Navigating sustainable careers: A conceptual framework on subjective person-career fit dynamics

IF 5.2 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104157

Surendra Babu Talluri , Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden , Yehuda Baruch , William E. Donald

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Abstract

Sustainable careers have become a central focus in careers research. However, the mechanisms linking influential factors enacted by key stakeholders and sustainable career outcomes remain insufficiently theorized. Building on the process model of sustainable careers, person-environment-fit theory, and sustainable career ecosystem theory, our conceptual framework positions subjective person-career (P−C) fit as the central link explaining how individuals navigate and adapt their careers over time and across social contexts. Specifically, we emphasize how dynamic compatibility between personal factors and career environment elements shapes subjective P−C fit, further impacting sustainable career outcomes (i.e., happiness, health, and productivity). Additionally, we elaborate on the role of dynamic feedback loops, coping and defense mechanisms, self-directed career orientations, and a balance of proximal and distal outcome perspectives in the relationship between subjective P−C fit and sustainable career outcomes. In doing so, we introduce a key mechanism to connect career actors and outcomes in the sustainable career ecosystem model, highlighting the importance of integrating individual agency, contextual influences, and evolving career meaning for the individual into a single framework. Our conceptual framework is accompanied by a set of propositions to guide future empirical investigations in sustainable careers and person-career fit research.

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可持续职业已经成为职业研究的中心焦点。然而，将关键利益相关者制定的影响因素与可持续职业成果联系起来的机制仍然不够理论化。在可持续职业过程模型、人-环境契合理论和可持续职业生态系统理论的基础上，我们的概念框架将主观的人-职业契合（P - C）定位为解释个体如何在时间和社会背景下导航和适应其职业的中心环节。具体而言，我们强调个人因素和职业环境因素之间的动态兼容性如何塑造主观P - C契合度，进而影响可持续的职业成果（即幸福、健康和生产力）。此外，我们还详细阐述了动态反馈回路、应对和防御机制、自我导向的职业取向以及近端和远端结果视角的平衡在主观P - C契合与可持续职业结果之间的关系中的作用。为此，我们在可持续职业生态系统模型中引入了一种连接职业行为者和结果的关键机制，强调了将个人机构、情境影响和个人职业意义演变整合到单一框架中的重要性。我们的概念框架伴随着一组命题，以指导未来可持续职业和个人职业契合研究的实证研究。

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Journal of Vocational Behavior PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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13.10

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5.40%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Behavior publishes original empirical and theoretical articles offering unique insights into the realms of career choice, career development, and work adjustment across the lifespan. These contributions are not only valuable for academic exploration but also find applications in counseling and career development programs across diverse sectors such as colleges, universities, business, industry, government, and the military. The primary focus of the journal centers on individual decision-making regarding work and careers, prioritizing investigations into personal career choices rather than organizational or employer-level variables. Example topics encompass a broad range, from initial career choices (e.g., choice of major, initial work or organization selection, organizational attraction) to the development of a career, work transitions, work-family management, and attitudes within the workplace (such as work commitment, multiple role management, and turnover).