Vocational psychologists have called for greater attention to different forms of capital, any resource or asset that confers profit and power, to better understand the vocational development process, particularly for those who lack resources and power. However, previous research has had several conceptual and measurement limitations, such as the use of less inclusive frameworks; a focus on more privileged populations; and the overuse of categorical, dummy coded, and objective measures. To address these limitations, the present study aimed to (a) develop an inclusive, subjective, continuous, and multidimensional work capital scale and (b) validate the new scale with representative samples of working adults and job seekers across two studies. We developed a 16-item four-factor Work Capital Scale that consists of Economic Work Capital, Human Work Capital, Social Work Capital, and Cultural Work Capital. Scores from the Work Capital Scale were invariant across household income, social class, gender, race, and employment status. We found that the correlational model fit best to the data and provided evidence for convergent and divergent validity by relating the subscales to subjective social class, objective socioeconomic indicators, and existing measures of capital. The present study advances theory and research in work capital and provides a tool for practitioners to use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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工作资本量表的开发和验证。


职业心理学家呼吁更多地关注不同形式的资本、任何能带来利润和权力的资源或资产，以更好地理解职业发展过程，特别是对于那些缺乏资源和权力的人。然而，之前的研究存在一些概念和测量上的局限性，例如使用包容性较差的框架；关注更有特权的人群；以及过度使用分类、虚拟编码和客观措施。为了解决这些局限性，本研究旨在（a）制定一个包容性的、主观的、连续的和多维的工作资本量表，以及（b）通过两项研究的工作成年人和求职者的代表性样本来验证新的量表。我们制定了包含 16 项四因素的工作资本量表，包括经济工作资本、人力工作资本、社会工作资本和文化工作资本。工作资本量表的分数在家庭收入、社会阶层、性别、种族和就业状况方面保持不变。我们发现相关模型最适合数据，并通过将子量表与主观社会阶层、客观社会经济指标和现有资本衡量标准联系起来，为收敛和发散有效性提供了证据。本研究推进了营运资本的理论和研究，并为从业者提供了使用的工具。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。