Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
1-2020
Abstract
There have been repeated calls for an external construct validation approach to advance our understanding of the construct-related validity of assessment centre dimension ratings beyond existing internal construct-related validity findings. Following an external construct validation approach, we examined whether linking assessment centre overall dimension ratings to ratings of the same dimensions that stem from sources external to the assessment centre provides evidence for construct-related validity of assessment centre ratings. We used data from one laboratory assessment centre sample and two field samples. External ratings of the same dimensions stemmed from assessees, assessees’ supervisors, and customers. Results converged across all three samples and showed that different dimension-same source correlations within the assessment centres were larger than same dimension-different source correlations. Moreover, confirmatory factor analyses revealed source factors but no dimension factors in the latent factor structure of overall dimension ratings from the assessment centre and from external sources. Hence, consistent results across the three samples provide no support that assessment centre overall dimension ratings and ratings of the same dimensions from other sources can be attributed to dimension factors. This questions arguments that assessment centre overall dimension ratings should have construct-related validity.
Keywords
Assessment centre, construct-related validity, performance evaluation, external construct validation
Discipline
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Volume
29
Issue
3
First Page
405
Last Page
420
ISSN
1359-432X
Identifier
10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
WIRZ, Andreja; MELCHERS, Klaus G.; KLEINMANN, Martin; LIEVENS, Filip; ANNEN, Hubert; BLUM, Urs; and INGOLD, Pia V..
Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity. (2020). European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 29, (3), 405-420.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6514
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593
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