Sustainable careers: Towards a conceptual model

Ans De Vos; Beatrice Van der Heijden; J. Akkermans

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.06.011

Sustainable careers: Towards a conceptual model

Ans De Vos, Beatrice Van der Heijden, J. Akkermans

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This paper aims to move the research field on sustainable careers forward by building conceptual clarity about what a sustainable career means and delineating what distinguishes sustainable from non-sustainable careers, thereby providing key indicators of a sustainable career. Moreover, we approach sustainable careers from a systemic and dynamic perspective and address influential factors associated with stakeholders situated in multiple contexts and evolving over time. We elaborate on core theoretical frameworks useful for enhancing our understanding of what makes careers sustainable and present three key dimensions that can help to analyze and study sustainable careers: person, context, and time. Finally, we propose a research agenda that we hope will spur scholars to examine the topic in more detail in future empirical work.

Original language	English
Article number	103196
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Vocational Behavior
Volume	117
Early online date	25 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.06.011
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020

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Funding for writing this paper was obtained from the Flemish Research Fund , as part of the EOS research grant FWO ID G0E8318N EOS ID 30987235 .

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Flemish Research Fund
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek	G0E8318N EOS ID 30987235

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Career crafting
Career development
Career management
Employability
Sustainable career

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