Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions
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Marketing Department, University of Deusto, Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014 Bilbao, Spain
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Quantitative Methods Department, University of Deusto, Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014 Bilbao, Spain
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Sustainability 2019, 11(8), 2303; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082303
Received: 22 March 2019 / Revised: 8 April 2019 / Accepted: 12 April 2019 / Published: 17 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Competencies in Education for Sustainable Development)
One of the concerns in our time is the need to integrate economic, social and environmental aspects, which is known as sustainable development. The role of higher education is essential for providing future professionals with the necessary profiles to respond to the sustainability challenges in increasingly complex and global contexts. That is why numerous authors have sought to define key competencies, skills and learning outcomes for sustainability. However, there is still no agreement on what these key competencies for sustainability in higher education really are. For that reason, the objective of this paper is to determine which are the sustainability core competencies, considering three different geographical regions (Europe, Latin America, and Central Asia), and the perspective of four different stakeholders (graduates, employers, students and academics). The framework of the research is the development of the so-called Tuning projects, which aim to design comparable and compatible higher education degrees in different regions of the world, based on student-centered and competency-based learning. Using an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the results of this study reveal the existence of a factor intimately related to sustainability, which includes competencies such as commitment to the preservation of the environment, social responsibility or respect for diversity and multiculturality, among others.
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Keywords:
education for sustainable development; education for sustainability; sustainability competencies; higher education; business and management education
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Eizaguirre, A.; García-Feijoo, M.; Laka, J.P. Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2303. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082303
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Eizaguirre A, García-Feijoo M, Laka JP. Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions. Sustainability. 2019; 11(8):2303. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082303
Chicago/Turabian StyleEizaguirre, Almudena; García-Feijoo, María; Laka, Jon P. 2019. "Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions" Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2303. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082303
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