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Bridging Troubled Times

Adaptability and Identity Metaskills in Challenging Career Contexts

Published Online:November 22, 2021https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000381

Abstract

Abstract. The current labor market has produced manifold crises with high unemployment rates and increasing worklife dynamics. Adaptability and identity are metaskills that enable the learning process necessary to overcome obstacles on the career path. The contribution of this review lies in its focus on the question of whether the metaskills of career adaptability and identity can serve to bridge troubled times for everyone in the working population. This review provides a conceptual model of a “decent career” that acknowledges challenging circumstances based on demographic differences (e. g., age, ethnicity, sex) or structural conditions (e. g., economic crisis) and the antecedents necessary to foster individual skills that serve various beneficial outcomes.


Eine Brücke? Anpassungsfähigkeit und Identität als Metafähigkeiten in herausfordernden Karrierebedingungen

Zusammenfassung. Unser Arbeitsmarkt zeigt vielfältige Krisen mit hohen Arbeitslosenquoten und zunehmender Dynamik im Arbeitsleben. Anpassungsfähigkeit und Identität sind Metafähigkeiten, die den Lernprozess ermöglichen, der zur Überwindung von Hindernissen auf dem Karriereweg erforderlich ist. Der Beitrag dieses Reviews liegt in der Frage, ob die Metakompetenzen der beruflichen Anpassungsfähigkeit und Identität tatsächlich als Brücke über unruhige Gewässer für alle in der arbeitenden Bevölkerung dienen können. Dieser Review Artikel liefert ein konzeptionelles Modell einer „decent career“, das herausfordernde Umstände berücksichtigt die aus demografischen Unterschieden (z. B. Alter, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Geschlecht) oder strukturellen Bedingungen (z. B. Krisenökonomie) erwachsen und zeigt Wege zur individuellen Förderung von Karriereentwicklung.

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