Ingrid L. Potgieter - Theory, Research and Dynamics of Career Wellbeing: Becoming Fit for the Future

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Theory, Research and Dynamics of Career Wellbeing: Becoming Fit for the Future covers current theory and research that enlighten individual career wellbeing practices in the contemporary VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) Industry 4.0/digital worklife space. The various chapters, written by professional scholars, subject matter experts and practitioners in the field of career wellbeing, contain valuable information about future-fit career wellbeing as manifested in real-life contexts across the globe. The chapters provide practical interventions for future-fit career wellbeing of individuals, as well as providing sound theoretical frameworks and research. The focus of this book emphasises dynamics and practices relevant to the digital era brought about by the fourth Industrial revolutions rapid technological advancements. Critical issues in understanding future-fit career wellbeing in the emerging digital workspaces of Industry 4.0 as well as the psychological variables influencing career wellbeing are continuous contemporary themes. The primary audience for this book is advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as scholars and practitioners in career wellbeing and career development settings. In addition, organisational decision-makers, human resource managers and professionals, wellness counsellors and public policymakers will have an interest in this book. Readers of this book, scholars and practitioners, will find the theory, research and findings and dynamic career wellbeing implications helpful to their own understanding of the psychological principles underpinning career wellbeing in the future digital workspace. Thoughts and suggestions presented in the various chapters will stimulate further research endeavours that will contribute to much needed innovative future-fit career wellbeing interventions that benefit both individuals and their organisations.

As authors, we acknowledge that our understanding of the role of the psychological underpinnings of individual future-fit career wellbeing and the dynamics of contemporary career wellbeing in the future digital workspace has been shaped by many research scholars, practitioners, colleagues, clients and students, past and present, in the international and multicultural workplace and educational contexts. We are truly grateful for these brilliant people who have shared their practices, wisdom and insights with us in person and through the professional scholarly literature. As editors, we would also like to offer our deep gratitude to the team of authors we worked with on this book for their quality contributions, hard work and their forbearance.

Note : The manuscript and chapters in this book have been independently peer reviewed before publication. A blind peer review process was followed. The authors would also like to offer their gratitude to the reviewers for their feedback and suggestions for improving the quality of the chapter contributions and the book in general.