Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying effective strategies of planning the students' career development process, by using thematic analysis method. The studied population was documents and published texts, including books and articles related to the students' career development in the period between 2011 and 2021. According to the desired criteria, 21 items (7 books and 14 articles) were selected as samples using the purposeful sampling method. After collecting the data, they were analyzed using the 6-step thematic analysis method of Braun and Clark (2012). Based on the content of books and articles, 1 comprehensive theme entitled "exploratory and experimental contexts "; 6 themes of the organizer include " self-exploration, career exploration, career planning, education and skill enhancement, Career-related programs in school; and national actions" and 291 basic themes were obtained. According to the identified themes, it is necessary to planning the students' career development process in the form of a progressive developmental process, for a successful transition from school to the world of work.

Abstract This research has been conducted to design a model for integrating succession planning and career planning in Iranian Public Universities via the viewpoints of higher education managers and elites, based on the systematic design of Strauss and Corbin’s Grounded Theory method. Method: Therefore, using the purposive sampling method, 15 interviewees including universities’ executive and middle managers, authors in aforementioned field, key informants in the fields of human resource management and higher education were interviewed through semi-structured interviews, and data were extracted from the interviews. Data were analyzed through three steps of coding (open, axial and selective). Findings: The result was 25 core categories placed in a paradigmatic model consisting of the approaches of establishing an integration model (Familiarization, Participation, Organizational learning, Trust-Making, Forethought, Academic Autonomy, and Systemic vision), environmentally intervening conditions (political, Circumstantial, Socio-cultural, International, Legal and policy-making environments), contextual properties (Organizational structure, Organizational climate and culture, Managerial consistency, Resistance against change), causal conditions (Talent pool, Efficient promotion system, Human resource management, Integrating succession planning and career planning, Organizational advocacy of individual attempts, Professionalism), main phenomenon (Meritocracy), and outcomes (Individual and organizational outcomes). This model portrays the implementing process of the model for integrating succession planning and career planning Iranian Public Universities’ and the relations within categories and their dimensions.