The role of assessment centers in job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a case of the Korean government

While many studies have shown how assessment centers affect employees’ career success or job performance, these studies do not demonstrate how employees’ attitudes are affected by their perception of assessment centers. This study aims to investigate the influence of employees’ perception of assessment centers on their job satisfaction and organizational commitment, which are the key elements in predicting working behaviors, such as job performance, job involvement, and turnover intentions. To analyze the nature of the influence, 306 employees who had been evaluated by an assessment center in the Korean Rural Development Administration (KRDA) were surveyed. Regression analysis revealed that although there is no influence on their organizational commitment, employees with a positive perception of assessment centers experience higher levels of job satisfaction (p < .01). These results suggest that the positive perception of assessment centers affects the general feeling of organizational members about their work even though it does not affect their emotional attachment to the organization or dedication to organizational values. Thus, assessment centers can be used as a tool not only to select capable candidates but also to yield positive effects on organizational members’ job attitudes.     

农民专业合作社理事长胜任特征及其绩效的实证分析

基于重庆市157家农民专业合作社理事长的调查数据,通过因子分析从12个胜任特征中总结出通用管理能力、特殊沟通能力、企业家精神和外部社会资本四类胜任力特征因素。运用有序概率回归的方法,对合作社理事长胜任力特征因素与组织绩效的关系进行实证分析发现:通用管理胜任力、企业家精神能显著改善合作社整体绩效,特殊沟通能力只与合作社的社会绩效正相关,外部社会资本只对合作社的业务增长产生正向影响。     

Enhancing Student Competency and Employability in International Business Through Master’s Dissertations

A core component of International Business (IB) postgraduate programs around the world is the master’s dissertation, which requires students to produce a written document, typically around 20,000 words in length, based on empirical research. While the dissertation is given considerable importance in such programs, often accounting for more than a quarter of a candidate’s final grade, the effectiveness of the dissertation in delivering outcomes remains largely unknown. This article addresses this shortcoming by providing an empirical understanding of the perceived usefulness and value of master’s-level dissertations and evaluating their impact on the personal and intellectual development of students. Findings demonstrate the unique ability of the dissertation to enhance student employability, both for scientifically interested and deep learners as well as for functional learners.     

Analysis of career competency of food and beverage managers in international tourist hotels in Taiwan

The purpose of this study is to establish indicators of career competencies of food and beverage managers in international tourist hotels in Taiwan. Panel discussions and the Delphi technique were adopted. Two panel discussions were conducted with a total of 11 industry experts and seven academic experts. The framework of career competencies was established based on these experts’ opinions. Delphi questionnaires were sent to 23 experts 13 in the hospitality industry and ten academic experts to collect data. By using such questionnaire twice, the 23 panelists reached a stable consensus. The results indicate career competencies include two categories: (1) career planning and development, and (2) core employability. The data demonstrated that the core employability competency was slightly more important for an individual's career development than the career development and planning competency.     

The core competency framework: a new element in the continuing call for accounting education change in the United States

Professional accounting organizations and academicians in the United States have developed numerous frameworks and reports to address changes in the profession and to provide guidance for accounting educators in the implementation of curriculum change. In 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released the Core Competency Framework for Entry into the Accounting Profession as an educational component of its CPA Vision Project. The online resource provides direct assistance to educators around the world in the implementation and assessment of the framework's recommendations. The purpose of this paper and the accompanying matrix, Comparison of US Accounting Education Frameworks with the Core Competencies, is to survey the history of contemporary American accounting education frameworks and compare earlier works with the most recent effort by the profession to recommend and institute accounting education change in the United States.     

创业者异质性胜任特征与创业政策供给

以供需匹配为指导思想，基于胜任力理论，解析创业者类型及其异质性胜任特征，挖掘创业者异质性创业政策需求；借鉴创业MOS模型，构建异质性创业政策供给框架。结果表明：①创业者可分为生存推动型、机会拉动型和创新驱动型3种类型。其中，生存推动型创业者创业行为呈现创业被动性、风险规避性等特征，其认知胜任力和职能胜任力较强，机会拉动型创业者创业行为呈现机会警觉性、资本积累性等特征，其认知胜任力和社会胜任力较强，创新驱动型创业者创业行为呈现创新变革性、资源撬动性等特征，其认知胜任力和心理胜任力较强；②创业政策供给通过动机激发、机会增加和技能培育提升创业者创业胜任力，有助于创业者创业机会识别和创业资源整合以及创业者创业绩效提升；③鉴于创业者创业胜任特征和创业政策需求差异，政府应实施异质性创业政策供给，侧重生存推动型创业者动机激发和机会增加，关注机会拉动型创业者动机强化和技能培育，注重创新驱动型创业者技能提升和机会增加。     

Competency‐Based Education and Assessment for the Accounting Profession: A Critical Review*

In recent years many professional accounting associations have become interested in establishing competency‐based professional requirements and assessment methods for certifying accounting professionals. A competency‐based approach to qualification specifies expectations in terms of outcomes, or what an individual can accomplish, rather than in terms of an individual's knowledge or capabilities. This idea has an obvious appeal to many practitioners and administrators of professional qualification programs. However, there is limited knowledge about competency‐based approaches in the accounting profession and among accounting academics, which is constraining discussion about the value of these approaches and about the strengths and weaknesses of the different competency models that have sprung up in various jurisdictions. In this paper we review and synthesize the literature on competency‐based approaches. We identify a number of theoretical benefits of competency‐based approaches. However, we also find many alternative definitions and philosophies underlying competency‐based approaches, and a variety of visions of how competencies should be determined and assessed. We note that there is limited evidence supporting many competency‐based approaches and we identify 14 research questions that could be used to help policy makers to more effectively address policy matters related to competency‐based education and assessment.     

我国出口企业提升国际竞争力的路径选择

总体而言,我国出口企业目前仍缺乏国际竞争优势,特别是具有自主知识产权产品的出口所占比重很低.加强对比较优势和竞争优势的理论探讨,从出口企业优势和出口产品市场占有率层面分析我国出口企业的国际竞争力现状,并加大出口产业结构调整力度,自主开发和研制新技术,以形成自主知识产权技术,减少对外的依赖程度,对于提升我国出口企业国际竞争力,具有重要的理论和现实意义.     

Service-leadership competencies for hospitality and tourism management

Competency models have become useful tools for management development in hospitality and tourism organizations. At the same time, these models provide limited focus on leadership behaviors that facilitate employee service performance and customer satisfaction. The present study seeks to address this issue by developing a “service-leadership” competency model for use in the hospitality and tourism context. The following study reports on the results of interviews with 110 industry managers, which yielded a model of some 100 behaviors in 20 competency areas. These competencies cluster into 3 high order categories, namely business savvy, people savvy and self savvy. The results of the study are discussed in the context of extant research.     

HY公司三维培训需求分析模型运用研究

以胜任力和人才测评为基础的三维培训需求分析方法是确定企业中高层管理者培训需求方法中较为科学的一种。文章首先对三维培训需求分析理论进行了介绍,然后对HY公司核心员工培训现状进行了分析,最后以技术研发人员为例,说明如何在HY公司运用三位培训需求方法,对于企业管理核心员工有针对性地进行培训具有一定的指导意义。