Professional Competence among Indian Executives | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The present paper is an empirical inquiry into the implications of personal and organizational variables of the executives in achieving their professional targets. The study is based on the empirical data pertaining to 126 executives functioning in 126 large scale, public and private manufacturing and service organization in the state of Karnataka. The study indicates, the executives in the Indian context exhibit high level of professional competence. Further, the finding indicate that, professional competence is the function of age, as the age of respondents increases the level of professional competence also increases. The urban background of the respondents seems to be distant advantage in determining the professional competence. Coming to the organizational variables the findings indicate that, executives in manufacturing firms tend to be more competent then executives in service organizations. However, the level of professional competence seems to vary in depend of sector and age of the organization. The findings refute the general belief that, executives in the private sector are more competent. Further, the findings seem to suggest such beliefs are unfounded and such generalizations are unwarranted