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Purpose: Disruptive forces, such as the global pandemic and technological innovation, are leading to growing labor uncertainty. For organizations, being able to adapt is a key skill for employees, while adapting to different employment contexts is increasingly essential for career success. This study leverages career adaptability theory and integrated dynamic capabilities to isolate skills enabling career adaptation. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study was conducted to develop a skills codebook using a Delphi technique to converge on career adaptation skills, which was validated against leading meta-skills frameworks and a purposeful sample of 15 occupational competency models. Findings: The codebook phase identified 24 distinct meta-skills in 6 clusters: problem-solving, self-reliance, collaboration, communication, core literacies and core workplace skills. Findings confirmed that most of the skills identified by the experts were also present across the meta-skills frameworks. Research limitations/implications: This study highlights research opportunities, including a recommendation to extend the codebook by conducting a large sample empirical study of occupational competency models. Practical implications: Adaptive individuals remain attractive in the job market. With the proposed framework, individuals can systematically reflect on ways to develop career adaptation skills. Other stakeholders should support the development of skills that facilitate an individual's capacity to adapt to diverse employment contexts. Originality/value: This study contributes to resolving the debate on skills contributing to career adaptation by combining the career adaptability theory and integrated dynamic capabilities, to produce a harmonized meta-skills codebook including labels, definitions and synonyms. This study validates the codebook against leading skills frameworks and occupational competency models.

While live sport event attendance remains a pervasive and progressing issue for university athletic programs, athletic directors should consider strategies to boost perceptions of stadium innovativeness. Professional sport leagues have pursued the adoption of Wi-Fi capabilities much more aggressively than their collegiate sport counterparts. This case introduces the Wi-Fi adoption issue for collegiate sport including a conversation surrounding the foundational technical aspects of Wi-Fi and cellular data for sport venues, the current status of Wi-Fi for collegiate athletics in comparison with professional leagues, and the benefits and drawbacks of Wi-Fi adoption. Case participants are asked to evaluate the merits of Wi-Fi adoption for a "Power Five" institution from the position of the athletic director. Participants will address adopting functional technology for the rise in college esports, Wi-Fi inclusion for indoor and outdoor venues, and comparative analyses among connected and disconnected stadiums. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As society is constantly changing its expectations of corporations and their broader role, citizens are looking for demonstrations of good corporate citizenship and evidence of positive social change. Engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a powerful marketing tool that can build and shape a corporation's reputation and provide for differentiation in a crowded marketplace, thereby providing a competitive edge. This paper identifies the potential of the 'marriage' of sport and CSR to exert change starting with a grassroots event. The study utilises an in-depth, qualitative case study approach to develop a conceptual framework that rationalises how a gender-based grassroots sponsorship can be adopted as a method of cause-related CSR. Directions for future research and practice are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]