Shaping a pro-development orientation & proactivity as intentions corresponding to the process of self-education in a career in the globalizing world

Abstract

The multidimensionality and complexity of contemporary social configurations contribute to difficulties in capturing and clearly defining the factors determining changes in the social system and in theoretically describing the social dimension of human existence. This context also raises questions about the place of (self-)education in relation to careers, as a space for career planning, development, and monitoring. A new perspective on postmodern social structure is emerging, fostering a narrative focus on the nature of the social world - the interdependence between the new quality of global sociocultural relations and the individual dispositions of individuals.It seems important to emphasize that one of the particularly important factors that influences the condition of modern man is broadly understood (self-)education, the aim of which is to shape a proactive and pro-development orientation.Adaptation to an amorphous environment occurs through the practice of learning a new context in the world of "boundaryless careers" in which one participates, plans, and develops one's career, contributing to its transformation and inducing desired changes. The degree of influence on the current situation (including the career situation) or the social environment (including the organizational environment) is individualized and depends on the subject's propensity to take active steps that indirectly trigger these changes in the environment. Contemporary studies on the quality of the career domain should consider its broadly understood pro-development and proactive dimension, which essentially refers to the level of what we broadly call lifelong (self-)education.

Keywords: Globalization, Career, "boundaryless” Career, Proactivity, Pro-development, (self-)education

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1007995