Assessors' use of personality traits in descriptions of assessment centre candidates: A five-factor model perspective

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, DE FRUYT, Filip, VAN DAM, Karen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5591; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6590/viewcontent/Assessors_use_of_personality_traits.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In assessment centres assessors are typically taught to note down behavioural observations. However, previous studies have shown that about 20% of assessor notes contain trait descriptors. Instead of regarding these descriptors as errors, this study examines their position in a personality descripti...