Table 1 Soft skills approaches Context... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1

Soft skills approaches

Context	Definition	Literature
Soft skills as social skills	An individual’s ability to relate to others, support them, cooperate, lead or manage conflict	Deming (2017), OECD (2005)
Soft skills as personal and social skills	Skills related to self-manage abilities	Laker and Powell (2011), Weber et al. (2009)
Soft skills as a combination of personal, and interpersonal competences	Intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, including other cognitive and metacognitive competencies associated with reasoning	Haselberger et al. (2012), European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2020)
Soft skills as a synonym of transversal competences	Skills that can be applied across a range of sectors and occupations	Andrews and Higson (2008), Cinque (2016)

Context	Definition	Literature
Soft skills as social skills	An individual’s ability to relate to others, support them, cooperate, lead or manage conflict	Deming (2017), OECD (2005)
Soft skills as personal and social skills	Skills related to self-manage abilities	Laker and Powell (2011), Weber et al. (2009)
Soft skills as a combination of personal, and interpersonal competences	Intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, including other cognitive and metacognitive competencies associated with reasoning	Haselberger et al. (2012), European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2020)
Soft skills as a synonym of transversal competences	Skills that can be applied across a range of sectors and occupations	Andrews and Higson (2008), Cinque (2016)

Source(s): Authors’ own work