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Remote Assessment:
Better, Faster, Cheaper?

For decades, both the scholarly and practitioner-oriented literatures have called for research on the feasibility of automating assessment center processes. This need is heightened with the globalization of the modern workforce and the need to conduct remote assessment, often over seas, as quickly and cheaply as possible, without compromising the validity of this behavioral assessment method. This presentation will outline a two year project, conducted by the University of Illinois and the Korean Psychological Testing Institute, aimed at developing and validating a long distance assessment center system (LD-AC). First, a model will be introduced outlining the many points of potential automatization in the AC process. Then, the challenges in developing a system that is simultaneously inexpensive, fast, and valid are presented. Finally, a demo of our LD-AC system will be provided along with essential success specifications. The presentation will conclude with an outline of research questions still needing to be addressed regarding remote assessment, previously unanswered research questions that LD-ACs will allow us to explore, and guidelines for practitioners interested in setting up LD-ACs and other computer- and video-based assessments of their own.  

PDF of Gibbons/Rupp/Kim Presentation

 

Alyssa Mitchell Gibbons, MA, is completing her doctoral dissertation in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her work on developmental assessment centers has been sponsored by the SIOP Foundation Douglas W. Bray and Ann Howard Award and will be featured in an upcoming special issue of the Psychologist-Manager Journal. She has served for three years as the Research Director of the Illinois Managerial Development Program, a research-focused developmental assessment center for mid-level managers. Ms. Gibbons is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the Robert P. Larsen Career Development Grant from the University of Illinois Career Center. She is presently actively seeking an academic position in a research university for the fall of 2007.

Deborah E. Rupp, Ph.D., holds faculty positions in both the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University. Rupp conducts research on the use of developmental assessment centers, and is the director of the Laboratory for the Study of Developmental Assessment Centers (DACLab), a multinational and multidisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conducting many projects in this area. She is the co-authored the new edition of Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management with George C. Thornton, and was the first ever recipient of the Douglas W. Bray and Ann Howard Award (for research on leadership assessment and development), Rupp also conducts research in the areas of organizational justice and workplace bias. Her work has appeared in outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, Research in Multilevel Issues, and the Psychologist Manager Journal. Her research is supported by funding from the SIOP Foundation, the State Farm Companies Foundation, the Korean Psychological Testing Institute, the Center for Human Resource Management, and the Center for International Business Education and Research. Rupp serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and has consulted for groups such as the State University Civil Service System, the Korean Civil Service Commission, the SK Corporation, Virginia Department of Corrections, Sun Microsystems, Colorado Department of Human Services, CIB Marine Bancshares, Rockwell Automation and Solutia (formerly Monsanto).

 

Myungjoon (Marco) Kim, Ph.D. is the regional director of Valtera Asia Pacific, where he specializes in developing science-based human resource solutions that are culturally appropriate for Korean and Chinese organizations. His particular interests include the assessment center method and technologically enhanced assessment. Prior to joining Valtera, Dr. Kim was CEO of the Korean Psychological Testing Institute, in which capacity he was responsible for bringing the Strong Interest Inventory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, and other aptitude tests and selection devices to Korea. Dr. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from Kwangwoon University in Seoul. He recently spent three years as a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, conducting research on developmental assessment centers and adapting a U.S.-developed DAC for use in Korea. Dr. Kim has over twenty years of consulting experience. His clients include Samsung Data, Hyundai Motors, LG Inhwawon and Korean Airlines. He presently serves as an advisor to the Korean Civil Service Commission regarding their assessment center programs.