Do Consensus Meetings Add Value to Assessment Centres?
Though there has been a great deal of research on the criterion-related validity and construct validity of assessment centres, there has been little work on the consensus meetings typically used to integrate ratings across exercises. This presentation will present the result of a joint qualitative and quantitative study which suggests that consensus meetings often involve the use of active persuasion and position power by assessors. The implications of these findings will be discussed for the continued use of consensus meetings.
Speaker
Dr. Chris Dewberry
University of London
Chris Dewberry has spent the last 15 years at Birkbeck, University of London where he lectures in personnel selection and assessment to postgraduate students. His research interests include decision-making in personnel selection, individual differences in decision-making and job performance, assessment centres, and intrinsic and extrinsic career success.