Does the assessment center scoring method affect the cross-situational consistency of ratings?

The authors examined the effect of 2 different assessment center scoring methods on the cross-situational consistency of assessor ratings. A scoring method that focused on dimensions yielded similar heterotrait-monomethod and monotrait-heteromethod correlations compared with the more typical within-exercise procedure. As in previous research, dimension ratings correlated higher with different dimensions in the same exercise than with ratings of the same dimension in other exercises. In light of this as well as other studies, the authors concluded that different changes appear necessary to increase convergent validity. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)