What Do You Catch in an Assessment Centre?
The objective of this study was to conduct a construct validation
of the Assessment Center (AC) developed by the Center for Leadership
Development (Center för LedarUtveckling; CLU) in the City of
Gothenburg. The study is done in cooperation with Psykologiförlaget AB.
The final results of the assessments are presented as seven competence
criteria: Influence Others, Sensitivity to Others, Social Assuredness,
Change Orientation, Goal and Results Orientation, Analytical Ability,
and Comprehensive View. The present study limits itself to investigating
the construct validity of the competence criteria presented above and an
overall AC-score (Overall Assessment Rating; OAR), which is
operationalized as the summated evaluation of the seven competency
criteria. The construct validation examines the relations between OAR,
the seven competency criteria, and the measures of personality and
ability. The results show that personality (Extraversion) and ability
significantly explain the individual differences in performance among
the different participants in an AC.
The
Study was done by Anders Sjöberg in cooperation with Eva Bergvall Head
of Center for Leadership Development, City of Göteborg.
PDF
of Bergvall Presentation
Speaker
Eva Bergvall
City of Gothenberg
Eva
Bergvall is since 2002 as Head of the Center for Leadership Development
which is a part of the central Management for the City of Göteborg. Eva
Bergvall is a Psychologist.. Eva Bergvall has also worked as a school
psychologist and as manager for psychologists and Administration within
the Swedish Public Sector.
