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Validation study of a model for the assessment of potential in Italian Young Professionals working in medium-sized to large companies in different business sectors

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  • Riccardo Sartori
  • Annalisa Rolandi

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The paper presents the results of a survey carried out on the potential profiles of 1,068 Italian Young Professionals coming out from Assessment Center and Development Center activities. A review carried out on a database of potential profiles made available by GSO, which has acknowledged the potential assessments conducted by 35 medium to large sized companies of 8 different business sectors (Banking, Publishing, Pharmaceutical, Large-scale distribution, Transports, Fashion and Luxury, Telecommunications, Energy) over ten years, showed that the potential assessment of Young Professionals was carried out by means of observation grids including from 15 to 20 different skills, reaching a total number of 48 skills evaluated in all the companies examined. The aim of this research is to achieve an assessment model that includes the smallest possible number of highly predictive potential skills, avoiding dispersions and redundancies in the assessment and maximizing the opportunities for the companies to make correct managerial choices when using potential data. The research has applied a series of statistical models (correlation, factor analysis and regression) in order to reduce the number of abilities and identify those that predict the overall performance. The results show that the number of “necessary” skills is below 10. Two assessment models have been obtained, one defined as Narrow (eight necessary skills) and another defined as Broad (14 skills, the necessary ones plus others considered as “secondary” but relevant). Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Riccardo Sartori & Annalisa Rolandi, 2013. "Validation study of a model for the assessment of potential in Italian Young Professionals working in medium-sized to large companies in different business sectors," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(5), pages 2729-2737, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:47:y:2013:i:5:p:2729-2737
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9683-6
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    1. Riccardo Sartori, 2006. "The Bell Curve in Psychological Research and Practice: Myth or Reality?," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 407-418, June.
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