Abstract
Career transitions are crucial moments in individuals’ professional lives. They involve momentous changes, which requires adaptation to new roles, environments, and responsibilities. These transitions, whether voluntary or involuntary, pose various challenges that can disrupt career progression. This paper explores the role of resilience in facilitating successful career transitions – focusing on the mechanisms through which individuals navigate barriers and leverage enablers to achieve positive outcomes. Drawing on the extant literature on the subject, this study examines the nature of resilience and its impact on career development. Methodologically, a qualitative approach incorporating semi-structured interviews will be utilized to collect data from participants across diverse industries and at different stages in their careers. Themes and patterns that reveal the complex interaction between individual characteristics, contextual factors, and resilience processes that are involved in shaping career trajectories will be identified. Findings will be interpreted and discussed in relation to existing theoretical frameworks, offering insights into the implications for theory, practice, and policy. Recommendations that foster career resilience at societal, organisational, and individual levels will be offered, and agenda for future research will be provided.