%0 Journal Article
%T The role of experience in the development of social competencies
%A Lynette Louw
%A Noel J. Pearse
%A Jateen Dhaya
%J South African Journal of Human Resource Management
%D 2012
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%X Orientation: The role of experience in the development of managers¡¯ social competencies has been analysed in this research.Research purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the process through which experience contributed towards the development of service-oriented managers¡¯ social competencies.Motivation for the study: Understanding the contribution of experiences to the development of competencies may have important implications for the selection and development of managers within service industries.Research design, approach and method: Following a multiple case study design, face-to-face interviews with service-oriented managers were held, based on the critical incident technique. Data were analysed using the open coding procedures of grounded theory.Main findings: Experience was found to contribute to the development of service-oriented managers¡¯ social competencies, through a process that established an awareness of unfamiliar social competencies, or a reinforcement of the effects of familiar effective social competencies.Practical/managerial implications: The proposed process, the Social Competency Cache Development (SCCD) Process, is the practical outcome of the research which offers a tool to facilitate the development of social competencies through conscious leveraging of an individual¡¯s experiences.Contribution/value add: The SCCD Process is recommended as a new avenue to leverage and thereby develop social competencies.
%K Hospitality industry
%K social competencies
%K management development
%K individual development
%K skills development and training
%K active learning
%U http://www.sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/376