New New, New Old: Understanding Individual and Contextual Influences on Graduates' Career Choices

Abstract

Young graduates are the talent of the future and they will become an important group in organizations in the next decennial. Individuals’ career preferences and work values have shifted over time and, as a result, claims in literature posit that the traditional career will slowly fade away in order to make way for the modern career. In addition, strong contextual forces such as globalization, technology, organizational restructuring, and the growth of services have altered the way we look at careers and challenge what older generations have hitherto taken for granted. Research presented at this symposium will add substantially to the existing literature on what new cohorts of graduates expect from their future career and employer. Authored by scholars from eleven European countries, the papers included in this symposium integrate individual and contextual factors influencing graduates' career intentions across contexts. Same Same But Different? Career Orientations of Generation Y Between Tradition and Modernity Presenter: Maike Andresen; U. of Bamberg Presenter: Eleni Apospori; Athens U. of Economics and Business Presenter: Wolfgang Mayrhofer; WU Vienna Graduate Career Intentions: A Public Sector Perspective Presenter: Fabian Homberg; Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli U. Presenter: Alessandro Hinna; U. of Rome Tor Vergata Presenter: Rick Vogel; U. of Hamburg Presenter: Julia Asseburg; Helmut-Schmidt-U Work Needs and Values of Generation Z Employees: A Perspective from Latvia, Poland, and Portugal Presenter: Iveta Ludviga; RISEBA U. of Business Arts and Technology Presenter: Agita Kalvina; Latvian School of Public Administration Presenter: Joanna Niezurawska; WSB U. in Torun Presenter: Nelson Duarte; Porto Politechnic The Next Talent Wave: Career-Related Antecedents and the Anticipatory Psychological Contract Presenter: Astrid Vandenbroucke; Vlerick Business School Presenter: Dirk Buyens; Vlerick Business School Presenter: Beata Buchelt; Cracow U. of Economics Leaders of Peers? An Analysis of Social Heritage, Personality, and Education in Graduates' Careers Presenter: Jan Ketil Arnulf; BI Norwegian Business School Presenter: Anders Dysvik; BI Norwegian Business School Seeking Safe Spaces: The impact of Digitalization on Graduate Entry Roles Presenter: Sarah Kieran; Kemmy Business School Presenter: Lorraine Ryan; Kemmy Business School Presenter: Patrick Gunnigle; patrick.gunnigle@ul.ie