ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses and elaborates on the notion of risk in the context of vocational and career psychology. It shows the relevance of integrating the risk concept into the consideration of individuals' worklife and career development experiences. Scholars and researchers have looked at the risk phenomenon in a variety of human contexts that include social, societal, political, cultural, economic, technological, and other environmental dimensions. In understanding the risk construct from academic and lay perspectives, the chapter intends to consider and illustrate more optimal ways of risk management in one's life-career development practice. It argues that for effective risk-coping behaviour, individuals need to learn to locate and embed the risk construct within a more holistic, resilient, and constructive thinking frame. More specifically, the chapter proposes some considerations that will help individuals negotiate and cope with risks in their vocational life experiences, yielding helpful implications for career development practice and intervention.
