The Measurement Of Managerial Abilities In An Assessment Centre

Abstract

Over recent years there has been a growth in the number of British organisations using assessment centres for purposes of selecting staff and providing developmental feedback to employees. This article analyses the importance attached to the ratings of particular managerial characteristics and their inter‐relationships using data from an assessment centre operated for existing staff by a financial institution. The implications of the findings for the processes of assessor decision making and the provision of meaningful developmental feedback are then examined.

Citation

Smith, D. and Blackham, B. (1988), "The Measurement Of Managerial Abilities In An Assessment Centre", Personnel Review, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055592