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The construct validity of a Belgian assessment centre: A comparison of different models
Author(s) -
Lievens Filip,
Keer Etienne
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317901167415
Subject(s) - confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , discriminant validity , construct validity , replicate , convergent validity , variance (accounting) , construct (python library) , dimension (graph theory) , uniqueness , face validity , criterion validity , set (abstract data type) , test validity , econometrics , psychometrics , statistics , social psychology , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , mathematics , computer science , internal consistency , business , accounting , pure mathematics , programming language
This study investigates the construct validity of a Belgian assessment centre through a comprehensive set of confirmatory factor analysis models. In particular, the general confirmatory factor analysis approach as well as the correlated uniqueness approach are fitted to the same data. Results replicate Sagie and Magnezy's (1997) finding that the correlated uniqueness model is appropriate to represent exercise effects in assessment centres, as a good fit and no estimation problems are obtained. In this model the dimensions explain 36% of variance, revealing evidence of convergent validity. Possibly, this is due to the careful design of this assessment centre. Evidence of discriminant validity, however, is not established, as the dimension factors are highly correlated.