Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

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Midlife Career Stress:Construction & Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Measure


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This article aims to provide an original, valid and reliable measure of Midlife Career Stress (MLCS). Based on extensive literature review a conceptual framework of MLCS was developed. Using three different samples (N=781) systematic scale development process was employed containing item-generation, content adequacy, content analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and validity assessment. The analysis provided a validated multi-dimensional structure of MLCS scale with As piration-Achievement Gap (AAG), Generativity (Gen) and Impediments to change (Imp) as the three factors. HR managers, OD professionals, psychologists and researchers may find the MLCS scale a useful tool for measuring stress among midlife managers.
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Ahmad Faraz Khan
Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Parvaiz Talib
Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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This article aims to provide an original, valid and reliable measure of Midlife Career Stress (MLCS). Based on extensive literature review a conceptual framework of MLCS was developed. Using three different samples (N=781) systematic scale development process was employed containing item-generation, content adequacy, content analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and validity assessment. The analysis provided a validated multi-dimensional structure of MLCS scale with As piration-Achievement Gap (AAG), Generativity (Gen) and Impediments to change (Imp) as the three factors. HR managers, OD professionals, psychologists and researchers may find the MLCS scale a useful tool for measuring stress among midlife managers.