This study addresses two questions: (1) which Information Technology (IT) project manager competencies influence team commitment? and (2) how much these competencies impact team commitment? The main objective is to propose and evaluate a measuring instrument to identify the IT project manager competencies that are necessary to build and sustain team commitment in IT projects. We adopted mixed m...

In this paper we propose the integration of the FOAF ontology, used to model people and their personal contacts, with semantic ontologies related to student competencies. In particular, the use of ontologies and other semantic web technologies allows us to create relations between the evolution of student educational experiences and their social network. For this to happen, we integrate FOAF wi...

This six-year study of new venture growth continues renewed research about the effects of entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics. I applied goal theory and social-cognitive theory to propose that entrepreneurs’ personal traits and general competencies cause new venture growth indirectly through situationally specific motivation mediators. Data about traits (passion and tenacity), competencies ...

Given that chief nursing officers (CNOs) play a critical role in hospital organizations and require a diverse set of executive leadership and professional competencies, what competencies are most critical? What kind of support is needed for a leader who is new to this executive role? What is needed to successfully on-board an experienced leader who is new to the organization? How can a CNO demo...

In the first part of this article, the booklet Dutch Medical Oath is reviewed. The content of the new oath is discussed as are the reasons for revision of the previous version of the oath. This is followed by a short history of the oath. In the second part of the article the oath is compared with the seven competencies of a medical specialist. The new oath contains elements of six of these seve...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to summarise the new psychiatry Fellowship programme and its rationale, highlighting the new inclusions, revised assessment structure, the benefits and structure of the programme. CONCLUSIONS The 2012 Fellowship programme is based on the CanMEDs educational framework. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) underwent a compreh...

The present paper organizes around the concept of didactic competence analyzed from the perspective of educational implementation of the new ICT tools. It presents the results of a large research regarding the development of certain general and specific didactic competencies, having as a support the virtual environment offered by the new technologies. Thus, the implications of the educational u...

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Today’s market continues to introduce many and different information communications technologies. As a result, end users are faced with a variety of interfaces which they need to learn and use in a short period of time. The motivation to learn a new interface is subject to many variables most importantly is level of computer competencies, and openness to experience. The aim of this study was to...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the utility of a competency mapping process for assessing the integration of clinical and public health skills in a newly developed Community Health Center (CHC) rotation at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Preventive Medicine residency. METHODS Learning objectives for the CHC rotation were derived from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical E...