Summary: Since Sackett and Dreher published their «some troubling empirical findings» in 1982, the construct validity of assessment centers has often been called in question. Several multitrait-multimethod analyses showed that convergent and discriminant ...
The present study (N = 844) examined the predictive validity and fairness of the assessment center (AC) and the general mental ability (GMA) test used to select officers for the Swiss Armed Forces. We found that both selection methods predicted candidates’...
Zusammenfassung. In einem Einstellungs-Assessment Center (AC) eines internationalen Großunternehmens wurde die Bedeutung des Selbstkonzepts und aktueller Copingverhaltensweisen für die empfundene Belastung und den Erfolg untersucht. Das AC wurde hierbei ...
Review of the “BPM - Bonner Postkorb-Module”Abstract. Although in-basket tasks are regularly used elements of assessment centers, there only exist a few published examples in the German-speaking language area. The authors of the “Bonner Postkorb-Module (...
Differences between approaches to conducting internal and external assessment centers - An empirical analysisAbstract. This empirical study of 281 German, Swiss, and Austrian organizations documents differences between approaches to conducting internal ...
Does practice improve assessment center performance?Abstract. Two studies were conducted to investigate practice effects on assessment center (AC) performance. Study 1 compared the AC scores of n = 47 participants reassessed in an AC for internal ...
Zusammenfassung. In einer Befragung deutscher Großunternehmen wird untersucht, inwieweit wissenschaftliche Qualitätskriterien der Assessment Center (AC)-Methode in der Praxis umgesetzt werden. Die Kriterien beziehen sich sowohl auf die AC-Konstruktion (...
Developing competences in development centers. A quasi-experimental study in the financial service sectorThis study examines the effectiveness of development centers as an intervention technique. Research was conducted in a quasi-experimental, two-group ...
A Game to Observe Cooperation, Analysis, and Strategy in Assessment Centers (SPIKAS-AC)SPIKAS-AC (Warneke, 2013) can be roughly translated as the “Game to Observe Cooperation, Analysis, and Strategy in Assessment Centers.” It is an interaction exercise ...
Two sides to a coin? Empirical overlapping between personality traits and assessment center dimensionsAbstract. The on-going professionalization in personnel selection results in a growing need to integrate diverse information from different diagnostic ...
Editorial. Science and practice concerning assessment centers: Two different worlds?Abstract. Although assessment centers represent a popular approach for managerial selection and development, the scientific work on this topic seems to have stagnated. ...
Correlations between receptive self-presentation competence and performance in an assessment centerAbstract. Experimental studies in the laboratory evaluating the construct validity of the assessment center (AC) have demonstrated that candidates perform ...
Peer evaluations in an assessment center for personnel selection: Do they contain information indicative for ratees or raters?Abstract. Within an assessment center for the selection of student pilots at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a sample of 109 ...
Predictive validity of an assessment center for the study and professional success of career officers in the Swiss ArmyAbstract. The present study evaluated the assessment center for the career officer selection in the Swiss Armed Forces applying three ...
Assurance of decisions in assessment centers by introducing the concept and quantification of measurement uncertaintyAbstract. Uncertainty, always connected with assessment and decision processes, is a severe problem with regard to the quality of ...
Zusammenfassung. Erstmals wurden in einer experimentellen Untersuchung 152 Teilnehmende an einem Assessment Center instruiert, sich flexibel, d. h. situationsangemessen oder sich charakterstark, d. h. prinzipientreu zu verhalten. In einer ...
Use of personnel selection instruments in German organizations in the last 20 yearsAbstract. This paper presents the current practice of using selection instruments in 125 German organizations of different sizes and sectors. Comparisons with similar ...
Abstract. In their meta-analysis on the construct validity of assessment centers (ACs), Woehr and Arthur (2003) found that within-dimension ratings of candidates’ performance had better construct validity than within-exercise ratings. However, this ...
Abstract. Social skills (e.g., persuading others, showing compassion, staying calm) are of key importance in work and education settings. Accordingly, the goal of many selection processes is to identify candidates who excel in desired ...
Although computerization and standardization might make assessment center (AC) exercises easier to administer and score, drawbacks are that most of such exercises have a static and multiple-choice format. This study reports on the development and initial ...