A new frame for frame-of-reference training: enhancing the construct validity of assessment centers.
The authors undertook a comprehensive examination of the construct validity of an assessment center in this study by (a) gathering many different types of evidence to evaluate the strength of the inference between predictor measures and constructs (e.g., reliability, accuracy, convergent and discriminant relationships), (b) introducing a theoretically relevant intervention (frame-of-reference [FOR] training) aimed at improving construct validity, and (c) examining the effect of this intervention on criterion-related validity (something heretofore unexamined in the assessment center literature). Results from 58 assessees and 122 assessors suggested that FOR training was effective at improving the reliability, accuracy, convergent and discriminant validity, and criterion-related validity of assessment center ratings. Findings are discussed in terms of implications and future directions for both FOR training and assessment center practice.
Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189, USA. deidra-schleicher@utulsa.edu
Deidra J
DJ
Schleicher
David V
DV
Day
Bronston T
BT
Mayes
Ronald E
RE
Riggio
D000328:Adult; D004493:Education; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D010560:Personnel Selection; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis