{"title":"Toward a Better Understanding of Assessment Centers: A Conceptual Review","authors":"M. Kleinmann, Pia V. Ingold","doi":"10.1146/ANNUREV-ORGPSYCH-012218-014955","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Assessment centers (ACs) are employed for selecting and developing employees and leaders. They are interpersonal at their core because they consist of interactive exercises. Minding this perspective, this review focuses on the role of the assessee, the assessor, and the AC design, as well as their interplay in the interpersonal situation of the AC. Therefore, it addresses which conceptual perspectives have increased our understanding of ACs in this context. Building on this, we review relevant empirical findings. On this basis, the review contributes to an empirically driven understanding of the interpersonal nature of ACs and provides directions for practice and future research avenues on this topic as well as on technology in ACs and cross-cultural applications.","PeriodicalId":48019,"journal":{"name":"Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":14.3000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1146/ANNUREV-ORGPSYCH-012218-014955","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1146/ANNUREV-ORGPSYCH-012218-014955","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Assessment centers (ACs) are employed for selecting and developing employees and leaders. They are interpersonal at their core because they consist of interactive exercises. Minding this perspective, this review focuses on the role of the assessee, the assessor, and the AC design, as well as their interplay in the interpersonal situation of the AC. Therefore, it addresses which conceptual perspectives have increased our understanding of ACs in this context. Building on this, we review relevant empirical findings. On this basis, the review contributes to an empirically driven understanding of the interpersonal nature of ACs and provides directions for practice and future research avenues on this topic as well as on technology in ACs and cross-cultural applications.
期刊介绍:
Launched in March 2014, the Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior is a publication dedicated to reviewing the literature on I/O Psychology and HRM/OB.
In the latest edition of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) in 2023, this journal achieved significant recognition. It ranked among the top 5 journals in two categories and boasted an impressive Impact Factor of 13.7.