A dual-process theory perspective to better understand judgments in assessment centers: The role of initial impressions for dimension ratings and validity

• Main Authors: INGOLD, Pia V., DONNI, Mirjam, Filip LIEVENS
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: assessment center; initial impression; dual process theory; rating process; criterion-related; validity; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5932; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6931/viewcontent/Pia__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Insight into assessors’ initial impressions has the potential to advance knowledge on how assessors form dimension-based judgments and on possible biases in these ratings. Therefore, this study draws on dual process theory to build and test a model that integrates assessors’ dimension ratings (i.e.,...