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Think outside the European box: Identifying sustainability competencies for a base of the pyramid context

机译：在欧洲范围之外思考：确定金字塔背景下的可持续发展能力

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The complex and global nature of unsustainability requires concerted efforts of sustainability change agents from developed and developing countries all over the world. Various attempts have been made to define competencies needed for change agents to effectively contribute to sustainable development. However, most of the studies on sustainability competencies are Eurocentric in focus. Therefore, it is unclear if a base of the pyramid context would require a different set of competencies. This context is characterized by low per capita income, limited infrastructure, and rural population. To fill this gap, we conducted a Delphi study in two rounds in Ethiopia, as a country at the base of the pyramid. Experts (n = 33) from academia and the industry rated and confirmed seven competencies from the literature as being generally important for sustainable development. Additionally, they identified eight sustainability y competencies specifically important for the Ethiopian context, and thus potentially for other countries with the features of base of the pyramid context. Systems thinking and transdisciplinary competence gained the highest ratings. A subsequent specific literature search revealed that previous studies in contexts other than the base of the pyramid context also identified some of the eight additional sustainability competencies. This is important for future studies regarding the universal nature of certain sustainability competencies. The study brought together three fields of research: sustainability, competence, and base of the pyramid context. Our findings contribute to the theory of professional competence by showing that certain sustainability competencies can be of generic nature, independent of socioeconomic context, whereas others are context-specific. In addition, the sustainability competencies may serve as intended learning outcomes of education and training and development programs for sustainability. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
机译：可持续性的复杂性和全球性要求全世界发达国家和发展中国家的可持续性变革推动者共同努力。已经进行了各种尝试来定义变革推动者有效地为可持续发展做出贡献所需的能力。但是，大多数关于可持续性能力的研究都是以欧洲为中心的。因此，不清楚金字塔环境的基础是否需要不同的能力。这种情况的特点是人均收入低，基础设施有限和农村人口。为了填补这一空白，我们在埃塞俄比亚这个金字塔底层的国家进行了两轮Delphi研究。来自学术界和工业界的专家（n = 33）对文献中的7种能力进行了评估，并确认它们对可持续发展总体而言至关重要。此外，他们确定了八个可持续性能力，这些能力对埃塞俄比亚而言特别重要，因此对于具有金字塔底蕴特征的其他国家也具有潜在的重要性。系统思维和跨学科能力获得最高评价。随后的特定文献搜索显示，先前在金字塔环境以外的环境中进行的研究也确定了八种其他可持续性能力中的一些。这对于将来关于某些可持续性能力的普遍性的研究很重要。该研究汇集了三个研究领域：可持续性，能力和金字塔背景的基础。我们的发现通过证明某些可持续发展能力可以具有一般性质，而与社会经济背景无关，而其他方面则针对特定情况，从而为专业能力理论做出了贡献。此外，可持续性能力可以作为可持续性教育，培训和发展计划的预期学习成果。 （C）2019 Elsevier Ltd.保留所有权利。

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