Climate change and career: Strategic leaders’ perspectives of the role for environmental issues in career guidance

Korin Grant

doi:10.20856/jnicec.5515

Authors

Korin Grant University of Warwick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5515

Keywords:

green guidance, career guidance, strategic leaders, environmental issues, career development

Abstract

Meeting the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development will require meaningful changes to lives, learning and work. This includes how we think about careers and the practice of career development. This study investigated attitudes to environmental concerns and explored the role these concerns in career guidance. The individuals involved in the study were mid-career leaders studying on a level 7 leadership programme. Participants revealed that they feel environmental issues are important and relevant to their careers, but when it comes to including environmental issues in career development, they hold varied perspectives and complex feelings about what role it can play, if any. This paper adds to the current discourse around and understanding of ‘green guidance’ and posits some implications for addressing environmental challenges through career guidance.

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