Abstract: This study aims to develop and validate a Chinese version of the Short-Form Employability Five-Factor instrument. In Study 1 ( N = 351), the original scale was translated into Chinese, and confirmatory factor analysis supported the correlational five-factor structure. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to cross-validate the factor structure in an independent Chinese sample ( N = 345). Moreover, multigroup confirmatory factor analysis indicated configural and metric invariance across Chinese and UK samples ( N = 281). In addition, the Chinese scale showed significant correlations with affective commitment, performance, and subjective career success, supporting its criterion-related validity. Finally, the Chinese employability scale demonstrated satisfactory reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. Overall, the findings supported the Chinese version of the competence-based employability scale as a reliable and valid measure.
Wang et al. (Tue,) studied this question.