LEADER INFLUENCE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE
通过实验室模拟，研究了评估小组中领导者的角色要求（是否与评估对象有直接接触、是否有投票权）对其影响力的影响，发现两者均能增强领导者的影响力，且特定组合会引发群体干扰。
The role requirements of leaders in an assessment group context were manipulated in a laboratory simulation. Discussion leaders (chairholders) either did or did not have first hand contact with an individual who was being assessed. Furthermore, chairholders were either allowed a formal say in the group's decision or were not. As predicted, different configurations of role requirements had an impact on the influence wielded by the chair, as indexed by measures of group process, group decision, accuracy and group member attitudes. Both prior contact and voting rights had direct and interactive effects and served to increase chair influence. Particular role requirement combinations also produced a type of group disruption as reflected in group member ratings of the quality of the session. The results of the study are discussed in forms of implications for the standardization of procedures in assessment center programs.