COMPETENCY MODEL FOR PEOPLE ANALYTICS: BRIDGING DATA SCIENCE AND HRM PRACTICES
This study aims to explore the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) and Key Responsibility Areas (KRA) of data scientists supporting the people analytics team in developing a competency model based on human capital theory and competency-based HR model. We systematically identify key knowledge,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academica Brâncuşi
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie |
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| Online Access: | https://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2025-01/06_Jawaid.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study aims to explore the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) and Key Responsibility Areas (KRA) of
data scientists supporting the people analytics team in developing a competency model based on human capital theory
and competency-based HR model. We systematically identify key knowledge, skills, abilities, and key responsibilities
for data scientists working in people analytics amid the emerging and ever-expanding role of data scientists. We
analyzed the 100 Job advertisements collected from Indian job portals and 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with
data scientists working in people analytics. We follow the competency-developing framework proposed by Campion et
al. (2011) and adopted by McCartney et al. (2021). This study offers evidence-based insights into the ever-expanding
role competencies of HR analytics-specific data scientists and contributes to the existing literature on people analytics.
It provides a list of competencies required to perform as a data scientist in people analytics. Besides domain-specific
technical knowledge, they require a range of soft skills like “storytelling and communication” and consulting; HR, and
business acumen competencies. The main implication of this study is to train data scientists intended to work in people
analytics and recruitment and selection. This study provides an evidence-based competency model for data scientists
who intend to work in the people analytics domain. It links the model to the Competency-based HR model and Human
Capital Theory. |
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| ISSN: | 1844-7007 2344-3685 |