PhD position on Frictions in Workers’ Career Decision Making Process

The Work and Organisation Studies (WOS) research unit of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at KU Leuven is an interdisciplinary group of about 50 researchers (professors, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students) spread across three campuses: Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven. WOS employs researchers with diverse backgrounds, who combine different theoretical and methodological perspectives for - amongst other topics - the study of work-related well-being of workers (see: ). This position is related to our campus in Leuven. KU Leuven is an innovative research and educational institution with international appeal.

Project

You will conduct an academic research project and write a PhD thesis on career decision-making frictions, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Marijke Verbruggen and Prof. Dr. Anja Van den Broeck. Contemporary career theories increasingly conceptualize careers as self-directed, emphasizing workers' ability to proactively ma...