... (dissatisfaction, reduced commitment, intention to leave) and burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal accomplishment) on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach The sample included surveys from 272 male constabulary officers who had participated in a developmental assessment center. Data were...

..., a conspicuous lack of standards, little or no evaluation work, and a great deal of expediency. Often a Development Centre has been created by simply changing the name of an old Assessment Centre! Perhaps one or two other aspects of the Centre may have changed, but the core processes remain the same (e.g. [4...

...George Munchus, III; Barbara McArthur The assessment centre method has received considerable historical attention as an effective tool for management selection and development. The method, originally developed by German psychologists, was used extensively during World War II by the Office...

...Steven H. Appelbaum; Frank Kay; Barbara T. Shapiro The advantages of using assessment centre methods for employee appraisal at various organisational levels are described, with a detailed explanation of the background to the method. Centres still need further development, and some pointers...

...Terry Rayner; Peter Goodge Two forces of change in the field of assessment centres are described — change in company attitudes towards centres and a growing body of research which questions the current thinking on the subject. How one organisation — London Regional Transport — responded by making...

...Peter Griffiths; Barry Allen The current business world is very different to that in which the original assessment centres were designed 50 years ago. The traditional centre still serves well for selection at lower organisational levels, but nowadays the need is for accurate diagnosis...

...Douglas W. Bray Assessment centres do work, predicting success in management very well; however, the inclusion of non‐ability characteristics would enrich assessment centre research. Moving into the personality/motivation area may require some special steps in staffing of assessment centres...

...Paul R. Sackett; Ann Marie Ryan The complexity of the assessment process and variations in the assessment process across organisations are such that many unanswered questions remain. Although review of recent assessment centre research highlights the fact that there is now stronger evidence...

...Virginia R. Boehm Development applications of assessment centres represent an emerging and exciting area for human resources practitioners interested in maximising the benefits of such centres to their organisations and the people who work in them. Five applications are emerging: the use...

...Kerry A. Bunker The AT & T Managerial Stress Research Project, aimed at addressing the complexities and methodological problems that have hampered the study of stress, was carried out utilising an assessment centre evaluation process to analyse and integrate non‐simulation data gathered from...

...Dennis L. Warmke The issue of assessment centre prescreening is very important for both practical and legal reasons: some kind of prescreening must take place, and organisations using assessment centre technology was felt to be ideally suited for integrating complex individual variables...

...Andrew S. Imada; Mark D. Van Slyke; Hal W. Hendrick Despite objections to, and frustrations of, cross‐cultural research, there are commonalities, these being that assessment centre methodology is seen as a better tool for decision making, resulting in lower staff turnover rates, involving...