Table 2:

Descriptive, Bivariate Statistics and Coefficient Alphas of the Latent Constructs of EHS-14 in the U.S. and South Korean Samples

	U.S. (N = 390)		South Korean (N = 452)		1	2	3	4
	M	SD	M	SD
1. Empowerment	8.1	2.6	7.1	2.0	(.949/.898)	.73**	.73**	.69**
2. Self-motivation	7.2	2.7	6.6	2.3	.69**	(.833/.771)	.74**	.74**
3. Skills and resources	7.8	2.6	6.7	2.1	.70**	.84**	(.949/.912)	.78**
4. Goal orientation	7.4	2.7	7.2	2.2	.69**	.84**	.88**	(.931/.924)

Notes: EHS-14 = Short Employment Hope Scale. Lower diagonal = U.S. sample, upper diagonal = Korean sample. The alpha coefficients are reported in parentheses (U.S./Korean).

^**p < .01.