Review process shakeup needed

WOMEN will find it harder to be successful in the workplace unless businesses train their managers to review staff and make the appraisal process fairer, according to a leading firm of psychologists.

Pearn Kandola said women were currently being measured on the basis of ability, effort and luck and that recent studies showed managers were biased in the way they explained the performances of women, when comparing them with male colleagues.

“It is vital that the criteria being used are thoroughly examined to ensure no bias currently exists among those carrying out the reviews,” said Donna Polykett, occupational psychologist in the firm’s Dublin office.