Competencies: the triumph of a fuzzy concept

By M. V. D. Klink, J. Boon. 2003

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Entrepreneurship Education And Training In A Small Business Context: Insights From The Competence-Based Approach (2008, background): “Many publications, especially from educational sciences, therefore refer to competence as a ‘fuzzy concept’ (Van der Klink and Boon, 2003).”
Entrustability of professional activities and competency‐based training (2005, background): “4,5 The way in which we succeed in deﬁning competencies, implement competency-based education and – most crucially )”
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration: Assessment, Certification, and Promotion of 21st Century Skills for the Future of Work and Education (2023, background): “Indeed, there is also a long-standing ambiguity and confusion between the terms “competency” (also competence) and “skill” due to their use across different domains (e.g., learning research, education, vocational training, personnel selection) as well as different epistemological backgrounds and cul”
Analysing, pursuing and networking: Towards a validated three-factor framework for entrepreneurial competence from a small firm perspective (2011, background): “…to entrepreneurial competence in a small firm context, is the multitude of definitions that can be found for the key concepts; the diversity of these definitions can lead to confusion, criticism and even cynicism (see for example Gibb, 2000; Sharma and Chrisman, 1999; Van der Klink and Boon, 2003).”