PurposeThis qualitative study explores, through the lens of Schein's (1978) career anchor theory, the internal career perceptions (self-perceived values, challenges and capabilities) of local surf workers in the highly internationalized sector of surf tourism in Nicaragua.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews were carried out with 22 local surf tourism workers. Participant experiences were analyzed using thematic analysis to distinguish their career anchor orientations.FindingsThe results indicate the sustained value and instrumentality of Schein's original career anchor theory, specifically in terms of the interconnectedness of dominant and supporting anchors and the relevance of anchor groupings for workers in non-standard working environments. The anchors of lifestyle, entrepreneurial creativity, and security and stability were closely interrelated and complementary, as participants from this context were ultimately striving for security and stability.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should consider more explicitly the role of the socio-political, environmental or economic context in shaping the internal career self-concepts and experiences of workers.Practical implicationsThis study sheds light on the internal career drivers — the unique dilemmas, challenges, passions and motives — of local workers in a resource-constrained environment. Managers, business owners and other economic actors stand to gain important insights into the realities of workers they employ, but do not intimately understand. Such insights could be generalizable to a variety of work settings in which there are high material, social or cultural constraints.Social implicationsNon-standard work contexts and local worker voices are both thematically underrepresented in the careers scholarship. Research on these topics can contribute to broader discussions of sustainability, sustainable development goals and decolonial perspectives in social science scholarship. Bringing local workers from the Global South into view means turning scholarly attention towards less-visible “others” working alongside those having received the lion's share of academic discussion, i.e. expatriate workers on a global assignment or self-initiated expatriates, most often from the Global North.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to explore the career anchors of local workers in the Global South in a non-standard, non-bureaucratic vocational setting. The study sheds light on local workers' career decisions, an often-neglected perspective within international human resource management.

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尼加拉瓜冲浪旅游的当地工人观点：重新审视非标准工作环境中的职业锚

目的本定性研究通过 Schein (1978) 的职业锚理论，探讨了尼加拉瓜高度国际化的冲浪旅游部门中当地冲浪工作者的内部职业认知（自我认知的价值观、挑战和能力）。设计/方法/方法对 22 名当地冲浪旅游工作者进行了半结构化访谈。使用主题分析对参与者的经历进行了分析，以区分他们的职业锚定方向。结果表明 Schein 最初的职业锚定理论的持续价值和工具性，特别是在主导和支持锚定的相互联系以及锚定分组对非劳动者的相关性方面。 - 标准的工作环境。生活方式、创业创造力的支柱，安全和稳定是密切相关和互补的，因为这种背景下的参与者最终都在努力争取安全和稳定。研究局限性/影响未来的研究应该更明确地考虑社会政治、环境或经济背景在塑造内部职业自我中的作用- 工人的概念和经验。实际意义这项研究揭示了当地工人在资源有限的环境中的内部职业驱动因素——独特的困境、挑战、激情和动机。经理人、企业主和其他经济行为者对他们雇用的工人的现实有重要的了解，但并不深入了解。这些见解可以推广到各种材料含量高的工作环境，社会或文化限制。社会影响非标准工作环境和当地工人的声音在职业奖学金中的主题代表性不足。对这些主题的研究有助于更广泛地讨论社会科学学术中的可持续性、可持续发展目标和非殖民主义观点。将来自全球南方的当地工人纳入视野意味着将学术注意力转向与那些接受了大部分学术讨论的人一起工作的不太引人注目的“其他人”，即执行全球任务的外籍工人或自发的外籍人士，通常来自全球North.Originality/value 这是在非标准、非官僚的职业环境中探索南半球当地工人职业锚点的首批研究之一。