The expert assessor perspective on assessment center taxonomies

Jackson, Duncan J. R., Michaelides, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-7728, Dewberry, Chris and Yang, Wei-Ning (2024) The expert assessor perspective on assessment center taxonomies. Human Performance. ISSN 0895-9285 (In Press)

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Abstract

Research on assessment centers (ACs) has advanced the development of taxonomies for the evaluation of dimension and exercise performance. However, largely missing from current AC taxonomies is the perspective of subject matter expert assessors. Assessors could contribute towards improving construct differentiation and the development of a theoretical understanding of AC dimensions and exercises. In this study, 197 internationally-based assessors participated in a series of multidimensional scaling (MDS) tasks involving stimuli from extant dimension and exercise taxonomies. For our dimension taxonomy, results suggested distinctions between (a) task orientation, (b) interpersonal relations, (c) activity, (d) organizing and planning, and (e) tolerance for stress/uncertainty. For our exercise taxonomy, results suggested that exercises are distinguished varying levels of (a) media richness and (b) interpersonal interaction. We investigated assessor perceptions of illustrative dimension-exercise combinations and found, in contrast to findings for operational ACs, that assessors expected to rate same dimensions across different exercises. Our results suggest updates to and unique perspectives on taxonomies for dimensions and exercises. We discuss novel theoretical and practical insights that contribute to knowledge relevant to AC research and practice. We furthermore offer applied methodological contributions based on our unique application of MDS in the context of assessor perceptions.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data availability statement: Research data are available on request. Funding information: This study was sponsored by the Douglas W. Bray and Ann Howard Research Grant via the SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Foundation.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	assessment centers,dimensions,exercises,taxonomies,multidimensional scaling
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2024 10:30
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2024 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97586
DOI:	issn:0895-9285

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