Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity?

Wirz, Andreja; Melchers, Klaus G.; Kleinmann, Martin; Lievens, Filip; Annen, Hubert; Blum, Urs; Ingold, Pia V.

doi:10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity?
Authors:	Wirz, Andreja Melchers, Klaus G. Kleinmann, Martin Lievens, Filip Annen, Hubert Blum, Urs Ingold, Pia V.
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593
Published in:	European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Volume(Issue):	29
Issue:	3
Page(s):	405
Pages to:	420
Issue Date:	2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Routledge
ISSN:	1359-432X 1464-0643
Language:	English
Subjects:	Assessment centre; Construct-related validity; Performance evaluation; External construct validation
Subject (DDC):	158: Applied psychology
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.
URI:	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6514/ https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20281
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Applied Psychology (IAP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Wirz, A., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Lievens, F., Annen, H., Blum, U., & Ingold, P. V. (2020). Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(3), 405–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593

Wirz, A. et al. (2020) ‘Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity?’, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(3), pp. 405–420. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593.

A. Wirz et al., “Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity?,” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 405–420, 2020, doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593.

WIRZ, Andreja, Klaus G. MELCHERS, Martin KLEINMANN, Filip LIEVENS, Hubert ANNEN, Urs BLUM und Pia V. INGOLD, 2020. Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centres show external construct-related validity? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology [online]. 2020. Bd. 29, Nr. 3, S. 405–420. DOI 10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593. Verfügbar unter: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6514/

Wirz, Andreja, Klaus G. Melchers, Martin Kleinmann, Filip Lievens, Hubert Annen, Urs Blum, and Pia V. Ingold. 2020. “Do Overall Dimension Ratings from Assessment Centres Show External Construct-Related Validity?” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 29 (3): 405–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593.

Wirz, Andreja, et al. “Do Overall Dimension Ratings from Assessment Centres Show External Construct-Related Validity?” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, vol. 29, no. 3, 2020, pp. 405–20, https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593.