A Review of the Content, Criterion-Related, and Construct-Related Validity of Assessment Center Exercises

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Hoffman, Brian J.; Kennedy, Colby L.; LoPilato, Alexander C.; Monahan, Elizabeth L.; Lance, Charles E.
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0038707
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1143-1168
• 关键词: assessment centers; EXERCISES; personality; intelligence; Meta-analysis

摘要

This study uses meta-analysis and a qualitative review of exercise descriptions to evaluate the content, criterion-related, construct, and incremental validity of 5 commonly used types of assessment center (AC) exercises. First, we present a meta-analysis of the relationship between 5 types of AC exercises with (a) the other exercise types, (b) the 5-factor model of personality, (c) general mental ability (GMA), and (d) relevant criterion variables. All 5 types of exercises were significantly related to criterion variables (rho = .16-.19). The nomological network analyses suggested that the exercises tend to be modestly associated with GMA, Extraversion and, to a lesser extent, Openness to Experience but largely unrelated to Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability. Finally, despite sparse reporting in primary studies, a content analysis of exercise descriptions yielded some evidence of complexity, ambiguity, interpersonal interaction, and fidelity but not necessarily interdependence.