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Incremental Validity of Leaderless Group Discussion Ratings Over and Above General Mental Ability and Personality in Predicting Promotion
Author(s) -
Borteyrou Xavier,
Lievens Filip,
BruchonSchweitzer Marilou,
Congard Anne,
Rascle Nicole
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12121
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , psychology , personality , context (archaeology) , incremental validity , assessment center , test (biology) , variance (accounting) , applied psychology , personality assessment inventory , cognition , clinical psychology , social psychology , construct validity , psychometrics , political science , psychiatry , paleontology , accounting , politics , law , business , biology
Leaderless group discussions (LGDs) constitute one of the oldest assessment center exercises. In recent times, their added value has sometimes been questioned in light of trends to streamline assessment centers. The purpose of the present study is to examine the incremental validity of LGD ratings over cognitive ability scores and personality ratings for the prediction of extrinsic career success (i.e., promotion speed and number of promotions). We investigated this issue in the context of the promotion of French naval officers ( N = 93) in an academy for high‐level executive positions over a 10‐year period. Results indicated that LGD ratings accounted for incremental variance in the prediction of promotion criterion measures, beyond cognitive ability and personality test scores. These results confirm that LGD ratings provide a unique contribution to the prediction of extrinsic career success in high‐level executive positions.