The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Issues and Implications for Career Research and Practice

By A. Hirschi. Career Development Quarterly, 2018

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The accelerating digitization and automation of work, known as the 4th industrial revolution, will have an enormous impact on individuals’ career experiences. Yet, the academic literature in vocational psychology and career research has been remarkably silent on this trend so far. This article summarizes some of the most important issues of the 4th industrial revolution as they pertain to career development. The author then critically reviews how current models and frameworks of career development are suitable for addressing these emerging issues. Opportunities for future career development research and practice are outlined.

Subfields: Education, Media Technology, Safety Research

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What is the future of work? A science mapping analysis (2020, background): “In this sense, Hirschi (2018) stated that career professionals have a key role in managing employees’ labour changes, offering face-to-face or virtual services, such as learning and education (Hirschi, 2018).”
Investigating the relationship between career planning, proactivity and employability perceptions among higher education students in uncertain labour market conditions (2020, background): “There has, however, been little exploration of the influence of Industry 4.0 on career literature (Hirschi 2018) and how students perceive contemporary labour market demands and the impact on their career planning.”
Social Cognitive Career Theory at 25: Progress in Studying the Domain Satisfaction and Career Self-Management Models (2019, background): “Larger developments in the global economic context, such as advances in automation, have sparked concerns about diminished employment opportunities, downward economic mobility, and a rise in precarious work future for many persons (e.g., Hirschi, 2018; Lent, 2018).”
Contemporary career orientations and career self-management: A review and integration (2021, background): “As a self-regulatory process that draws heavily on personal resources, engagement in CSM could lead to exhaustion and represent yet another work demand that employees are expected to fulfill in the current work environment (Hirschi, 2018; Kubicek et al., 2015; Prem et al., 2017).”
Decent work in Switzerland: Context, conceptualization, and assessment (2019, background): “(Hirschi, 2018), and both expressions stress the transformation of the workforce due to technological changes and the digitalization and robotization of employment (Frey & Osborne, 2017).”