业可持续性的理论解释的处方很多，但由于缺乏衡量职业可持续性的量表，实证研究受到了阻碍。因此，这项研究的主要目的是开发和验证一种新的职业可持续性度量。在研究1中，我们依靠Chin，Li，Jiao，Addo和Jawahar的框架来开发一种衡量职业可持续性的方法。然后，我们进行了两项研究，以提供初步的构建效度证据。在研究2中，我们显示职业可持续性量表的分数与职业高原和职业满意度之间存在可预测的关系。在研究3中，我们显示职业的可持续发展与心理健康呈正相关，与自由职业者相比，这种工作关系比传统工人更强。