Table 3 Correlations of career competencies with work engagement and life satisfaction and Cronbach’s α (N = 522)

1. Career competencies

.94

2. Reflective career competencies

.86^***

.85

3. Communicative career competencies

.91^***

.68^***

.85

4. Behavioral career competencies

.91^***

.64^***

.75^***

.92

5. Work engagement

.70^***

.69^***

.63^***

.58^***

.95

6. Life satisfaction

.56^***

.53^***

.50^***

.47^***

.65^***

.93