Form: Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes Scales

1 – To little or no extent
2 – To a limited extent
3 – To some extent
4 – To a considerable extent
5 – To a great extent
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2
3
4
5
1
When development opportunities have not been offered by my company, I have sought them out on my own.
2
I am responsible for my success or failure in my career.
3
Overall, I have a very independent, self-directed career.
4
Freedom to choose my own career path is one of my most important values.
5
I am in charge of my own career.
6
Ultimately, I depend on myself to move my career forward.
7
Where my career is concerned, I am very much “my own person.”
8
In the past, I have relied more on myself than on others to find a new job when necessary.
9
I navigate my own career, based on my personal priorities, as opposed to my employer's priorities.
10
It does not matter much to me how other people evaluate the choices I make in my career.
11
What is most important to me is how I feel about my career success, not how other people feel about it.
12
I will follow my own conscience if my company asks me to do something that goes against my values.
13
What I think about what is right in my career is more important to me than what my company thinks.
14
In the past I have sided with my own values when the company has asked me to do something I do not agree with.
15
I seek job assignments that allow me to learn something new.
16
I would enjoy working on projects with people across many organisations.
17
I enjoy job assignments that require me to work outside of the organisation.
18
I like tasks at work that require me to work beyond my own department.
19
I enjoy working with people outside of my organisation.
20
I enjoy jobs that require me to interact with people in many different organisations.
21
I have sought opportunities in the past that allow me to work outside the organisation.
22
I am energised in new experiences and situations.
23
I like the predictability that comes with working continuously for the same organisation.
24
I would feel lost if I could not work for my current organisation.
25
I prefer to stay in a company I am familiar with rather than look for employment elsewhere.
26
If my organisation offered lifetime employment, I would never desire to seek work in other organisations.
27
In my ideal career I would only work for one organisation.

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