Digital competencies: A review of the literature and applications in the workplace

Digital technologies in training and adult education

“…Nevertheless, despite the advantages of technology‐mediated learning environments, human resource developers and trainers would benefit from having more knowledge about how trainees benefit when they learn digitally, what they experience and how they perceive online training. Furthermore, we need more knowledge about the competencies needed for trainers to skillfully navigate, orchestrate and work within digitally technology‐mediated training contexts (Koehler et al ., ; Oberländer et al ., ; Rohs et al ., ; Schmidt‐Hertha & Rohs, ). Hence, and in addition to the producing studies of trainees’ experiences and perceptions, researchers need to address more deeply the digital competencies, skills and attitudes of trainers toward the digital media and infrastructures (Bonnes et al ., ; Rohs et al ., ).…”

Teachers’ perspective on school development at German vocational schools during the Covid-19 pandemic

“…In the modern workplace environment, digital skills have become increasingly important for all professions (Oberländer et al, 2020;Van Laar et al, 2019). Vocational schools have to consider the increasing digitalisation of their students' workplaces (Harteis, 2018), such as digitised factories (Roll & Ifenthaler, 2020;Teichmann et al, 2019).…”

Resourcing Digital Competence in Product Development: A Computational Study of Recruitment at Volvo Cars

“…Although it has been debated whether digital competence should at all be recognized as a research topic [31], an increasing number of studies find it urgent to address "the gap between existing and needed digital competences" [18]. Inspired by this 'gap' metaphor, we take on this challenge by studying digitalization as a struggle to meet digital competence deficit.…”

“…To develop digital transformation strategy that reduces this dissonance and increases knowledge mobility -ease of knowledge dissemination and appropriation [16] -product-developing firms must learn to actively identify, engage, and deploy digital competence [17]. Contemporary research reports on "a growing awareness of the gap between existing and needed digital competences" [18] and describes a general transfer of digital competences from IT departments into mainstream operations [19]. Still, we know surprisingly little about the nature of digital competence deficits, where in organizations such deficits materialize, and how firms act to meet competence demands.…”