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Volume 32 
Issue 2

Personality metatraits and managerial AC dimensions in assessment center performance: the moderating effect of age in strong and weak VUCA simulations

Anna Baczyńska
Kozminski University, Poland

Ilona Skoczeń
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland

Thornton George
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Shihua Chen
SILC Business School, Shanghai, China

32 (2) Central European Management Journal

DOI 10.1108/CEMJ-06-2023-0274

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Abstract

Purpose – We investigated the relationship between personality and managerial assessment center (AC) dimensions, emphasizing age’s moderating role within volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity (VUCA) simulations.
Design/methodology/approach – We analyzed 327 managers and applied the AC method, examining areas like social skills, problem-solving, management and goal striving, openness to change, employee development using the VUCA framework.
Findings – We assessed personality metatraits through a questionnaire based on the circumplex model (CPM; Strus, Cieciuch, & Rowinski, 2014), identifying four bipolar metatraits. Results highlighted passiveness and disharmony as negatively correlated with all managerial AC dimensions, with passiveness adversely affecting social skills and problem-solving.
Originality/value – Age’s moderating role emerged as pivotal in the relationship between personality and managerial AC dimensions, especially in specific VUCA contexts. This underscores age’s influence on the interplay between personality and managerial efficacy, suggesting varying predictive capabilities across age groups. The research illuminates the complexities of these relationships, spotlighting age’snuanced impact.

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Baczyńska, Anna Katarzyna & Skoczeń, Ilona & Thornton III George & Chen, Shihua (2024). Personality metatraits and managerial AC dimensions in assessment center performance: the moderating effect of age in strong and weak VUCA simulations. (2024). Personality metatraits and managerial AC dimensions in assessment center performance: the moderating effect of age in strong and weak VUCA simulations. Central European Management Journal, 32(2), 179-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/CEMJ-06-2023-0274

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Baczyńska, Anna Katarzyna and Skoczeń, Ilona and Thornton III George and Chen, Shihua. “Personality Metatraits And Managerial Ac Dimensions In Assessment Center Performance: The Moderating Effect Of Age In Strong And Weak Vuca Simulations”. Central European Management Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, 2024, pp. 179-198.

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Baczyńska, Anna Katarzyna and Skoczeń, Ilona and Thornton III George and Chen, Shihua. “Personality Metatraits And Managerial Ac Dimensions In Assessment Center Performance: The Moderating Effect Of Age In Strong And Weak Vuca Simulations”. Central European Management Journal, Central European Management Journal, 32, no. 2 (2024): 179-198. doi:10.1108/CEMJ-06-2023-0274.

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