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View article: Fostering an inclusive and sustainable career ecosystem: empowering neurodivergent individuals and employees to thrive
Fostering an inclusive and sustainable career ecosystem: empowering neurodivergent individuals and employees to thrive Open
Purpose This article synthesises contributions from the special issue “Fostering an inclusive and sustainable career ecosystem: empowering neurodivergent individuals and employees to thrive”. It reframes neurodivergence as a source of stre…
View article: Supporting clients through career shocks: metaphorical thinking, scenario-based role play, and career narratives
Supporting clients through career shocks: metaphorical thinking, scenario-based role play, and career narratives Open
Purpose This practitioner insights essay examines how career development professionals can support individuals in preparing for, navigating, and recovering from career shocks. Design/methodology/approach Grounded in scholarly research and …
View article: We Need to Talk About Resilience
We Need to Talk About Resilience Open
This essay offers a pragmatic and holistic perspective of resilience to assist careers and employability professionals in supporting university students and graduates. It examines the evolution of employability models from skills-based to …
View article: 11 topics among 7,591 employability research abstracts (1942–2024): a structural topic model and call for interdisciplinary perspectives
11 topics among 7,591 employability research abstracts (1942–2024): a structural topic model and call for interdisciplinary perspectives Open
Purpose Our goal was to empirically evaluate what topics can be discerned in employability scholarship. We sought to illustrate the diverse specialised expert knowledge across the full multidisciplinary breadth of employability literature,…
View article: Navigating the storm: understanding the impact of a COVID-19-induced negative career shock on career success and life satisfaction in China
Navigating the storm: understanding the impact of a COVID-19-induced negative career shock on career success and life satisfaction in China Open
Purpose Our study aimed to understand how a negative career shock (CS), caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global crisis, impacted employees’ career success and life satisfaction in China. Design/methodology/approach Employees (n = 737) fr…
View article: Differentiating Grapes from Wine
Differentiating Grapes from Wine Open
There is a growing interest in connecting the literature on graduate employability, career development, and worker employability. However, inconsistent terminology across these fields poses a challenge. This essay focuses on the term ‘scho…
View article: The impact of physical activity taster sessions on barriers and facilitators to long-term physical activity behaviour
The impact of physical activity taster sessions on barriers and facilitators to long-term physical activity behaviour Open
Epidemiological evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) can improve the health, physical function and the quality of life of older adults. Several modes of PA have been highlighted as particularly beneficial for these outcomes, but t…
View article: Editorial: Introducing the new practitioner insights section at career development international
Editorial: Introducing the new practitioner insights section at career development international Open
What is the new practitioner insights section? Career Development International is a journal that studies careers throughout lifespans and in various contexts. We are pleased to introduce practitioner insight articles to recognize the prac…
View article: Preparing students for hybrid working: The place and case for authentic assessment via synchronous online presentations
Preparing students for hybrid working: The place and case for authentic assessment via synchronous online presentations Open
Today’s students need to be prepared for hybrid working to thrive in the contemporary workplace, and traditional assessment methods need modification to remain fit for purpose. Framing this as our point of departure, we propose that synchr…
View article: Merit beyond metrics: Redefining the value of higher education
Merit beyond metrics: Redefining the value of higher education Open
In this provocative opinion piece, I challenge entrenched norms and encourage re-evaluating higher education’s true purpose and impact in today’s complex, volatile, and uncertain world. I argue for a paradigm shift to consider alternative …
View article: Viewing academia as an exclusionary career ecosystem: threats to the career sustainability of disabled scholars
Viewing academia as an exclusionary career ecosystem: threats to the career sustainability of disabled scholars Open
As a scholar confined to my home due to disability, academia often feels like an exclusionary career ecosystem that threatens my career sustainability. Sadly, such experiences, although not always talked about openly for fear of repercussi…
View article: (Re)Framing sustainable careers: toward a conceptual model and future research agenda
(Re)Framing sustainable careers: toward a conceptual model and future research agenda Open
Purpose By adopting a Social Exchange Theory (SET) lens, this paper aims to integrate the often-fragmented literature streams of Vocational Behavior (VB), Career Development (CD), and Human Resource Management (HRM) to offer a conceptual m…
View article: Cognitive Skills Within the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Framework
Cognitive Skills Within the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Framework Open
Our theoretical manuscript aims to explore the role that dimension two, ‘Thinking-Cognitive Skills’ of the Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework, can play in empowering sustainable careers and sustainable development. We begin by setting…
View article: Life is Too Short to Be Serious All the Time
