Analyzing emerging trends and essential future competencies for business success in German companies

dc.contributor.authorNoel, Ruhul Amin
dc.contributor.authorAde, Celine
dc.contributor.authorHerz, Dominik
dc.contributor.authorTharmendra, Thanuchiya
dc.contributor.authorWidmaier, Julian
dc.contributor.authorMurry, Gabriele M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-12T10:12:52Z
dc.date.available2025-02-12T10:12:52Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstract-translatedOver the past few years, numerous future skills frameworks have emerged. These frameworks aim to increase awareness regarding workforce expectations in the coming years, ensuring that economic demands are fulfilled. Still, it has been noticed that the upcoming workforce has different expectations regarding which skills will be required in the near future and what will be expected from them. This phenomenon is described as the future skills gap. An exploratory mixed method design was applied to gain insights into how German companies’ expectations of the skills that will be required in the following 3-5 years align with the expectations of those entering the workforce in the future. The research was conducted via four focus group discussions (n=15) and one online survey (n=194). For the analysis, we divided the sample into three subsamples: tech students, non-tech students, and company representatives. The results indicate that there is, in fact, a significant future skills gap between the expectations of students and company representatives. Most notably, company representatives had higher expectations for Self-determination, Resilience, and Leadership than students. On the other hand, tech students had higher expectations of Mathematical skills, while non-tech students showed a gap through a high focus on Interpersonal skills. This gap poses multiple threats to the economy, and the results of the current study underline the need to take action to ensure that the workforce matches the requirements of the companies in five years’ time.en
dc.format9 s.cs
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-80-261-1270-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/58239
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFaculty of Economics University of West Bohemiaen
dc.rights© Authors of papersen
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectdovednostics
dc.subjectlidský rozvojcs
dc.subjectEvropacs
dc.subjectbudoucí dovednostics
dc.subject.translatedskillsen
dc.subject.translatedhuman developmenten
dc.subject.translatedEuropeen
dc.subject.translatedfuture skillsen
dc.titleAnalyzing emerging trends and essential future competencies for business success in German companiesen
dc.typekonferenční příspěvekcs
dc.typeconferenceObjecten
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
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