ABSTRACT

As a result of globalisation, automation and digitalisation, workers including those who are highly skilled, are facing worsening employment vulnerability and workforce disengagement. In this paper, we examine the career decision readiness of the unemployed and discouraged based on a nationally representative sample of 1621 highly skilled workers in Singapore. In addition to items measuring demographic, education, work, health and family characteristics, participants were administered measures of career decision state, vocational identity, and career self-management. The findings show that for highly skilled workers in the country, career decision-making readiness (in terms of career decision state and vocational identity) is related to career self-management, age, marital status, health, occupation, industry, and continuing education. Implications for practice and future research are also presented.

摘要

全球化，自动化和数字化的结果是，包括高技能工人在内的工人正面临日益严重的就业脆弱性和劳动力脱离。在本文中，我们基于新加坡1621名高技能工人的全国代表性样本，研究了失业者和灰心者的职业决策准备情况。除了测量人口，教育，工作，健康和家庭特征的项目外，还对参与者进行职业决策状态，职业身份和职业自我管理的测量。研究结果表明，对于该国的高技能工人，职业决策准备（就职业决策状态和职业身份而言）与职业自我管理，年龄，婚姻状况，健康，职业，行业和继续教育有关。