Dr Farzana Ashraf is a Lecturer in Management in the People, Culture and Organisations discipline within Curtin University’s School of Management and Marketing. She holds a PhD in Management from Macquarie University and combines her academic research and teaching with more than eight years of professional experience in human resource management. Her research examines how people navigate careers in diverse and changing contexts, and how workplace conditions, support and psychological resources shape their career development and wellbeing. Drawing on both academic and industry experience, she is committed to producing theoretically meaningful research that offers practical insights for employees, managers and organisations.