The Implications of Contextual Realities on Career Development: The Specific Case of University Research Managers and Administrators in Small Island States

Career development for university research managers and administrators (RMAs) is inherently challenging in small island states. In this article, we argue that by acquiring career adaptability resources, university RMAs can address their career development needs even in contexts with a restricted labor market. We do this by first identifying the factors that shape the career development prospects of university RMAs. Subsequently, we present evidence of how university RMAs in small island states may pursue their career development goals by redefining their roles according to the contextual realities. Career adaptability theory helps us to explore how this redefinition occurs, particularly since adaptability arises from a combination of personality traits (self-regulation) and careful interventions that can build adaptability resources. We use the knowledge from career adaptability theory to identify a number of implications for RMAs, universities, counselors, and professional associations to address career development issues within restricted small island contexts.

Research of City Recreational Facilities for Handicapped People Based on Environmental Adaptability Theory

Developing the research of the feasibility of applying environmental adaptability theory in barrier-free design is to ameliorate the shortage of current barrier-free design situation. Wuhan has been set as the experiment object. Through the whole process from study of methods to obtain results, we took environmental adaptable design aiming at serving handicapped people with convenience.

Design Study of the Multifunctional Container for Easy Portability and Assembly - Base on the Principle of Environmental Adaptability

As a starting point to the environmental adaptability theory, this paper elaborates the concept of adaptation and promotes the open, long-effective and combinable design method. Based on this, the experimental disaster environmental adaptable device has been invented. Also, by regarding the theory of building adjustment as a theoretical framework, the present study seeks to discover the applicability of environmentally adaptive model which can meet the need after the emergency or disasters, playing an essential part to the self-regeneration, and in addition to find other adaptative models which can run under changing environments.