Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management

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Contents: Preface Part I AC Best Practice: Three themes that explain our passion for assessment centres as tools for talent management, Nigel Povah and George C. Thornton III We're doing better than you might think: a large scale demonstration of centre convergent and discriminant validity, Nigel Guenole, Olexander Chernyshenko, Stephen Stark, Tony Cockerill and Fritz Drasgow An alternative take on AC research and practice: task-based assessment centers, Duncan Jackson, Mohd Hanafiah Ahmad, Gary Grace and Jeeyun Yoon Adjusting exercise design in assessment centers: theory, practice, and research, Filip Lievens and Eveline Schollaert Fit for purpose? Considerations when using 'off-the-shelf' versus 'customised' simulation exercises, Sophie Pritchard and Philippa Riley Using computer-based simulation technology within an ADC: a South African case study, Deon Meiring and Jan H. van der Westhuizen Integrating candidate data: consensus or arithmetic?, Chris Dewberry The impact of ACs and DCs on candidates, Clive Fletcher Whiter than white? The diversity credentials of assessment and development centres, Charles Woodruffe The assessment of managers: a review and integration of assessment center and multisource performance rating research and practice, Brian J. Hoffman and Sean P. Baldwin 50 years on: the ongoing reciprocal impact of science and practice on the assessment center method, George C. Thornton III. Part II Corporate Strategy and Talent Management: Building a talent for talent, Raimund Birri and Andreas Melcher The challenges associated with a large AC in government: a South African case study, Anne Buckett Using assessment centres to facilitate collaborative, quasi-standardized, industry-wide selection: lessons learned from medical specialty placement in England and Wales, Deborah E. Rupp and Rosalind H. Searle Certifying competencies of HR Managers with the assessment centre method: quality assurance that HR contributes to corporate objectives, R.K. Premarajan Pioneering assessment centers within local government in Sweden: Gothenburg's search for better leaders, Eva Bergvall In pursuit of a diversification strategy: using an assessment centre to identify global talent, Natalie Livings and Will Mitchell Integrating a developmental assessment centre with other human resource interventions, Sandra Betti and Satiko Monobe The evolution of an assessment center program in a pharmaceutical sales organization over a 15-year period, David C. Purdy Influencing decisions about assessment and development centres for talent management, Sean Boyle Failure and success factors in assessment centers: attaining sustainability, George C. Thornton III and Raimund Birri. Part III International Issues and Implications: A review of recent international surveys into assessment centre practices, Nigel Povah Assessment center practices in South Africa, Western Europe, and North America, Diana E. Krause Assessment center adaptation and implementation in Indonesia, Vina G. Pendit Variations in assessment centers in South Korea's public service, Myungjoon Kim The contribution of assessment centres to the selection and development of future leaders in the Singapore public service, Glenn J. Nosworthy and Ee-Ling Ng Eating the elephant: tackling the challenges of introducing assessment and development centres in East Africa, Zia Manji and Madeleine Dunford The application of the assessment center method in China, Kai-Guang Liang and Ying Liu The use of assessment and development centres in Russia, Svetlana Simonenko Assessment center practices in Japan: a brief history and challenges, Shinichi Hirose Assessment centers in Israel: some practices and perspectives, Shaul Fox and Soly Haboucha Assessment centers in organizational and cultural contexts: evidence of the versatility of a proven human resource intervention, George C. Thornton III and Nigel Povah Indexes.