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during ACABO. The question was therefore raised if this personality trait with respect to the
job profile of a future professional officer should become more relevant. The conclusion that
was arrived at was if whether or not, it should become an explicit part of the ACABOdimensions.
OUTLOOK
We have presented a number of former studies and illustrated the ensuing consequences for
the further development of ACABO. Evaluation is a process in progress and next we will
focus our interest especially on self and peer appraisal within the assessment center.
Preliminary studies have shown that peer, self and assessor appraisals regarding the influence
of behaviour in a group exercise are very similar; yet it has also become clear that the
participants have great difficulty in assessing their overall assessment center score themselves.
However, the sample is still too small to make conclusive statements or to give
recommendations. Depending on the results of a further study some form of peer appraisal
could be taken into consideration; e.g. as an additional source of information for the
evaluation or as additional feedback for the participants. It would also be interesting to pay
more attention to the self evaluation of the candidates given the fact that studies have shown
that there seems to be various links between the correlation of self perception and perception
by others and various organizational criteria such as job performance or job promotion
(McCall & Lombardi, 1983, Van Velsor, Taylor & Leslie, 1993; Bass & Yammarino, 1991;
McCauley & Lombardo, 1990; Yammarino & Atwater, 1993).
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