Professional Fulfillment: Concept and Instrument Proposition

Ligia Carolina Oliveira-Silva

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlância, MG

Juliana Barreiros Porto

Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

John Arnold

Loughborough University, Leicester, UK

Contato com os autores: Instituto de Psicologia/UFU Av. Pará, nº 1720, Umuarama Uberlândia-MG, Brasil CEP: 38405-320

Ligia Carolina Oliveira-Silva, PhD in Social, Work and Organizational Psychology at Universidade de Brasília and professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Institute of Psychology at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Head of the Research Group in Career, Professional Fulfillment and Coaching (CNPq). ORCID: 0000-0002-7487-9420 E-mail: ligiacarol1987@hotmail.com

Juliana Barreiros Porto holds a PhD degree and is a professor at the Department of Social and Work Psychology and at the Graduate Program in Social, Work and Organizational Psychology at Universidade de Brasília. Head of the Center for Research in Culture, Values and Behavior (CNPq) and coordinator of the Tamayo Group at UnB. ORCID: 0000-0001-9164-2719 E-mail: porto.juliana@gmail.com

John Arnold is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University, Leicester, United Kingdom. Member and Honorary Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, author of books such as “Understanding careers” (Sage Publications, 2014) and “Managing careers in the 21st century” (SAGE, 1997). ORCID: 0000-0002-8623-8057 E-mail: j.arnold@lboro.ac.uk

Question/Item	Type of response
1. Think again about your career. Describe the main goal you set for yourself as a professional, using a maximum of 5 words:	Open
2. If you answered NO in the previous question, on a scale from 1 to 5, evaluate how close you are to achieving this goal:	1	2	3	4	5
	Nothing Close	Little Close	Halfway	Very Close	Reached the goal
3. How much do you think your current job helps you achieve this goal?	1	2	3	4	5
	Nothing	Little	Indifferent	Very	Totally
4. How satisfied are you with your progress in relation to your career goal?	1	2	3	4	5
	Nothing	Little	Indifferent	Very	Totally
5. How professionally fulfilled do you currently consider yourself?	1	2	3	4	5
	Nothing	Little	Indifferent	Very	Totally

	Importance				Achievement				PFDI
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Cronbach’s Alpha	0.81	0.79	0.74	0.74	0.86	0.80	0.82	0.76	0.87	0.82	0.81	0.78
10 Be treated with respect and dignity	.70				.88				.83
21 Felling good about the work I do	.66				.72				.74
13 Like what I do	.63				.63				.72
12 To be respected and recognized for my work	.58				.62				.47
22 Take pleasure in work	.48				.56				.81
14 Succeed at work	.48				.49				.53
11 Have a good personal image	.48				.48				.44
6 Compete to overcome challenges		.73				.79				.63
8 Perform challenging tasks		.68				.68				.82
7 Getting to know new places		.68				.61				.62
9 Have a job that brings constant novelty		.62				.56				.57
5 Have varied experiences		.57				.56				.55
1 Collaborating for the development of society			.70				.82				.73
3 Protect nature from threats			.61				.72				.85
2 Improve people’s lives			.61				.70				.66
4 Help the world to be a better place			.59				.62				.68
16 Meet society’s expectations				.69				.62				.55
15 Have routines to do the job				.67				.52				.47
17 Avoid disappointing people				.65				.49				.67
19 Perform work that is compatible with the beliefs and values of the society in which I live				.56				.47				.49
18 Have a work environment with clear hierarchy				.56				.46				.58
20 Submit to the opinion of others				.44				.44				.49

Factor	Definition	Items	Scale/score	Mean (SD)
1. Self-enhancement career goals	Pursuit of success, pleasure, respect and acknowledgment in the career.	10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22	I	3.44 (0.55)
			A	2.67 (0.82)
			PFDI	5.89 (3.20)
2. Openness to change career goals	Pursuit of innovating and challenging experiences in the career.	5, 6, 7, 8, 9	I	2.96 (0.74)
			A	2.15 (0.89)
			PFDI	3.72 (3.09)
3. Self-transcendence career goals	Concern about nature and the well-being of others in the career	1, 2, 3, 4	I	3.04 (0.74)
			A	2.23 (0.92)
			PFDI	4.10 (3.23)
4. Conservation career goals	Concern about meeting the demands of society, not disappointing people, and following the rules and hierarchy in the career.	15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20	I	2.64 (0.77)
			A	2.31 (0.75)
			PFDI	3.77 (2.72)

	Complete scale	Self-enhancement	Openness to change	Self-transcendence	Conservation
Importance	.82	.76	.72	.74	.74
Achievement	.93	.91	.84	.86	.79
PFDI	.92	.89	.82	.85	.78
Progress of goals	.78	-	-	-	-

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