A Systematic Review of Evidence-based General Competency ModelsDevelopment of a General Competencies Taxonomy

  1. David Arribas-Aguila 1
  2. Gloria Castaño 1
  3. Rosario Martínez-Arias 1
  1. 1 Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Revue:
Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Année de publication: 2024

Número: 2

Pages: 61-76

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/JWOP2024A6 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

Résumé

The purpose of this research was to develop a taxonomy of competencies common across different jobs, occupations, and organizations. To achieve this objective, a definition of competency was constructed and a systematic literature review was conducted, selecting studies that: a) included models with general competencies conceptually close to such definition, b) belonged to the Work and Organizational, and Employability areas, and c) were supported by one or more sources or empirical data. Through this procedure, 23 lists of general competencies were identified, whose content analysis, with a high degree of agreement between two independent reviewers, led to a taxonomy of 36 competencies containing the elements common to all of them. This taxonomy of general competencies is a resource intended to assist in the development of new models and serve as a reference for future competency modeling processes related to the work context.

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