Table 4.

Summary of major theoretical perspectives.

N	Theory name	Author(s) (year)	N of studies
1	Career construction theory	Savickas (2005)	38
2	Career development theory	Super (1957)	12
3	Social cognitive theory	Lent et al. (1994)	12
4	Career transitions	Louis (1980)	9
5	Boundaryless careers	Arthur (1994)	8
6	Identity theory	Ashforth (2000)	7
7	Job mobility	Nicholson and West (1988)	7
8	Life transitions	Schlossberg (1981)	6
9	Gender and social class model	Heppner and Jung (2013)	5
10	Self-determination theory	Deci and Ryan (2000)	5
11	Human capital theory	Becker (1962)	5
12	Goal-setting theory	Locke and Latham (1990)	4
13	Person-job, person-organization, person-environment fit	Kristof (1996)	4 5
14	Portfolio careers	Cawsey et al. (1995)	3
15	Employability	Feintuch (1955)	3
16	Calling	Bellah et al. (1996)	2
17	Career self-management model	Crites (1969, 1976)	2
18	Job demands-resources model	Bakker et al. (2003)	2