Facilitating Sustainable Career Development in Fragility: A Psycho-Linguistic Intervention for Employability of Individuals with Fragile Literacy Skills

Riccardo Sartori, Francesco Tommasi (), Fatima Abu Hamam, Denis Delfitto, Maria Vender, Serena Dal Maso, Sabrina Piccinin and Andrea Ceschi
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Riccardo Sartori: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Francesco Tommasi: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Fatima Abu Hamam: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Denis Delfitto: Department of Cultures and Civilizations, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Maria Vender: Department of Cultures and Civilizations, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Serena Dal Maso: Department of Cultures and Civilizations, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Sabrina Piccinin: Department of Cultures and Civilizations, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Andrea Ceschi: Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: The brief report examines the burgeoning interest in sustainable career development by discussing the role of employability of individuals with fragile literacy skills, i.e., second-language learners (L2), and individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD). Considering sustainable career development as the umbrella of practices facilitating individuals flourishing, we aim to present an integrated flexible intervention to promote the employability of individuals with fragile literacy skills (DD and L2) that combines both the promotion of linguistic skills and psychological resources. Using an experimental research design, we tested our training intervention on language skills (reading and writing) coupled with psychological training intended to enhance psychological resources and psychological capital. A total of 38 individuals with DD took part in our examination ( n = 22 in the experimental group) and n = 26 L2 ( n = 11 in the experimental group). We measured employability skills and psychological capital pre and post our interventions both in the control and in the experimental groups. Our result show that the intervention led to a significant improvement in L2 and DD. We discuss our results and implications for research and practice.

Keywords: employability; developmental language disorders; second-language learners; training; sustainable career (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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