Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2011
Abstract
Upon looking at this title, an obvious question is whether assessment center (AC) exercises need to be designed differently from what was done in the past. AC exercises have been around since World War I and their longevity attests to their success. So why propose some changes to this monument in personnel selection and development? Let us first acknowledge that we concur that ACs are in still in good shape. However, every good brand needs some adjustments (which is a more appropriate term than “changes” in this context) once in a while, based on new theoretical insights and empirical research. Therefore we build our novel exercise design approach on recent insights in person-situation interactionism to make a good tool even better. The structure of this chapter is as follows: we start with delineating the reasons behind our revised exercise design approach in ACs. Next we explain the theory behind the revised exercise design approach. In a third section, we report on our program of research related to this new approach. The fourth part discusses some other possible applications in the AC domain that are congruent with this revised exercise design approach.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Assessment centres and global talent management
Editor
POVAH, Nigel; THORNTON III, George C.
First Page
47
Last Page
60
ISBN
9781409403869
Publisher
Gower
City or Country
Surrey, UK
Citation
LIEVENS, Filip and SCHOLLAERT, Eveline.
Reshaping exercise design in assessment centers: Theory, practice, and research. (2011). Assessment centres and global talent management. 47-60.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5807
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