Key Competencies

Key Competencies is a foundational academic construct within competency frameworks that identifies the essential, measurable abilities or attributes required for effective performance in a specific professional, educational, or organizational context, distinguishing it from peripheral or context-specific skills by its cross-functional relevance and developmental priority.

Publications

104.7K

Citations

6.3K

Authors

2.4K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

756

Parents

Competency Frameworks

Publications

Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development

Arnim Wiek, Lauren Withycombe, Charles L. Redman · Sustainability Science · 2011 · 2.8K citations

Management, Sustainability Management, Environmental Education +15

The boundaryless career: A competency‐based perspective

Robert DeFillippi, Michael B. Arthur · Journal of Organizational Behavior · 1994 · 1.2K citations

Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior +11

Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education

Matthias Barth, Jasmin Godemann, Marco Rieckmann et al. · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education · 2007 · 1.2K citations

Education, Higher Education, Competency-based Education +10

Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies: Guidelines for the Counseling Profession

Manivong J. Ratts, Anneliese A. Singh, Sylvia C. Nassar‐McMillan et al. · Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development · 2016 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Education, Counseling, Psychology +12

Competencies in the 21st century

Richard E. Boyatzis · Journal of Management Development · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Management, Leadership, Organizational Behavior +16

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Authors

6.3K

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Susan R. Swing
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, United States
8 publications · 651 citations
8
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Richard E. Boyatzis
Case Western Reserve University, United States
8 publications · 1.7K citations
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CV
Claudio Violato
University of Calgary, Canada
8 publications · 264 citations
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Marco Rieckmann
University of Vechta, Germany
8 publications · 2.3K citations
8
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Jocelyn Lockyer
University of Calgary, Canada
7 publications · 206 citations
7
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1–5 of 6.3K

Institutions

2.4K

1–8 of 2.4K

Venues

Academic Medicine
32 publications · 2.5K citations
26
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Sustainability
36 publications · 1.5K citations
24
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PubMed
Repository · 40 publications · 1.1K citations
18
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BMC Medical Education
21 publications · 661 citations
17
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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
17 publications · 2.7K citations
15
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