Individuals often need to be proactive in order to successfully navigate their career
development journeys. To what extent one is vocationally proactive has critical implications …

In this review the authors critically examine the nature of contemporary careers and the
direction in which careers research has developed over the past decade. Specifically, career …

The protean career concept is a widely acknowledged contemporary career model, but
conceptual and empirical analysis of the model is scarce. We provide an integrative …

Despite the commonly held belief that a protean career orientation (PCO) enables
employees to achieve more balance in their lives, little is known about the relationship …

The protean/boundaryless career concepts refer to people becoming more self-directed and
flexible in managing their careers in response to societal shifts in work arrangements. A …

In this paper we propose that careers be considered as both offering promise and the source
of potential disillusionment. While the changing nature of careers and of career …

Highlights•Sustainability of careers is a pertinent topic in the current socio-economic
environment.•Sustainable HRM can be an important vehicle for realizing sustainable …

To study the effect of protean careers on talent retention, operationalized as the intention to
quit, this study explores two pathways between protean career orientation and intention to …

Contemporary careers systems are characterized by a boundaryless career environment
and dynamic labor markets. New career attitudes and orientations emerge, and their …

A protean career orientation is assumed to be beneficial for career development but
researchers have only recently started to empirically evaluate the concept. Conducting two …