The Role of Chance Events in the School-to-Work Transition: The Influence of Demographic, Personality and Career Development Variables.

By A. Hirschi. 2010

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Abstract Chance events are considered important in career development, yet little empirical research is available on their predictors and consequences. The present study investigated socio-demographic (gender, nationality, school-type), personality (openness, locus of control) and career development variables (career decidedness, career planning) in relation to perceived chance events with a retrospective ( N = 229, eleventh grade), and 1-year longitudinal prospective study ( N = 245, eighth/ninth grade) among Swiss adolescents. The results showed that the majority of both groups reported a significant influence of chance events on their transition from compulsory school to vocational education or high school. Importance of chance events related to socio-demographics and personality but not career preparation. Career preparation and chance events predicted subjective career success in terms of wish correspondence and overall satisfaction with transition outcome among the younger cohort. Implications include the necessity to integrate both thorough career preparation and chance events in theory and counseling practice.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Psychological Capital and Career Outcomes among Final Year University Students: the Mediating Role of Career Engagement and Perceived Employability (2020, background): “This kind of engagement implies that children or students are given the opportunity to take the central role in making decisions about their career, in involvement in planning their career, and enabling them to explore career opportunities (Hirschi 2010).”
Training career adaptability to facilitate a successful school-to-work transition (2012, background): “In sum, career adaptability can enhance the chance on finding a suitable job, thereby enhancing career success and even well-being (Hartung & Taber, 2008; Hirschi, 2010; Skorikov, 2007).”
Tales of the unexpected: Integrating career shocks in the contemporary careers literature (2018, unknown): “Although most of the literature on chance events emphasises the unpredictable nature of such events (e.g. Hirschi, 2010; Krumboltz, 2009; Rojewski, 1999), the literature on shocks proposes that such events can differ in the degree to which they are unexpected (e.g. Holtom et al., 2005).”
Sustainable careers across the lifespan: Moving the field forward (2020, background): “Kossek and Ollier-Malaterre and Straub et al. (in this special issue) explain that employer roles may be the result of (un)planned behaviors or events across domains of life (cf. Akkermans, Seibert, & Mol, 2018; Hirschi, 2010; Mitchell, Levin, & Krumboltz, 1999).”
Building a sustainable start: The role of career competencies, career success, and career shocks in young professionals' employability (2019, unknown): “In line with CCT and previous studies (e.g., Grimland et al., 2012; Hirschi, 2010), we argue that career shocks act as moderators that shape young professionals' efforts to build their perceived employability through the development of career competencies and career success.”