– The purpose of this paper is to attempt to assess the validity of an assessment centre (AC) designed for the promotional purposes of police officers, conducted in the Asian context.
– The study included 128 police officers of whom criterion data was available for 49 officers. They all took part in an established AC.
– The overall AC rating was significantly related to both overall training performance (r=0.58, p<0.01) and estimated leadership potential data (r=0.25, p<0.05), both collected two years subsequent to the promotion process. Analyses further supported the situational specificity of the AC design; with particular exercises and performance traits underlying the predictive value of the AC. It also showed the incremental validity of the AC methodology over and above personality measures.
– The study supports the continual usage of the AC methodology across cultural contexts.
– As far as we know this research has not been done in this part of the world.
