Abstract
This paper presents a bibliometric study, which seeks to characterize papers that address competence-based management and that are indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases in terms of scientific production, collaboration, and impact. All the papers published in journals or in conference proceedings that contained the terms “competenc* management” or “compentenc* based management” in their titles, abstracts, or keywords were analyzed. The results show that computational sciences, human resources management, strategic management, and industrial relations and labor correspond to the macro-categories that characterize competence-based management. This paper also indicates that collaborations between authors do not establish strong co-authorship networks. It also shows that the most cited papers were published in journals of different areas. It concludes that studies conducted in the area of competence-based management can be developed in a more assertive way if they take into consideration the context of the current state of research in this area.
Highlights
Competence-based management is the way companies manage organizational competencies of groups and individuals [1]
In the field of studies about scientific production it is perceived that the growth of the literature does not depend on the area being investigated, but it seems to be a consequence of the intensity of research and the amount of researchers that work in a specific area [4]
Considering the aspects presented above, the general aim of this paper is to characterize papers that address competence-based management, which are indexed in the databases Web of Science and Scopus in terms of scientific production, collaboration, and impact
Summary
Competence-based management is the way companies manage organizational competencies of groups and individuals [1]. It is believed that, for an organization, adopting competence-based management means to assume a strategic posture aligned with the established organizational goals, whatever they might be This aspect allows us to infer that this management method can be used in different contexts and that there are benefits that can be obtained from the use of the explicit process of strategic formulation. In the field of studies about scientific production it is perceived that the growth of the literature does not depend on the area being investigated, but it seems to be a consequence of the intensity of research and the amount of researchers that work in a specific area [4] Bibliometrics, in this context, can support the study of scientific production. It consists of a set of statistical methods for studying the structure and process of scholarly communication [5], including characteristics of documents’ use and creation, such as the amount of papers in a determined field, primary authors, citations received, Publications 2019, 7, 60; doi:10.3390/publications7040060 www.mdpi.com/journal/publications
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