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  • 1.  soft skills

    Posted 09-03-2013 17:13
    Dear Colleagues,

    Does anyone know of any efforts to standardize the idea of "soft skills"? Is there a taxonomy or classification of soft skills? I'm looking for research primarily, but would also be interested in citations to popular management literature, too.

    I've already searched several business and psych databases, but am not finding much.

    Thanks in advance,

    Miriam Matteson
    Assistant Professor
    Kent State University


  • 2.  soft skills

    Posted 09-04-2013 00:55
    Hope this helps,

    John

    Dr John Read
    Singapore



    On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Matteson, Miriam <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Dear Colleagues,

    Does anyone know of any efforts to standardize the idea of "soft skills"? Is there a taxonomy or classification of soft skills? I'm looking for research primarily, but would also be interested in citations to popular management literature, too.

    I've already searched several business and psych databases, but am not finding much.

    Thanks in advance,

    Miriam Matteson
    Assistant Professor
    Kent State University



  • 3.  soft skills

    Posted 09-04-2013 09:21
    Miriam,

    The Conference Board of Canada has developed a classification of skills as part of their "Employability Skills 2000+" initiative.  The link is below, if you are interested.


    Aaron

    Aaron Schat, PhD
    Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
    Chair, Human Resources & Management Area
    DeGroote School of Business | McMaster University
    E: schata@mcmaster.ca | P: 905.525.9140, Ext. 23946


    From: "Matteson, Miriam" <mmattes1@KENT.EDU>
    Reply-To: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Date: Tuesday, 3 September, 2013 5:12 PM
    To: <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Subject: [OB-LIST] soft skills

    Dear Colleagues,

    Does anyone know of any efforts to standardize the idea of "soft skills"? Is there a taxonomy or classification of soft skills? I'm looking for research primarily, but would also be interested in citations to popular management literature, too.

    I've already searched several business and psych databases, but am not finding much.

    Thanks in advance,

    Miriam Matteson
    Assistant Professor
    Kent State University


  • 4.  soft skills

    Posted 09-04-2013 09:59
    Hi Miriam,

    There was recently an article in Academy of Management Learning & Education that focused on interpersonal skills and provided a taxonomy:


    Bedwell, W. L., Fiore, S. M., & Salas, E. In Press. Developing the future workforce: An approach for integrating interpersonal skills into the MBA classroom. Academy of Management Learning & Education.

    Best,
    Andrew

    --
    Andrew Knight, PhD
    Asst. Prof., Org. Behavior
    Washington University in St. Louis
    +1 314.935.3366
    http://apknight.org

    On Sep 4, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Aaron Schat <schata@MCMASTER.CA<mailto:schata@MCMASTER.CA>>
    wrote:

    Miriam,

    The Conference Board of Canada has developed a classification of skills as part of their "Employability Skills 2000+" initiative. The link is below, if you are interested.

    http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.aspx

    Aaron

    Aaron Schat, PhD
    Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
    Chair, Human Resources & Management Area
    DeGroote School of Business | McMaster University
    E: schata@mcmaster.ca<mailto:schata@mcmaster.ca> | P: 905.525.9140, Ext. 23946


    From: "Matteson, Miriam" <mmattes1@KENT.EDU<mailto:mmattes1@KENT.EDU>>
    Reply-To: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU<mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>>
    Date: Tuesday, 3 September, 2013 5:12 PM
    To: <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU<mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>>
    Subject: [OB-LIST] soft skills

    Dear Colleagues,

    Does anyone know of any efforts to standardize the idea of "soft skills"? Is there a taxonomy or classification of soft skills? I'm looking for research primarily, but would also be interested in citations to popular management literature, too.

    I've already searched several business and psych databases, but am not finding much.

    Thanks in advance,

    Miriam Matteson
    Assistant Professor
    Kent State University