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Comparison of Assessment Centres for Prediction vs. Development: Results of an International Survey

Practices of an international sample of ACs used for prediction (i.e.,selection and promotion, n = 70) vs ACs used for development (i.e.,diagnosis or skill building, n = 74) are compared and contrasted. While the essential elements of ACs are practiced in both types, certain elements are designed and implemented in different ways in ACs used for prediction vs those used for development, as would be expected. On the other hand, other elements that theory and research would suggest SHOULD be different, were found NOT to differ. Prescriptions for how the two types of ACs might be improved are offered.

PDF of Thornton/Krause Presentation

 

Dr. Thornton is Professor of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Dr. Thornton earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1966. He is a Diplomate in Industrial/Organization Psychology awarded by the American Board of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Thornton specializes in assessment centers, selection practices, test development and validation, and implications of employment discrimination law for personnel psychology. He has developed, validated, and implemented assessment centers and other situational exercises for selection and development for numerous jobs. Dr. Thornton is the author of over 55 publications in refereed journals, 6 book chapters, and 3 books, namely Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance (with William Byham) and Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management (with Deborah Rupp), Developing Organizational Simulations: A Guide for Practitioners and Students (with Rose Mueller-Hanson). Dr. Thornton has made presentations on the assessment center method to professional conferences such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Congress on Assessment Center Methods, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and to professional audiences throughout the United States, and in Germany, Switzerland, England, Israel, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil, Korea, and China.

 

Dr. Diana E. Krause, born in 1972, is an Assistant Professor for Organizational Behavior at The University of Western Ontario (Canada).  After having studied Psychology and Economics and Management in Germany, she received her Ph.D. in Economics and Management at the Technical University of Berlin in 2003.  Thereafter she worked on assessment centers at the Colorado State University (U.S.), Department of Psychology and finished her second Ph.D. (Habilitation) in Psychology in 2005 at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.  Her research focuses on power, influence, and trust in organizations; innovation management; and assessment centers.  She has published two books and more than 40 papers on these topics.