Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship

Soft skills and employee productivity are key factors in sustainability and corporate performance in competitive and dynamic environments. The purpose of this article is to identify current findings related to soft skills, employee productivity and their relationship with organizational performance...

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Main Authors: Fernando Andrés Muñoz-Peña, Jason Steve Pulido-Reina
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/117303
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description Soft skills and employee productivity are key factors in sustainability and corporate performance in competitive and dynamic environments. The purpose of this article is to identify current findings related to soft skills, employee productivity and their relationship with organizational performance, and to propose a structural model that allows establishing this relationship. The results of some research conducted individually reveal positive and significant relationships in the proposed fields. Some skills found in the literature are communication, problem solving and decision making. To carry out this research, multiple research papers were collected between 2005 and 2024. A structural equation model was used as a way to propose a relationship between the aforementioned factors. This research theoretically demonstrated that soft skills and employee productivity contribute positively and significantly to organizational performance. Limitations may arise depending on the particularities of the industrial sector and the economic context. Since there is little research in the analyzed fields, this study contributes significantly to the identification of key variables.
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spelling doaj-art-01c80f2044aa47caa6cbf3b51187fc2d2025-08-20T02:53:16ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaDyna0012-73532346-21832025-02-019223610.15446/dyna.v92n236.117303Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationshipFernando Andrés Muñoz-Peña0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-8102Jason Steve Pulido-Reina1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4111-0842Facultad Ingeniería, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaFacultad Ingeniería, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia Soft skills and employee productivity are key factors in sustainability and corporate performance in competitive and dynamic environments. The purpose of this article is to identify current findings related to soft skills, employee productivity and their relationship with organizational performance, and to propose a structural model that allows establishing this relationship. The results of some research conducted individually reveal positive and significant relationships in the proposed fields. Some skills found in the literature are communication, problem solving and decision making. To carry out this research, multiple research papers were collected between 2005 and 2024. A structural equation model was used as a way to propose a relationship between the aforementioned factors. This research theoretically demonstrated that soft skills and employee productivity contribute positively and significantly to organizational performance. Limitations may arise depending on the particularities of the industrial sector and the economic context. Since there is little research in the analyzed fields, this study contributes significantly to the identification of key variables. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/117303interpersonal skillsemployee productivityhard skillsorganizational performanceproject managementsoft skills
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title Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship
title_full Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship
title_fullStr Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship
title_full_unstemmed Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship
title_short Influence of soft skills, and employee productivity, on organizational performance, a developing field: current state and relationship
title_sort influence of soft skills and employee productivity on organizational performance a developing field current state and relationship
topic interpersonal skills
employee productivity
hard skills
organizational performance
project management
soft skills
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/117303
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