Ethnic and gender subgroup differences in assessment center ratings: A meta-analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dean, Michelle A.; Bobko, Philip; Roth, Philip L.
• 署名单位: California State University System; San Diego State University; Clemson University; Gettysburg College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.685
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 685-691
• 关键词: assessment centers; ethnic subgroup differences; gender subgroup differences; Meta-analysis

摘要

Assessment centers are widely believed to have relatively small standardized subgroup differences (d). However, no meta-analytic review to date has examined ds for assessment centers. The authors conducted a meta-analysis of available data and found an overall Black-White d of 0.52, an overall Hispanic-White d of 0.28, and an overall male-female d of -0.19. Consistent with our expectations, results suggest that Black-White ds in assessment center data may be larger than was previously thought. Hispanic-White comparisons were smaller than were Black-White comparisons. Females, on average, scored higher than did males in assessment centers. As such, assessment centers may be associated with more adverse impact against Blacks than is portrayed in the literature, but the predictor may have less adverse impact and be more diversity friendly for Hispanics and females.