Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
7-2015
Abstract
In assessment centers (ACs), research on eliciting candidate behavior and evaluating candidate behavior have largely followed independent paths. This study integrates trait activation and trait rating models to posit hypotheses about the effects of behavior elicitation via situational cues on key assessor observation and rating variables. To test the hypotheses, a series of experimental and field studies are conducted. Only when trait-expressive behavior activation and evaluation models work in conjunction, increases in observability are coupled with increases in the interrater reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and accuracy of AC ratings. Implications of these findings for AC theory and practice are formulated.
Keywords
assessment center, behavior elicitation, interpersonal, situational stimuli, role-plays
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume
100
Issue
4
First Page
1169
Last Page
1188
ISSN
0021-9010
Identifier
10.1037/apl0000004
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Citation
LIEVENS, Filip; SCHOLLAERT, Eveline; and KEEN, Gert.
The interplay of elicitation and evaluation of trait-expressive behavior: Evidence in assessment center exercises. (2015). Journal of Applied Psychology. 100, (4), 1169-1188.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5660
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000004