TY  - JOUR
AB  - The last decade has witnessed an increasing focus, both in research and in the policy debate on human resource development (HRD) and work‐based education and training, as instruments for enhancing productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth. Unfortunately, the increasing interest in these issues has only, to a limited extent, been followed by more profound changes in existing practices concerning HRD, training and other forms of competence development in firms and agencies. Outlines a conceptual framework that might be used as a point of departure for theoretical and empirical analyses of the concepts of occupational competence and qualification, and of the role of HRD and vocational education and training (VET) in the formation of competences and in the promotion of social innovation.
VL  - 21
IS  - 6/7
SN  - 0309-0590
DO  - 10.1108/03090599710171567
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599710171567
AU  - Ellström Per‐Erik
PY  - 1997
Y1  - 1997/01/01
TI  - The many meanings of occupational competence and qualification
T2  - Journal of European Industrial Training
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 266
EP  - 273
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -