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An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector

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  • Paweł Lula

    (Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland,)

  • Renata Oczkowska

    (Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland,)

  • Sylwia Wiśniewska

    (Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland,)

  • Katarzyna Wójcik

    (Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland,)

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this article is to determine whether there is a gap between the demand for competencies of graduates of the computer science major and their supply.Research Design & Methods: Identification of the key set of competencies required by employers from job applicants and estimation of the competency gap in the IT sector was conducted using the method of exploratory analysis of job offers for po-sitions related to the administration of IT systems.Findings: The results of the preliminary research shown that proposed method can be used for estimation of competency gap however it requires more experiments.Contribution & Value Added: Proposition of new method for competency gap calcula-tion based on exploratory analysis of data available in the Internet.

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  • Paweł Lula & Renata Oczkowska & Sylwia Wiśniewska & Katarzyna Wójcik, 2019. "An attempt to estimate the competency gap in the IT sector," International Entrepreneurship Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 5(3), pages 95-112.
    • Handle: RePEc:krk:ientre:v:5:y:2019:i:3:p:95-112
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    Keywords

    competency; competency gap; labour market; IT sector; Latent Dirichlet Analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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