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Ten classic assessment center errors : challenges to selection validity

Critical errors covered are: 1. Poor planning, 2. Inadequate job analysis, 3. Weakly defined dimensions, 4. Poor exercises, 5. No pre-test evaluation, 6. Unqualified assessors, 7. Inadequate assessor training, 8. Inadequate candidate preparation, 9. Sloppy behavior documentation and scoring, 10. Misuse of results.
Caldwell, Cam
Thornton, George C.; Gruys, Melissa L.
PERSONNEL--SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT--ASSESSMENT CENTERS
Article
2003
In Public personnel management - Vol. 32 - no. 1 (Spring 2003)
Public
07/1/2022
04/24/2023
02/12/2024