Competency assessment in business studies

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https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2019.0001

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competencies, higher education, business studies, bibliometric analysis, Web of Science

Abstract

This editorial highlights the research on competency assessment in Higher Education of Business studies. For this, a bibliometric study is provided about the general research on competencies in higher education, and the research on competency assessment, to highlights the importance of the study of the implementation and development of competencies, but also, the processes and methodologies that allow controlling and evaluating its achievement by university students. This analysis connects with some of the works collected in this and other issues of the Journal of Management and Business Education (JMBE), and opens the doors to researchers in this field to disseminate their work. Finally, the fourth issue of the journal is introduced, and sincere thanks are offered to those who have collaborated in its first steps.

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2019-04-01

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Arroyo-Cañada, F.-J. (2019). Competency assessment in business studies. Journal of Management and Business Education, 2(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2019.0001

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