These two articles published in the Human Resource Management Journal illustrate the results of an international research project conducted by 5C - Cross-Cultural Collaboration on Contemporary Careers (https://5c.careers/) research group of which Martina Gianecchini (Department of Economics and Management Unipd) is a member. In the article lead by Robert Kase, a configurational perspective is adopted to show how institutional (e.g. the conditions of the labour market, the level of development of the country) and cultural (e.g. individualism and masculinity) conditions of a country influence the way workers perceive their "success". The article lead by Maike Andresen shows how people's career proactivity is influenced not only by country-level factors but also, and above all, by shared beliefs about the extent to which financial success is considered important in a society.

Read Kase et al. at the following link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1748-8583.12218

Read Andresen et al. at the following link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1748-8583.12247