Sustainable Career Development: Enchasing Psychological Well-Being and Reducing Resistance to Change

This paper aims at highlighting sustainable career development which can help university students effectively respond to the complexity of the labor market and career development challenges. Given that so far little is known regarding the degree to which higher education students possess and develop sustainability in their career, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the relationships that occur among sustainable career development, resistance to change and psychological well-being. The survey was administered to 196 undergraduate university students in Athens, Greece. Results demonstrated that sustainable career development; namely, life/career management, future life/career projects and identity awareness predicts psychological well-being and resistance to change. Implications for career counseling interventions and further research are provided.