What is competence?

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-46

  Le Deist, Françoise Delamare ^a   Winterton, Jonathan ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Competence; Competency; Knowledge; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959480456     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886042000338227     Document Type: Review

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