Sustainable careers across the lifespan: Moving the field forward

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Sustainable Career Development of Newly Hired Executives—A Dynamic Process Perspective

“…Qualitative approaches are effective in exploring what constructs are involved in a sustainable career, which factors affect it, and how it develops across time [22]. This paper emerged from a qualitative research design aimed at investigating the career-development process of newly hired executives from outside a company.…”

“…The meaning dimension indicates sustainable careers comprising both skill development and meaning derived from career experiences and events [21]. In conclusion, the definition of sustainable careers illustrates that the construct is multidimensional and the dynamism between the dimensions of person, context, and time should be taken into consideration [22].…”

“…The data collected from interviews are useful to better comprehend the perceptions that people hold regarding the process of sustainable career development, as well as which factors impact it and how it evolves across time [22]. Our research team interviewed a total of 20 newly hired executives from outside companies in China.…”

“…Our study strengthened our understanding of sustainable career development in the situation where newly hired executives are from outside a company. We investigated the unique context in which different worker group sustainable careers evolved [22], specifically examining the sustainable career-development process of newly hired executives. By investigating what makes up a sustainable career, what affects it, and how it develops across time in the context of newly hired executives entering a new organization, our study contributed to the understanding of career sustainability in a particular worker group and context.…”

From School to Work: Improving Graduates’ Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy

“…The sustainable career perspective is different from other career paradigms due to its precise and strong focus on both individual and contextual factors related to career development [25]. Therefore, from a sustainable career perspective, we will also investigate the role of family socioeconomic status (SES) in determining an employee's CDSE in addition to personality differences and cognitive influences.…”