CALL FOR PAPERS

Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective (January –March 2011)

Special issue on
Managerial Competencies:
Research and Practice
Guest Editors:

Radha R. Sharma
Richard Boyatzis

In this era of competitiveness managerial competencies have emerged as a basis for competitive
edge as these are underlying characteristics of a person that have casual relationship with superior
performance. Boyatzis’ (1982) seminal research into managerial competencies highlighted their
importance and became a beacon to subsequent researches on managerial and leadership
effectiveness in US, Britain, Australia and Germany. During the past two decades considerable
work has been done on competency framework and competency mapping. Starting with generic
competencies, competency frameworks have developed across functions and industrial sectors and
are being used across the globe linking with competency based HR systems. Competencies have
also been linked with 360 degree framework, online and web enabled systems (Sharma: 360 Degree
Feedback, Competency Mapping & Assessment Centre, 2002, Tata McGraw–Hill; Sharma, 2003;
Sharma, 2007), and are continuing to receive attention of academics and practitioners. A special
issue of Journal of Management Development (2008) on Competencies in the 21st Century under
Boyatzis’ editorship was awarded the best special issue of all of Emerald Press’s journals. This was
followed by another special issue of this journal (Oct. 2009) on Competencies in the EU. A special
issue of Journal of Cross Cultural Management to be jointly edited by Boyatzis and Emmerling
will focus on competency studies from India and, China, Turkey will strengthen literature on this
pivotal subject.

It is time now to review the developments in this field both at conceptual and practice levels which
will develop better understanding of strengths, limitations and gaps in application of this concept.
The gaps could possibly be bridged with future researches and application of behavioural science at
 the workplace. In this globalization age cultural comparisons of behavioual competencies required
in a job can provide useful information for training and development to firms expanding their
operations beyond national and cultural boundaries.

Vision: the Journal of Business Perspective is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a special

issue of the journal which focuses on Managerial Competencies: Research and Practice. Vision is

a quarterly, peer-reviewed international journal published by Management Development Institute,

India and is listed with EBSCO database.

Articles using quantitative and/or qualitative methods linking competencies with

performance/success/effectiveness, construct validation studies, conceptual papers, and single
case studies, or qualitative studies with no inferential testing of causality will be considered
for inclusion as well review essays, cases and book reviews. Papers which provide
comparative data from multiple cultures would also be welcome. The guidelines for
contributors are given in the journal and also on the website (under Publications)
http://www.mdi.ac.in

Authors are advised to submit soft of their manuscripts at <radha@mdi.ac.in>