Development and Validation of the German Work-Related Curiosity Scale
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
curiosity, openness to experience, personality, job performance, frame-of-reference approach
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000098
Abstract
Curiosity, a personality trait underlying behavioral tendencies related to knowledge acquisition, learning, and thinking, can be expected to be of high relevance in the world of work. There is, however, to date no work-related curiosity measure. The present article reports results regarding the development and validation of the new 10-item Work-Related Curiosity Scale. Based on two studies, the measure had a one-factor solution, acceptable internal consistency, and expected construct validity. In Study 2, incremental criterion-related validities were found over and above five general curiosity scales (ΔR2 between .12 and .15), which is in line with the frame-of-reference approach underlying the development of the scale. Interestingly, the lack of evidence for criterion-related validity in Study 1 indicates that these results do not generalize across positions.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, v. 28, issue 2, p. 109-117
Scholar Commons Citation
Mussel, Patrick; Spengler, Maik; Litman, Jordan A.; and Schuler, Heinz, "Development and Validation of the German Work-Related Curiosity Scale" (2011). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2504.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2504
