Developing a Competency Model for Outstanding Researchers in China

Outstanding researchers are the first resource for national science and technology development, competency is one of important reasons affecting performance outstanding researchers. Currently, there a lack strong explanations in China. Therefore, this study uses grounded theory method to code biographies 17 Chinese scientists layer by construct model The results show that: includes five dimensions, including internal research motivation, knowledge reserve, creative consciousness thinking ability, quality, skills self-development, 32 competencies, interest, work ambition enterprise, etc. great significance establishing improving long-term mechanism training, selection, evaluation professional development