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The Impact of Item Parceling Ratios and Strategies on the Internal Structure of Assessment Centre Ratings
By Anne Buckett, Jürgen Rainer Becker and Gert Roodt

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How Different Indicator-Dimension Ratios in Assessment Center Ratings Affect Evidence for Dimension Factors


By Anne Buckett, Jürgen Rainer Becker, Klaus G Melchers and Gert Roodt

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BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON ASSESSMENT CENTRES BOOKS

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ASSESSMENT CENTRES: Unlocking People Potential for Growth - 2nd Edition


By: Sandra Schlebusch & Gert Roodt
Publisher: Knowledge Resources
E-mail: orders@knowres.co.za
ISBN: 978-1-86922-798-2
eISBN: 978-1-86922-799-9

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Assessment Center Perspectives for Talent Management Strategies


By George C. Thornton III, Deborah E. Rupp, Brian J. Hoffman
Publisher: Psychology Press - Taylor & Francis Group

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Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management


Edited by: Nigel Povah and George C Thornton III
Publisher: Gower Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-40940-386-9

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The Psychology of Assessment Centers


Edited by: Duncan Jackson, Charles E Lance and Brian Hoffman
Publisher: Psychology Press, June 2012
HB-978-0-415-87814-2 

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Assessment Centres in Human Resource Management - Strategies for Prediction, Diagnosis and Development


Written by: George C. Thornton III & Deborah E. Rupp
Order online at: www.erlbaum.com

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Developing Organizational Simulations - A Guide for Practitioners and Students
 

Written by: George C. Thornton III & Rose A. Mueller-Hanson
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers

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ARTICLES

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Below is a list of articles representing a cross-section of the AC literature. It is by no means exhaustive but covers key topics over the decades in AC research. Where possible, the anchor article is listed to trace a topic's origin and thereafter the most recent literature is included which will give the reader the most up-to-date knowledge on the topic.

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While some of these articles may be free to access, most will need to be purchased. Some publications do however offer a discounted rate for limited access, such as access to an article for 48 hours.

Articles can be found by searching for the DOI, authors’ name(s), or the article name.

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  1. Arthur, W. J., Day, E. A., McNelly, T. L., & Edens, P. S. (2003). A meta-analysis of the criterion-related validity of assessment center dimensions. Personnel Psychology, 56, 125-154. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00146.x

  2. Bowler, M. C., & Woehr, D. J. (2006). A meta-analytic evaluation of the impact of dimension and exercise factors on assessment center ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(5), 1114-1124. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.1114

  3. Buckett, A., Becker, J. R., & Roodt, G. (2017). General performance factors and group differences in assessment center ratings. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 32(4), 298-313, https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-08-2016-0264

  4. Dilchert, S., & Ones, D. S. (2009). Assessment center dimensions: Individual differences correlates and meta-analytic incremental validity. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17(3), 254-270. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00468.x

  5. Gaugler, B. B., & Thornton, G. C. III. (1989). A number of assessment center dimensions as a determinant of assessor accuracy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(4), 611-618. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.611

  6. Hoffman, B. J., & Meade, A. (2012). Alternate approaches to understanding the psychometric properties of assessment centers: An analysis of the structure and equivalence of exercise ratings. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 20(1), 82-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2012.00581.x

  7. Hoffman, B. J., Kennedy, C. L., LoPilato, A. C., Monahan, E. L., & Lance, C. E. (2015). A review of the content, criterion-related, and construct-related validity of assessment center exercises. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(4), 1143-1168. doi: 10.1037/a0038707

  8. Hoffman, B. J., Melchers, K. G., Blair, C. A., Kleinmann, M., & Ladd, R. T. (2011). Exercises and dimensions are the currency of assessment centers. Personnel Psychology, 64, 351-395. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01213.x

  9. Jackson, D. J. R., Michaelides, G., Dewberry, C., & Kim, Y. -J. (2016). Everything that you have ever been told about assessment center ratings is confounded. Journal of Applied Pyschology, 101(7), 976-994. doi: 10.1037/apl0000102

