Meta Analysis on Managerial and Leadership Competencies

Competency approach to Human Resource Management is at least 40 years old in the advanced countries. But it is relatively a new phenomenon in the Asian countries. The same phenomenon was noticed in India, till it bit the reforms capsule. As such, with the prevailing global competitive environment, every organization, irrespective of the country of its origin, has found a need to think of excelling by better performance by ensuring their people’s productivity and efficiency. Consequence of this, the organizations across the globe start assessing the competencies of their people. This paper attempts to analyze the significant research carried on competencies for the last decade to know the trend of research. Though the studies found a variety of findings, that are contextual, yet a common and consistent finding noticed is the contribution of competencies towards successful job performance.