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Adaptability Resources, Future Work Selves, and Psychological Resilience: Systemic Determinants and Supports

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Organizational Behaviors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 11442

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Dr. Teresa Maria Sgaramella

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Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata, University of Padova, 35137 Padova, Italy
Interests: integrative positive development from childhood throughout adulthood with a focus on the role of social and emotional competencies; executive skills and systemic determinants on career development; designing, implementing, and evaluating actions involving individuals and groups who experience complex and vulnerable conditions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The complexities and unpredictability of current times underline the relevance of taking an ‘individual-in-context perspective’ where diverse systemic influences are considered, especially for people with complex stories whose voices are seldom heard.

Research on intrapersonal influences and strengths proposes Career Adaptabilities as effective individual resources for coping with current and anticipated tasks, transitions in occupational roles, and complex, unpredictable problems. Similarly, envisioning and planning Future Work Selves (FWSs) are the tenets of career-related proactive career goal generation and regulation. 

According to recent studies, however, the dynamic interplay between past, present, and future time with respect to current living contexts and cultures may play a meaningful role in psychological resilience. It therefore seems worth moving to a more systemic notion of resilience, focusing the attention both at the level of the intrapersonal system and at that of larger social, environmental, and organizational systems. This will help in understanding the systemic protective and risk factors for resilience and in envisioning future goals and steps to pursue them.

We therefore welcome quantitative and qualitative submissions aimed at broadening knowledge on the relationships between the dimensions mentioned and, by embracing a systemic approach, identifying the systemic conditions, actions, and supports for these resources to take place. 

Dr. Teresa Maria Sgaramella
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • professional development
  • career adaptability
  • future work selves
  • psychological resilience
  • under-represented groups
  • systems of influences
  • determinants
  • actions

