The role of career adaptability and future orientation on future goals in refugees

ABSTRACT

Using a full mixed-method design, the study aims to explore refugees’ future goals, and secondly, it aims to examine the relationship between career adaptability and future orientation in considering a breadth of future goals. Results showed that refugees set more frequently materialistic goals and less frequently goals connected to be able to have a “decent job”. Moreover, it was found that career adaptability and future orientation play a crucial role in determining multiple useful goals in refugees for building a decent personal and professional future life in the host country. The results emphasise the relevance to help refugees to set goals related to decent work and to develop career adaptability resources and future orientation.

KEYWORDS:

• Refugees
• career adaptability
• future orientation
• future goals
• Life Design

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Notes on contributors

Maria Cristina Ginevra

Maria Cristina Ginevra is a researcher in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.

Ilaria Di Maggio

Ilaria Di Maggio is a post-doc fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.

Sara Santilli

Sara Santili is a post-doc fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.

Laura Nota

Laura Nota is a full professor in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova.