A theoretically grounded, psychometrically sound new scale-the Work Support Scale (WSS)-was developed to address limitations of existing social support measures used in vocational research. Work support was conceptualized and defined using a psychology of working lens. In Study 1, an initial pool of items was developed and reviewed by experts and a small group of participants in the target popu…
This study explored longitudinal trajectories of decent work profiles guided by core propositions from psychology of working theory. Data were collected from 419 working adults in the United States at three time points over a 6-month period. We examined decent work trajectories using latent transition analysis considering two key covariates (work volition and career adaptability) and while acco…