Research Catalog

Title

Assessment centers in human resource management : strategies for prediction, diagnosis, and development / George C. Thornton III, Deborah E. Rupp.

Author

Thornton, George C., 1940-

Publication

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Rupp, Deborah E., 1975-

Description

xix, 361 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

Assessment centers (Personnel management procedure)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-341) and indexes.

Contents

1. Assessment centers in human resource management -- 2. Case studies of assessment centers in operation -- 3. Basic requirements of an assessment center -- 4. Taking a closer look at developmental assessment centers -- 5. Behavioral dimensions : the building blocks of assessment centers -- 6. Simulation exercises -- 7. The role of individual assessors : observing, recording, classifying, and scaling behavior -- 8. The role of the group of assessors : integration of assessment information -- 9. Providing feedback of assessment center results -- 10. Varieties of validity evidence for assessment centers -- 11. Assessment centers, human resource management, and organizational strategies -- 12. Assessment centers : a look back and a look forward -- App. A. Guidelines and ethical considerations for assessment center operations -- App. B. References to employment discrimination cases involving assessment centers.

ISBN

• 0805851240 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0805851259 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005051239

OCLC

• 60882038
• ocm60882038
• SCSB-5927668

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries