OBJECTIVES To identify current and future competencies (managers and technicians) for public health professionals in Catalonia (Spain). METHODS Qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Between November 2009 and February 2010, 31 semistructured interviews were completed with public health professionals working in Catalonia. We purposely used a theoretical sample to include the ma...

Objective The aim of this paper was to develop a leadership and managerial competency framework for public hospital managers in Vietnam. Methods This mixed-method study used a four-step approach. The first step was a position description content analysis to identify the tasks hospital managers are required to carry out. The resulting data were used to identify the leadership and managerial co...

Full employment is an important objective for the nation’s economy. Unfortunately, the impacts of active short-term labour market policies implemented by the Malaysian government that focus directly on the employment appear to be limited. Therefore, this study intend to find the gap of the employed electronic engineers meeting the demands required competencies of the electronic industry and the...