Consiglio, C.; Farnese, M.L.; Filosa, L.; Santarpia, F.P.; Massa, N.; Borgogni, L. Assessing Graduate Employability from an Agentic Perspective: The Orientamentis Questionnaire. Preprints2024, 2024021570. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1570.v1
APA Style
Consiglio, C., Farnese, M.L., Filosa, L., Santarpia, F.P., Massa, N., & Borgogni, L. (2024). Assessing Graduate Employability from an Agentic Perspective: The Orientamentis Questionnaire. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1570.v1
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Consiglio, C., Nicoletta Massa and Laura Borgogni. 2024 "Assessing Graduate Employability from an Agentic Perspective: The Orientamentis Questionnaire" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1570.v1
Abstract
To handle the challenges and uncertainties of the actual labor market, the concept of employability becomes increasingly relevant, especially for graduates facing the transition from university to work. Graduate employability is a complex concept comprising different dimensions that may trigger effective job search and career management. This study introduces a new multifaceted tool, labeled the Orientamentis Questionnaire, to assess graduate employability from an agentic perspective, testing its psychometric properties. The Orientamentis questionnaire measures 14 dimensions merged into four 4 areas, namely graduate psychological capital, graduate agentic capabilities, graduate career perspective, and graduate proactive strategies. The tool was administered to a sample of 1238 graduate students (66% females) examining its factorial structure and reliability. To test its criterion validity, associations with three occupational outcomes collected one year later were explored on a subsample of 273 participants (66% females). Results attested the factorial structure of the Orientamentis questionnaire and the reliability of all dimensions. Moreover, the four areas and most of the dimensions were differently related to at least one subsequent occupational outcome. The Orientamentis Questionnaire represents a sound and reliable tool providing a multifaceted profile of graduate employability strengths and weaknesses, that could be used in academic placement programs to foster graduates’ self-awareness and proactive job search.
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