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Professional Digital Competence: Definition, Frameworks, Measurement, and Gender Differences: A Systematic Literature Review

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    Identifier: imarina:9330996
    Authors:
    Sanchez-Canut, SoniaUsart-Rodriguez, MireiaGrimalt-Alvaro, CarmeMartinez-Requejo, SoniaLores-Gomez, Beatriz
    Abstract:
    In the current context of increasing digitization, professionals need to be digitally competent. In addition, women's low participation in the technology field indicates the persistence of a digital gender gap in the economic and social spheres. A key aspect to help reducing digital inequality is the role that the digital competence (DC) plays in the professional development of women, allowing them to enter to a job market still coped by men. The current systematic literature review, following the PRISMA protocol, analyzes the existing definitions of professional DC, the frameworks used to develop it at the workplace, and the gender differences observed. Four main ideas emerge from the review of the 41 selected articles: (1) the need of an enabling professional DC definition to help understand how it operates specifically in professional environments; (2) the expanding role of the DigComp framework to carry out initiatives for assessing, training, developing, advising, or certifying digital competence in professional environments; (3) the identification of seven key dimensions of professional DC; and (4) the need of future studies that go further in the measurement of women's professional DC, as a response of the lack of data about gender differences in this field. Although the limitations of a systematic literature review, such as publications and database bias, these results are aimed at fostering a shared definition and framework of professional DC that standardizes the measurement and development of this competence, allowing workers, and women in particular, to adapt to the digital transformation, assuring equal access to qualified jobs.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Sanchez-Canut, Sonia; Usart-Rodriguez, Mireia; Grimalt-Alvaro, Carme; Martinez-Requejo, Sonia; Lores-Gomez, Beatriz
    Department: Pedagogia
    URV's Author/s: Grimalt Alvaro, Maria del Carme / Usart Rodríguez, Mireia
    Keywords: E-skills
    Abstract: In the current context of increasing digitization, professionals need to be digitally competent. In addition, women's low participation in the technology field indicates the persistence of a digital gender gap in the economic and social spheres. A key aspect to help reducing digital inequality is the role that the digital competence (DC) plays in the professional development of women, allowing them to enter to a job market still coped by men. The current systematic literature review, following the PRISMA protocol, analyzes the existing definitions of professional DC, the frameworks used to develop it at the workplace, and the gender differences observed. Four main ideas emerge from the review of the 41 selected articles: (1) the need of an enabling professional DC definition to help understand how it operates specifically in professional environments; (2) the expanding role of the DigComp framework to carry out initiatives for assessing, training, developing, advising, or certifying digital competence in professional environments; (3) the identification of seven key dimensions of professional DC; and (4) the need of future studies that go further in the measurement of women's professional DC, as a response of the lack of data about gender differences in this field. Although the limitations of a systematic literature review, such as publications and database bias, these results are aimed at fostering a shared definition and framework of professional DC that standardizes the measurement and development of this competence, allowing workers, and women in particular, to adapt to the digital transformation, assuring equal access to qualified jobs.
    Thematic Areas: Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Social psychology Psychology, multidisciplinary Human-computer interaction
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: mireia.usart@urv.cat carme.grimalt@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-4372-9312 0000-0002-5314-7706
    Record's date: 2024-08-10
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/hbet/2023/8897227/
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Human Behavior And Emerging Technologies. 2023 8897227-
    APA: Sanchez-Canut, Sonia; Usart-Rodriguez, Mireia; Grimalt-Alvaro, Carme; Martinez-Requejo, Sonia; Lores-Gomez, Beatriz (2023). Professional Digital Competence: Definition, Frameworks, Measurement, and Gender Differences: A Systematic Literature Review. Human Behavior And Emerging Technologies, 2023(), 8897227-. DOI: 10.1155/2023/8897227
    Article's DOI: 10.1155/2023/8897227
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Human-Computer Interaction,Psychology, Multidisciplinary,Social Psychology,Social Sciences (Miscellaneous)
    E-skills
    Social sciences (miscellaneous)
    Social sciences (all)
    Social psychology
    Psychology, multidisciplinary
    Human-computer interaction
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