  10. Krause, D. E., Kersting, M., Heggestad, E. D., & Thornton, G. C. III. (2006). Incremental validity of assessment center ratings over cognitive ability tests: A study at the executive management level. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14(4), 360-371. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00357.x

  11. Krause, D. E., Rossberger, R. J., Dowdeswell, K., Venter, N., & Joubert, T. (2011). Assessment center practices in South Africa. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 19(3), 262-275. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2011.00555.x

  12. Kuncel, N. R., & Sackett, P. R. (2014). Resolving the assessment center construct validity problem (as we know it). Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(1), 38-47. doi: 10.1037/a0034147

  13. Lance, C. E. (2008). Why assessment centers do not work the way they are supposed to. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1, 84-97. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00017.x

  14. Lance, C. E., Foster, M. R., Nemeth, Y. M., Gentry, W. A., & Drollinger, S. (2007). Extending the nomological network of assessment center construct validity: Prediction of cross-situationally consistent and specific aspects of assessment center performance. Human Performance, 20, 345-362. doi: 10.1080/08959280701522031

  15. Lance, C. E., Lambert, T. A., Gewin, A. G., Lievens, F., & Conway, J. M. (2004). Revised estimates of dimension and exercise variance components in assessment center postexercise dimension ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 377-385. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.377

  16. Lievens, F., & Conway, J. M. (2001). Dimension and exercise variance in assessment center scores: A large-scale evaluation of multitrait-multimethod studies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(6), 1202-1222. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.6.1202

  17. Lievens, F., & Sackett, P. R. (2017). The effects of predictor method factors on selection outcomes: A modular approach to personnel selection procedures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(1), 43-66. doi: 10.1037/apl0000160

  18. Lievens, F., Chasteen, C. S., Day, E. A., & Christiansen, N. D. (2006). Large-scale investigation of the role of trait activation theory for understanding assessment center convergent and discriminant validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(2), 247-258. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.247

  19. Lievens, F., Dilchert, S., & Ones, D. S. (2009). The importance of exercise and dimension factors in assessment centers: Simultaneous examinations of construct-related and criterion-related validity. Human Performance, 22(5), 375-390. doi: 10.1080/08959280903248310

  20. Lievens, F., Schollaert, E., & Keen, G. (2015). The interplay of elicitation and evaluation of trait expressive behavior: Evidence in assessment center exercises. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(4), 1169-1188. doi: 10.1037/apl0000004

  21. Meiring, D., & Buckett, A. (2016). Best practice guidelines for the use of the assessment centre method in South Africa (5th ed.). SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 42(1), a1298. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v42i1. 1298

  22. Meriac, J. P., Hoffman, B. J., & Woehr, D. J. (2014). A conceptual and empirical review of the structure of assessment center dimensions. Journal of Management, 40(5), 1269-1296. doi: 10.1177/0149206314522299

  23. Meriac, J. P., Hoffman, B. J., Woehr, D. J., & Fleischer, M. S. (2008). Further evidence for the validity of assessment center dimensions: A meta-analysis of incremental criterion-related validity of dimension ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(5), 1042-1052. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1042

  24. Merkulova, N., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Annen, H., & Szvircsev Tresch, T. (2016). A test of the generalizability of a recently suggested conceptual model for assessment center ratings. Human Performance, 29(3), 226-250. doi: 10.1080/08959285.2016.1160093

  25. Monahan, E. L., Hoffman, B. J., Lance, C. E., Jackson, D. J. R., & Foster, M. R. (2013). Now you see them, now you do not: The influence of indicator-factor ratio on support for assessment center dimensions. Personnel Psychology, 66(4), 1009-1047. doi: 10.1111/peps.12049

  26. Muleya, V.R., Fourie, L., & Schlebusch, S. (2017). Ethical challenges in assessment centres in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 43. doi:10.4102/sajip.v43i0.1324

  27. Sackett, P. R., & Dreher, G. F. (1982). Constructs and assessment center dimensions: Some troubling findings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67, 401-410. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.67.4.401

  28. Sackett, P. R., Shewach, O. R., & Keiser, H. N. (2017). Assessment centers versus cognitive ability tests: Challenging the conventional wisdom on criterion-related validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 1435-1447. doi: 10.1037/ap10000236

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