Organizing School-to-Work Transition Research from a Sustainable Career Perspective: A Review and Research Agenda

Author:

Blokker Rowena1,Akkermans Jos1,Marciniak Julian2,Jansen Paul G W1,Khapova Svetlana N1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Management and Organization, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands

2. Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland

Abstract

Abstract A successful school-to-work transition is crucial to an individual’s initial entry into the labor market and overall sustainable career development. Scholarly interest in how emerging adults (i.e., late teens to late 20s) can achieve a successful transition to work has grown considerably, stemming from various disciplines, such as educational sciences, psychology, sociology, and economics. These disciplines have all produced valuable knowledge, yet, they mostly exist as separate silos, without clear integration. To create an overview of the literature, we systematically reviewed school-to-work transition literature and used a sustainable career lens to organize it. Based on 365 articles from the past 28 years, our review findings show that there are different conceptual and theoretical approaches to studying school-to-work transitions. We subsequently organize these perspectives into antecedents categorized into the sustainable career perspective’s person, context, and time dimensions. Moreover, we categorize school-to-work transition outcomes as proximal and more distal outcomes related to happiness, health, and productivity indicators. Finally, we reflect on the implications of our review article and suggest ways forward for conceptualizing and theorizing modern school-to-work transitions, along with an agenda for future research.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Life-span and Life-course Studies,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Sociology and Political Science,Industrial relations

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