TITLE:
Promoting Sustainability and Reflexivity in the Career of Greek University Students
AUTHORS:
Katerina Argyropoulou
KEYWORDS:
Higher Education, Personal Resources, Sustainable Career Development, Sustainable Career Development Scale, Reflexivity, Life Project Reflexivity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.10,
September
29,
2022
ABSTRACT: This
paper aims at highlighting a grid of personal resources, which can help
university students effectively respond to the complexity of labor market and
career development, namely sustainability and reflexivity (life project reflexivity).
Given that so far little is known regarding the degree to which higher education
students possess and develop such resources, a cross-sectional survey was
conducted to investigate: 1) students’ perceived level of the aforementioned resources, 2) the
relationships that may exist among them, and 3) possible
differences in resource levels between working and non-working students.
Results demonstrated relatively high scores in the two personal resources,
strong positive relationships between sustainability and reflexivity (life
project reflexivity) as well as significant differences in scores concerning
the university students’ work status. Implications for career counseling
interventions and further research are provided.