Business Data Literacy Competencies: Workforce Perceptions and Practices

The purpose of this research is to investigate how data literacy competencies are used in the workplace, the level of preparation and skills employees feel they have, and how this can inform data literacy education for undergraduate students. The authors build on their scholarship which proposes seven baseline business data literacy competencies for use in higher education to prepare students for their careers (Condon & Pothier, 2022; Pothier & Condon, 2019). This dataset is from a survey of working professionals within the supply chain and logistics industries. The survey addresses worker’s self-perception of data literacy skills and in what ways the business data literacy competencies are reflected in their daily work. The research question addressed: In what ways do the proposed data literacy competencies align with professional data literacy practices in the context of the workplace for supply chain and logistics professionals?

References

• Condon, P. B., & Pothier, W. G. (2022). Advancing data literacy: Mapping business data literacy competencies to the ACRL framework. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 27(2), 104-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2048168
• Pothier, W. G., & Condon, P. B. (2019). Towards data literacy competencies: Business students, workforce needs, and the role of the librarian. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 25(3-4), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2019.1680189