I study sustainable careers of highly educated professionals in the context of an intensified and digitalized society. Sustainable careers include the dimensions of person (agency and adaptability), context, and time. Indicators of sustainable careers reflect health, happiness, and productivity. As a psychologist, my focus is on individuals and their careers, but I utilize the sustainable career ecosystem framework, which considers interaction with other career actors (e.g., organizations and society), their mutual responsibility, and sustainable outcomes for the whole system.
The aim of my doctoral research is to identify elements that are likely to promote sustainable careers as well as elements that might risk their sustainability. More specifically, my ongoing research addresses topics such as employee well-being (burnout, work engagement), job changes and employee turnover, motivation, perceived organizational learning climate, and intensified job demands. Recently, I have collected new data that includes experiences related to digitalization and the use of AI tools in workplaces. I have focused on quantitative longitudinal research methods because of the importance of temporal aspects in sustainable career research.
