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The Use of Role‐Player Prompts in Assessment Center Exercises
Author(s) -
Schollaert Eveline,
Lievens Filip
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1468-2389.2011.00546.x
Subject(s) - psychology , inter rater reliability , interpersonal communication , assessment center , applied psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , developmental psychology , rating scale , power (physics) , physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
So far, a substantial amount of assessment center (AC) studies have aimed to improve the quality of the AC method by focusing on the assessors. However, systematic studies about the role‐player in AC exercises are nonexistent. This is surprising as the role‐player might serve as a key figure for consistently evoking job‐relevant behavior across candidates. Therefore, this study focused on the ‘role’ of role‐players in ACs. We examined the effects of instructing role‐players to use prompts among 233 candidates. Results suggest that role‐players are able to use prompts and that their negative impact on candidates' reactions is negligible. In addition, some AC dimensions (problem solving and interpersonal sensitivity) were better measured when role‐players used prompts. No effects on interrater reliability were found.