This article reports the development and initial validation of a multidimensional measure of employability based on the theoretical model of Lo Presti and Pluviano (2016). Four different studies were designed and implemented. Study 1 was a qualitative study that involved a group of 15 labour market experts and aimed at developing the items pool. In Study 2, an exploratory factor analysis of 526 employees was carried out to examine the structure of the employability measure as previously obtained. Study 3 aimed at verifying the employability measure that had emerged from Study 2 through confirmatory factor analysis of 699 employees, resulting in a 28-item shortened version encompassing the original four employability dimensions. Finally, in Study 4, concurrent and predictive validity of the definitive version of the employability measure were tested on a sample of 712 employees. Implications for vocational guidance and human resource management, as well as future employability research, are discussed.

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就业能力是职业成功的指南针：一种新的多维测量方法的开发和初步验证

本文基于Lo Presti和Pluviano（2016）的理论模型，报告了对就业能力的多维衡量标准的开发和初步验证。设计和实施了四个不同的研究。研究1是定性研究，涉及15名劳动力市场专家，旨在开发项目库。在研究2中，对526名员工进行了探索性因素分析，以检查先前获得的就业能力测度的结构。研究3旨在通过对699名员工进行确认性因素分析来验证研究2中提出的就业能力衡量标准，从而缩短了28个项目，涵盖了最初的四个就业能力维度。最后，在研究4中，在712名员工的样本中测试了确定性版本的可雇佣性度量的并发性和预测有效性。讨论了对职业指导和人力资源管理以及未来就业能力研究的影响。