A construct-driven investigation of gender differences in a leadership-role assessment center

• Main Authors: ANDERSON, Neil, LIEVENS, Filip, VAN DAM, Karen, BORN, Marise
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Assessment centers; gender differences; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5598; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6597/viewcontent/genderac.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examined gender differences in a large-scale assessment center for officer entry in the British Army. Subgroup differences were investigated for a sample of 1,857 candidates: 1,594 men and 263 women. A construct-driven approach was chosen (a) by examining gender differences at the constru...