 Overall, the results suggest that career resources contribute to study engagement, life satisfaction, and academic performance".Whilst this study focuses on an academic environment, there is emerging literature around ‘career adaptability’ in the workplace.In The association of psychological capital, career adaptability and career competency among hotel frontline employees, Homayoun PashaSafavi and MonaBouzari found that “There is a positive significant relationship between career adaptability and career competency” and that “Career adaptability mediates the effect of psychological capital on career competency.”

"Individual predictors of sensorimotor adaptability" (Rachael D. Seidler, Ajitkumar P. Mulavara, Jacob J. Bloomberg, and Brian T. Peters) approaches adaptability from a physiological and neuroscientific standpoint, specifically, adapting to altered gravity.