Abstract
Managerial assessment centres have become a popular method of assessing management competencies. However, the expanded growth of assessment centres has not been accomplished by systematic evaluation of the assessment process. This study investigated the construct validity of ratings of managerial assessment centre competencies, and three psychological correlates of these ratings were examined: verbal ability, personality type, and dominant career interests. Participants were 875 potential managers of a large international bank. There was no support for the construct validity of the proposed five managerial competencies. Rather, candidates were assessed on the basis of a single evaluative dimension. The findings suggested that assessment centre ratings reflect a global appraisal of verbal and social skills of participants. We offer a number of suggestions to improve the construct validity of assessment centre ratings, and recommend that some managerial competencies may be better assessed by psychological tests.
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