Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2009
Abstract
Exercises are key components of assessment centers (ACs). However, little is known about the nature and determinants of AC exercise performance. The traditional exercise paradigm primarily emphasizes the need to simulate task, social, and organizational demands in AC exercises. This chapter draws on trait activation theory in proposing a new AC exercise paradigm. First, we develop a theoretical framework that addresses the complexity of situational characteristics of AC exercises as determinants of AC performance. Second, we argue for planting multiple stimuli within exercises as a structured means of eliciting candidate behavior. Third, we show how the new paradigm also has key insights for the rating part of ACs, namely, in selecting dimensions, designing behavioral checklists, screening assessors, and training assessors. Finally, the impact of this new AC exercise paradigm is anticipated on important AC outcomes such as reliability, internal/external construct-related validity, criterion-related validity, assessee perceptions, and feedback effectiveness.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
Volume
28
Editor
MARTOCCHIO, Joseph J.; LIAO, Hui
First Page
99
Last Page
152
ISBN
9781848550568
Identifier
10.1108/S0742-7301(2009)0000028006
Publisher
JAI Press
City or Country
Bingley
Citation
LIEVENS, Filip; TETT, Robert P.; and SCHLEICHER, Deidra J..
Assessment centers at the crossroads: Toward a reconceptualization of assessment center exercises. (2009). Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management. 28, 99-152.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5806
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-7301(2009)0000028006