Determinants of 21st-Century Skills and 21st-Century Digital Skills for Workers: A Systematic Literature Review

Ester van Laar, Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen, Jan A. G. M. van Dijk and Jos de Haan

SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 1, 2158244019900176

Abstract: This study brings attention to the determinants of 21st-century skills and 21st-century digital skills. The following skills are investigated: technical, information, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. To understand differences in the level of these skills among workers, we need to know the factors that determine an individual’s skill level. A systematic literature review was conducted to provide a comprehensive overview of empirical studies measuring skill determinants. The results show that there is strong need for research on determinants of communication and collaboration skills. In a digital context, determinants for creativity and critical thinking are hardly studied. Furthermore, the identified determinants of 21st-century skills studies are limited to personality and psychological determinants, neglecting, for example, social determinants such as social support. Although digital skills studies show more variety, they mostly cover demographic and socioeconomic determinants.

Keywords: 21st-century skills; digital skills; determinants; workforce; systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (21)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244019900176 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:10:y:2020:i:1:p:2158244019900176

DOI: 10.1177/2158244019900176

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in SAGE Open
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().