Special issue on Managerial Competencies: Research and Practice
Guest Editors: Radha R. Sharma Richard Boyatzis
In this era of competitiveness managerial competencies have emerged as a basis for competitive edge as these are underlying characteristics of a person that have casual relationship with superior performance. Boyatzis’ (1982) seminal research into managerial competencies highlighted their importance and became a beacon to subsequent researches on managerial and leadership effectiveness in US, Britain, Australia and Germany. During the past two decades considerable work has been done on competency framework and competency mapping. Starting with generic competencies, competency frameworks have developed across functions and industrial sectors and are being used across the globe linking with competency based HR systems. Competencies have also been linked with 360 degree framework, online and web enabled systems (Sharma: 360 Degree Feedback, Competency Mapping & Assessment Centre, 2002, Tata McGraw–Hill; Sharma, 2003; Sharma, 2007), and are continuing to receive attention of academics and practitioners. A special issue of Journal of Management Development (2008) on Competencies in the 21st Century under Boyatzis’ editorship was awarded the best special issue of all of Emerald Press’s journals. This was followed by another special issue of this journal (Oct. 2009) on Competencies in the EU. A special issue of Journal of Cross Cultural Management to be jointly edited by Boyatzis and Emmerling will focus on competency studies from India and, China, Turkey will strengthen literature on this pivotal subject.
It is time now to review the developments in this field both at conceptual and practice levels which will develop better understanding of strengths, limitations and gaps in application of this concept. The gaps could possibly be bridged with future researches and application of behavioural science at the workplace. In this globalization age cultural comparisons of behavioual competencies required in a job can provide useful information for training and development to firms expanding their operations beyond national and cultural boundaries.
Vision: the Journal of Business Perspective is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a special issue of the journal which focuses on Managerial Competencies: Research and Practice. Vision is a quarterly, peer-reviewed international journal published by Management Development Institute, India and is listed with EBSCO database.
Articles using quantitative and/or qualitative methods linking competencies with performance/success/effectiveness, construct validation studies, conceptual papers, and single case studies, or qualitative studies with no inferential testing of causality will be considered for inclusion as well review essays, cases and book reviews. Papers which provide comparative data from multiple cultures would also be welcome. The guidelines for contributors are given in the journal and also on the website (under Publications) http://www.mdi.ac.in
Authors are advised to submit soft of their manuscripts at
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