The differences between hard and soft skills and their relative impact on training transfer

By Dennis R. Laker, J. Powell. 2011

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Examine Relationship of Soft Skills, Hard Skills, Innovation and Performance: the Mediation Effect of Organizational Learning (2020, background): “Azim et al. (2010) generally refers to hard skills in the context of project management as processes, procedures, tools, and techniques (Gale et al, 2017; Laker & Powell, 2011) Behavior and skills that can be seen is a picture of hard skills (explicit).”
Soft Skills Needed for the 21st-Century Workforce (2019, background): “Due to the lack of an ability to demonstrate the performance of a task a specific way, individuals may be resistant to change soft skills because they think they are already proficient in soft skills (Laker & Powell, 2011).”
Soft skills assessment: theory development and the research agenda (2014, background): “The first need is to recognize that in the assessment of any skill there are problems with securing good data and this is amplified in the context of the assessment of soft skill (Laker & Powell, 2011).”
Evaluating Training Programs: Development and Correlates of the Questionnaire for Professional Training Evaluation (2013, background): “However, a lack of training transfer can result in high financial costs and can be highly time-consuming (e.g. Laker & Powell, 2011).”