Competencias para el desarrollo de la carrera emprendedoraPercepción de los profesionales desde un enfoque cualitativo

Abstract

This paper focuses on identifying the entrepreneurial competences that are relevant to the management of talent and entrepreneurial success, with the aim of having a base to develop training actions for people who intend to start an entrepreneurial project. It is developed through 19 interviews and 2 discussion groups to a diverse sample of experts, managers and business coordinators of the Spanish territory. By means of the content analysis of the discursive material, we obtain a system of categories configured by a set of competency dimensions that the participants consider significant for the development of the career and the entrepreneurial success. These competences are mainly linked to the following dimensions: realistic and positive self-knowledge; interpersonal communication; Emotional self-control; adaptation to change; Proactivity to transform and learn; tolerance for frustration and strength in the face of adversity; creativity; knowledge of training and professional options; and planning of autonomous and entrepreneurial decision-making, resolving the conflict of undertaking from the assumption of responsible risks. These results also identify the learning that must be promoted through continuing education and training.