| Scholar |
Definitions of competencies |
| Boyatzis (1982) |
underlying characteristics of a person in that it may be a motive, trait, skill, aspects of one’s self-image or social role, or a body of knowledge which he or she uses (p. 21). |
| Brophy and Kiely (2002) |
skills, knowledge, behaviors and attitudes required to perform a role effectively (p. 167) |
| Thompson (2009) |
integrated sets of behaviors which can be directed towards successful goal accomplishment (p. 52) |
| Woodruffe (1992) |
the set of behavior patterns that the incumbent needs to bring to a position in order to perform its task and functions with competence (p. 17) |