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Navigating Adult Life from Emerging to Middle Adulthood: Patterns of Systemic Influences and Time Perspective in Migrants
by Teresa Maria Sgaramella, Andrea Zammitti and Paola Magnano
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(2), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14020086 - 25 Jan 2024
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This study emerges at the intersection of adult development and systems theory frameworks and their contributions to understanding migration experiences and associated cultural transitions. The adult development approach enables a deep understanding of the complexities that adults experience when they move from exploring [...] Read more.
This study emerges at the intersection of adult development and systems theory frameworks and their contributions to understanding migration experiences and associated cultural transitions. The adult development approach enables a deep understanding of the complexities that adults experience when they move from exploring themselves and their environment in emerging adulthood to establishing their identities and roles during middle adulthood. The systems theory framework, on the other hand, provides insights into the role of social and cultural dimensions in the lives of emerging and middle-adult immigrants who have navigated diverse cultures, roles, and identities. The study highlights the patterns and dynamic interactions of diverse systems of influences and their roles in shaping the self and relational identities of thirty emerging and middle-aged adults who have experienced migration. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptability Resources, Future Work Selves, and Psychological Resilience: Systemic Determinants and Supports)
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The Dark Side Effect of Entrepreneurial Resilience Diversity on Pivoting: The Role of Team Reflexivity
by Jialiang Fu, Renhong Zhu, Qin Liu, Yishuo Jiao and Xiaowei Li
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 899; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13110899 - 30 Oct 2023
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Resilience is widely recognized as a form of psychological capital that helps entrepreneurs cope with challenges in the face of adversity by actively adjusting business strategies. Prior research has investigated the effect of resilience on pivoting, which is an important entrepreneurial decision to [...] Read more.
Resilience is widely recognized as a form of psychological capital that helps entrepreneurs cope with challenges in the face of adversity by actively adjusting business strategies. Prior research has investigated the effect of resilience on pivoting, which is an important entrepreneurial decision to forgo the original business opportunity and exploit new opportunities. Despite the increasing empirical evidence on the effect of resilience on strategic changes and the pivot, the literature may have overstated the benefits of entrepreneurial resilience while neglecting its potential dark sides. Hence, the current study focuses on the structure of resilience within an entrepreneurial team and introduces the concept of resilience diversity. Drawing from sensemaking theory, we develop a research framework that investigates the dark-side effects of resilience diversity on team reflexivity and pivoting and the moderating effect of environmental hostility. Empirical results from a two-wave survey of 112 entrepreneurial teams in China reveal that resilience diversity negatively affects pivoting by impairing the quality of team reflexivity. Moreover, the mediating effect of team reflexivity is strengthened in hostile environments. These findings contribute to the literature on entrepreneurial resilience, pivot, and team reflexivity, and provide important practical implications for entrepreneurial teams. Full article
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Career Adaptability and Resilience of Mental Health Service Users: The Role of Career Counseling
by Nikos Drosos and Antonis Korfiatis
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 886; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13110886 - 26 Oct 2023
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The employment rate of people who face severe mental health issues is extremely low, while the vast majority expresses their willingness to work. There are various obstacles that impede their work re-integration process. Apart from the illnesses’ symptoms and the employers’ stigma, these [...] Read more.
The employment rate of people who face severe mental health issues is extremely low, while the vast majority expresses their willingness to work. There are various obstacles that impede their work re-integration process. Apart from the illnesses’ symptoms and the employers’ stigma, these barriers are strongly associated with the effects of long-term unemployment and the lack of positive psychosocial resources, such as career adaptability and resilience. The present study aims to investigate career adaptability and the resilience of mental health service users who receive career counseling services. The career counseling approach that was used combines elements from the IPS model and the career construction approach that has been developed to address the contemporary world of work challenges. We investigated how mental health service users view themselves in terms of career adaptability and resilience, and which factors contributed to their development or impeded them. We used a qualitative approach, which allows for an in-depth exploration of the participants’ views. Fifteen mental health users who receive career counseling services were interviewed. The results showed that mental health service users believe that they can overcome any difficulties and setbacks when they have adequate support from their social network and when they receive career counseling services. They highlighted the importance of counseling services to maintain their work and cope with stressful events. Further implications of the results regarding vocational rehabilitation of mental health users as means for social inclusion are discussed. Full article
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An Analysis of Systems of Influences through the Lens of Balanced Time Perspective: A Qualitative Study on a Group of Inmates
by Rita Zarbo, Andrea Zammitti, Ernesto Lodi and Paola Magnano
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(10), 806; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13100806 - 28 Sep 2023
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To respond to the increasing challenges of the XXI century, career guidance is used as a device to reduce inequalities, to expand the range of opportunities for all people, to deconstruct the stereotypes and the stigmatizations that tend to relegate specific social categories [...] Read more.
To respond to the increasing challenges of the XXI century, career guidance is used as a device to reduce inequalities, to expand the range of opportunities for all people, to deconstruct the stereotypes and the stigmatizations that tend to relegate specific social categories to particular working niches, and to offer people the chance to express their differences and diversities. This study reports the results of research aimed at understanding the dynamics of career construction in people with imprisonment experience through the exploration of their systems of influences; the stories of the inmates were collected using My System of Career Influences (MSCI). In the analysis of the narratives and the systems of influences, the focus was placed on the balanced time perspective as a core dimension to foster career construction and to look at future possibilities. The results show that the participants are mainly focused on the past, and their focus on the present is narrow and seems to represent a moment of stalemate, preventing the possibility for inmates to imagine their future. Suggestions for practical implications of career counseling for inmates are provided, and the knowledge about the temporal orientation of prisoners will enable those who do not show any hope of achieving positive interactions to be reached and provide a higher degree of individualization for social rehabilitation proposals. Full article
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Proactive Career Orientation and Subjective Career Success: A Perspective of Career Construction Theory
by Po-Chien Chang, Yuanli Guo, Qihai Cai and Hongchi Guo
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 503; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060503 - 15 Jun 2023
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In the current dynamic and flexible work environment, traditional career models are constantly challenged by individuals’ self-concepts of career development. Previous studies have investigated the predictors of subjective career success, yet little is known about the impact of proactive career orientation on subjective [...] Read more.
In the current dynamic and flexible work environment, traditional career models are constantly challenged by individuals’ self-concepts of career development. Previous studies have investigated the predictors of subjective career success, yet little is known about the impact of proactive career orientation on subjective career success. This study, grounded in the career construction theory, aims to examine the influence mechanism of proactive career orientation on subjective career success by analyzing questionnaire data from 296 employees. Empirical results indicate that proactive career orientation has a positive impact on subjective career success. Second, career adaptability partially mediates the relationship between proactive career orientation and subjective career success. Third, mentoring moderates the relationship between proactive career orientation and career adaptability, as well as the relationship between career adaptability and subjective career success. Specifically, both the positive impact of proactive career orientation on career adaptability and the positive impact of career adaptability on subjective career success are stronger when the level of mentoring is higher. Fourth, the indirect relationship between proactive career orientation and subjective career success through career adaptability is stronger when mentoring is high compared to when mentoring is low. This study contributes to the career construction theory by identifying the influence mechanism of proactive career orientation on subjective career success through career adaptability, with mentoring moderating the process. As for practical implications, research findings remind managers of the importance of career planning and mentorship in enhancing employees’ subjective career successes. Full article
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Taking Action towards an Inclusive Career Counselling for Asylum Seekers and Refugees—A Literature Review Based on the PRISMA Model
by Gresa Beqiraj and Lea Ferrari
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(12), 962; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13120962 - 22 Nov 2023
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Over the past decade, scholarly attention has increasingly focused on what is known as the ‘refugee gap’, which refers to the great difficulty asylum seekers and refugees face in entering the labour market in the host country. This poses a grave threat of [...] Read more.
Over the past decade, scholarly attention has increasingly focused on what is known as the ‘refugee gap’, which refers to the great difficulty asylum seekers and refugees face in entering the labour market in the host country. This poses a grave threat of social and occupational marginalisation for this group and highlights the role of systemic factors in facilitating resilience outcomes. By adopting a systemic perspective, this research aims to provide a critical reflection on the key features that should be considered when designing and implementing effective career counselling interventions for asylum seekers and refugees. To this end, a systematic review of the international applied research published by October 2022 has been carried out, using the PRISMA model. The 20 selected publications are grouped according to three main career research strands that reflect the core aspects to be addressed within career interventions in order to assist asylum seekers and refugees in their life and career transition in the host country, namely (i) psychosocial resources, (ii) identity transformation processes, and (iii) lived experiences and meaning-making processes. The main findings of the studies are discussed by looking into common themes that emerge from the literature, namely challenges related to migration contexts, self-regulating personal resources and skills, and sense of self and identity in career transitions, as well as considerations on the design aspects of career counselling and research targeting As&R. Finally, some guidelines and directions for action are provided for the purpose of developing inclusive career counselling interventions for As&R. Full article
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