What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to validate the Kaleidoscope Career Scale for assessing career behaviors in the Portuguese workforce.

March 26, 2026Psicologí a Educativa0 citationsOpen Access

Kaleidoscope Career Model: Validation among Portuguese Workers

JPJoana Carneiro PintoUniversidade Católica Portuguesa

Key Points

The aim is to validate the Kaleidoscope Career Scale for assessing career behaviors in the Portuguese workforce.
Conducted with 331 Portuguese workers, assessing the KCS structure.
Employed confirmatory factor analyses to evaluate dimensionality.
Tested reliability using Cronbach’s alpha and validity through convergent and discriminant measures.
Performed multigroup analyses to assess invariance across genders.
Confirmed a three-factor structure of the KCS with good fit indices.
Established strong reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) and adequate validity.
Demonstrated invariance across male and female participants.

Abstract

This study aims to validate the Kaleidoscope Career Scale (KCS), an assessment instrument designed to measure the three parameters of the Kaleidoscope Career Model, for the Portuguese population. A total of 331 Portuguese workers participated, 163 men (57.4%), with an average age of 27.7 years (SD = 9.22; Median = 25; Min-Max = 18-70). Confirmatory factor analyses supported KCS three-factor structure, χ2(83) = 184, p 0.001; χ2/df = 2.217; CFI = .933; TLI = .915; SRMS = .06089; RMSEA (90% CI = .0609 .0491, .0727), and Cronbach’s alpha estimates supported its good reliability. Convergent and discriminant validity also proved to be adequate. Multigroup analyses indicated adequate configural, metric and scalar invariance across genders. These findings support KCS usage as a valid and reliable measure to assess strategic career behaviors among Portuguese workers both in research and practice.

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