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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Building an International Community of Research in Career Guidance and Counseling -- 1 Development of the Field and Main Challenges of Career Guidance and Counseling -- 1.1 An Evolution Parallel to the Evolution of Society -- 1.2 Linking Theory, Research, and Practice in CGC -- 2 Current Research and Emerging Methods in CGC -- 2.1 Evolution of Paradigms and New Models of CGC -- 2.2 Emerging Topics of Research in CGC -- 2.2.1 Strategies to Deal with Unexpected Situations and Changes -- 2.2.2 The Role of Life Contexts, Spaces, and Territories for Vulnerable Individuals -- 2.2.3 Individuals' Attitudes Toward their Lives -- 2.2.4 Emerging Methods -- 3 Constructing a Community of Researchers in CGC -- 4 Presentation of the Book -- References -- Key Psychological Processes Involved in Career Construction of Young Adults -- 2 Life Design in Adolescence: The Role of Positive Psychological Resources -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Career Adaptability as a Significant Resource for Adolescents' Career Construction -- 1.2 Courage in Overcoming Current Fears -- 1.3 Purpose of the study -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Instruments -- 2.3 Procedure -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Measurement Equivalence of the Courage Measure Across Samples -- 3.2 Role of Career Adaptability Resources in Predicting Courage -- 4 Discussion and Implications -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Life Designing and Positive Youth Development -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Pre-adolescents and Adolescents in the Current European Context -- 1.2 Developmental Trends: Positive Youth Development -- 1.3 New Approach of Vocational Guidance: Life Design and Positive Variables -- 1.3.1 Positive Development: The Role of Career Adaptability -- 1.3.2 Positive Development: The Role of Hope and Optimism.

With the recent evolution of the labor market, emerging adults with no diploma are particularly exposed to unsatisfying jobs and barriers to access decent work. The aim of the research was to identify their representations of work, based on the psychology of emerging adulthood and the psychology of working theory. Differences related to each country's level of development and to the work situations met by the participants were expected. Ten emerging adults aged 20–25 were interviewed in seven countries ( N = 70). Data were processed using a thematic content analysis. The results stress that these emerging adults associate "decent work" with two specific qualities: the extent to which work allows survival needs to be met and the experience of positive social relationships in the workplace. This article discusses the similarities and differences in their representations of work and their role on identity development.