Remote assessment of managerial potential: research into criterion and incremental validity

Abstract

The article addresses the problems of criterion validity of assessment tools and their relation to the forecasting managerial competencies and business outcomes. The case that is used to outline these issues is a large-scale remote assessment project implemented by one of the largest banks in Russia together with ECOPSY Consultingwith the aim of creating low-level manager’s talent pool. Remote assessment was one of the stages of multi-stage selection process and preceded assessment centers. Four diagnostic tools used in remote assessment are considered as predictors of overall assessment rating (OAR) in assessment centers and further as predictors of business outcomes on the level of individuals and regional units of the Bank. Empirical results are accompanied by raising a number of issues linked with the necessity of post-project monitoring in this type of assessment projects.