A new frame for frame-of-reference training: Enhancing the construct validity of assessment centers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schleicher, DJ; Day, DV; Mayes, BT; Riggio, RE
• 署名单位: University of Tulsa; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; California State University System; California State University Fullerton; Claremont Colleges; Claremont McKenna College; Claremont Graduate University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037//0021-9010.87.4.735
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 735-746

摘要

The authors undertook a comprehensive examination of the construct validity of an assessment center in this study by (a) gathering many different types of evidence to evaluate the strength of the inference between predictor measures and constructs (e.g., reliability, accuracy, convergent and discriminant relationships), (b) introducing a theoretically relevant intervention (frame-of-reference [FOR] training) aimed at improving construct validity, and (c) examining the effect of this intervention on criterion-related validity (something heretofore unexamined in the assessment center literature). Results from 58 assessees and 122 assessors suggested that FOR training was effective at improving the reliability, accuracy, convergent and discriminant validity, and criterion-related validity of assessment center ratings. Findings are discussed in terms of implications and future directions for both FOR training and assessment center practice.