Abstract:
The twenty-first century witnessed the
development of human resource (HR) competency model in
some regions. Many scholars in the human resource
management (HRM) field have conducted a range of research
regarding the competency model of human resource
professionals. As a result, the purpose of this research is to
review and synthesis literature on human resource
competencies and analyze changes in required competencies of
human resource professionals. The research discussed
evolvement in HR competency model in the HRM literature. The
findings reflected the changes of required HR competencies
from functional HR competencies to HR competencies related to
more strategic roles. This research is a review of HR competency
literature and an attempt to shed some additional light on the
field of competency model in general and HR competency model
in specific, especially research in emerging countries.
Implications from this research and suggestions for future
research directions were discussed.
