Getting to the CORE: Putting an End to the Term “Soft Skills”

We need to retire the term “soft skills.” A new vocabulary for describing critical social and organizational skills is long overdue. Substituting the acronym “CORE” (Competence in Organizational and Relational Effectiveness) for the loaded word “soft” provides a more fitting term for the important s...

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Published in:Journal of management inquiry 2019-04, Vol.28 (2), p.225-227
Main Authors: Parlamis, Jennifer, Monnot, Matthew J.
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