Life is Too Short to Be Serious All the Time Open
In this food for thought article, we introduce the ‘Donald Duck Phenomenon’ to consider ten of the more unconventional reasons for publishing in academia. These include (i) symbolic immortality, (ii) personal satisfaction, (iii) a sense of…
View article: Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of the Personal Brand V.A.L.U.E. Career Development Tool
Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of the Personal Brand V.A.L.U.E. Career Development Tool Open
The purpose of our manuscript is to conceptualise and operationalise the Personal Brand V.A.L.U.E. Career Development Tool. The V.A.L.U.E. acronym stands for Vision, Ability, Love, Understanding, and Ecosystem. The paper adopts a case stud…
View article: Introducing a sustainable career ecosystem: Theoretical perspectives, conceptualization, and future research agenda
Introducing a sustainable career ecosystem: Theoretical perspectives, conceptualization, and future research agenda Open
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View article: Workplace antecedents of quiet quitting behavior: Insights from graduate workers in India
Workplace antecedents of quiet quitting behavior: Insights from graduate workers in India Open
Drawing on the theoretical framework of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R), our study aims to consider how workplace antecedents of perceived quiet firing (also known as involuntary attrition), perceived co-worker support, and experience (tenure…
View article: The unheard voices of academia: overcoming systemic barriers and fostering inclusive spaces for knowledge exchange
The unheard voices of academia: overcoming systemic barriers and fostering inclusive spaces for knowledge exchange Open
Our paper aims to consider how hybrid academic conferences can create inclusive spaces for knowledge exchange. The paper begins by considering the purpose of academic conferences and identifying the groups of people excluded when conferenc…
View article: Intelligent careers and human resource management practices: qualitative insights from the public sector in a clientelistic culture
Intelligent careers and human resource management practices: qualitative insights from the public sector in a clientelistic culture Open
Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically test the intelligent career framework in a public sector setting in a country with a clientelistic culture to inform human resource management strategies. Design/methodology/approach Base…
View article: Three Key Ways That Mentorship Can Support Early Career Scholars
Three Key Ways That Mentorship Can Support Early Career Scholars Open
Navigating the intrinsic landscape of academia can often feel like attempting to manoeuvre through a maze, especially for individuals at the dawn of their scholarly journey. Drawing on my previous experience as an early career scholar, my …
View article: Are we talking about the same thing? The case for stronger connections between graduate and worker employability research
Are we talking about the same thing? The case for stronger connections between graduate and worker employability research Open
Purpose and approach This article presents the case for creating stronger connections between research on graduate and worker employability. We offer a narrative review of commonalities and differences between these research streams and of…
View article: Construction and operationalisation of an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review (2016–2022)
Construction and operationalisation of an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review (2016–2022) Open
This paper aims to conceptualise and operationalise an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review of 42,558 manuscripts from Web of Science and Scopus databases published between 2016 and 2022 from the fie…
View article: Preparing University Graduates for Sustainable Careers
Preparing University Graduates for Sustainable Careers Open
This chapter aims to understand how graduates believe the future of work will evolve concerning demands and resources from early careers talent and organizations, and subsequently, what steps can be taken to enhance the career readiness of…
View article: How academics can play a more influential role during a year-in-industry placement: A contemporary critique and call for action
How academics can play a more influential role during a year-in-industry placement: A contemporary critique and call for action Open
Universities worldwide are tasked with producing employable graduates capable of operating in evolving, complex, and global labour markets. Research into the effectiveness of year-in-industry placements to facilitate such objectives often …
View article: Fostering social mobility and employability: the case for peer learning
Fostering social mobility and employability: the case for peer learning Open
Higher education institutions continue to face challenges in fostering social mobility and preparing their students for the world of work. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges via disruption to education and reduced opportuni…
View article: Technological transformation and human resource development of early career talent: Insights from accounting, banking, and finance
Technological transformation and human resource development of early career talent: Insights from accounting, banking, and finance Open
This paper provides insights into the opportunities and risks that the technological transformation of Human Resource Development (HRD) presents in the context of early career talent in the accounting, banking, and finance sector. Three re…
View article: Preparing for a Sustainable Career
Preparing for a Sustainable Career Open
A sustainable career can be understood as a dynamic and flexible process that plays out overtime whereby, via career agency, an individual commits to lifelong learning and the generation of personal resources across a series of career expe…