Use of performance information in Performance Evaluation: An effective tool in minimizing unconscious gender bias in the workplace

Abstract

Dearth of women in the senior management positions is a global phenomenon with slight national variations.Stereotype
based expectation of the people of the positions of power generate unconscious gender bias which leads to biases in
performance evaluation of female employees. As a result, they are not promoted to the top management positions and
cannot contribute to the decision making process. But Keeping women outside the decision making process is excluding
half of the potentiality. Marginalization of women and their potentiality in contributing to economic development, social
advancement and environmental protection is a great impediment to global advancement. So discrimination of women
in the performance evaluation is to be minimized. Reviewing the related existing literature, this article argues that an
effective performance management system with the use of performance information against set goal can reduce gender
bias in performance evaluation and expedite the presence of women at the top levels of the workplace