Developing human resource competencies: an empirical evidence

摘要

The paper conceptually defines and empirically investigates the density of work experience along with individual characteristics (cognitive ability, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) and examine their influence on Human Resource (HR) competencies. 274 HR executives from diverse industry background and their supervisors participated in the data collection efforts spread over three phases. Data analyses revealed three key findings (ⅰ) executives' density of work experience positively relates to HR competencies, (ⅱ) executives' cognitive ability is the strongest predictor of the positive relationship to HR competencies, and (ⅲ) executives with high Conscientiousness tend to achieve levels of density of work experience. Relative weight analyses reinforce that cognitive ability and density of work experience are the most prominent predictors of HR competencies. Implications for practice are discussed.