How can Human Resource Development address Performance Appraisal Bias? by Jerry Lane Silmon A Research Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Human Resource Development Texas A & M University MAY 2010 © 2010 BY JERRY LANE SILMON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TABLE OF CONTENTS How can Human Resource Development address Performance Appraisal Bias? 1 Integrity of the System 1 Leadership 2 Feedback and Communication 3 Forced Ranking 4 Values 6 Clear Goals and Objectives
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It has been insinuated that‚ despite advances within the Criminal Justice System (CJS)‚ gender bias still exists. This podcast will attempt to formulate an argument to support the statement - ‘although less common‚ gender bias still exists in the Criminal Justice System’. Heidensohn (1985) implies the typical female offender is deemed to be young‚ with the first offence usually being shoplifting. Therefore‚ suggesting that females commit fewer crimes than males and are less likely to reoffend. This
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Physical Attractiveness Bias in Hiring: What Is Beautiful Is Good Comila Shahani-Denning Associate Professor Department of Psychology T he bias in favor of physically attractive people is robust‚ with attractive people being perceived as more sociable‚ happier and more successful than unattractive people (Dion‚ Berscheid & Walster‚ 1972; Eagly‚ Ashmore‚ Makhijani & Longo‚ 1991; Hatfield & Sprecher‚ 1986; Watkins & Johnston‚ 2000). Attractiveness biases have been demonstrated in such
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Teachers’ Implicit Bias Negatively Affects Student Achievement Rebecca Burke The College of New Jersey Teachers’ Implicit Bias Negatively Affects Student Achievement The racial and ethnic achievement gap is an alarming issue that needs to be addressed in the United States educational system. When students experience explicit racial discrimination their achievement on academic tasks are lower (A Class Divided‚ 2003). This poor academic achievement can lead to higher referral for psychological
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Connie Zhang Media Bias Against Hilary Clinton in the Election of 2008 The election of 2008 was monumental in many respects‚ the most significant being the fact that there was a chance that the first woman or African American would become president of the United States. After Obama won the nomination‚ claims that the media had been negative and unfair to Clinton were examined. In earlier studies conducted by D’Alessio and Allen‚ it was concluded there were no significant biases in most forms of
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Curriculum comparison project approach vs anti-bias approach The Project Curriculum Approach is a way of teaching where the teacher will gather information from their students such as interests or knowledge‚ and then creates ways for the children to learn that information through activities. This curriculum allows teachers to bring up topics regarding real-world events or scenarios into the classroom. A “Project” is a topic in the real world that is studied extensively to be commendable to a child’s
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Nature vs. Nurture 1 Gender bias in society a Result of Nurture not nature Nature vs. Nurture 2 Over the course of history there had been a lot of frequently asked and intriguing questions directed towards the mental development of humans. Arguable one of the most interesting of them all is the following: when and how do children acquire a gender identity. As a result of hours of thorough research involving modern media sources involving: T.V. shows‚ advertisements‚ music
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Ambiguity and Bias in the Self-Concept Author(s): Richard B. Felson Source: Social Psychology Quarterly‚ Vol. 44‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1981)‚ pp. 64-69 Published by: American Sociological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3033866 Accessed: 24/09/2008 10:36 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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Literature Review Judicial bias pertaining to race and ethnicity is a controversial phenomenon that has been researched historically‚ and continues in contemporary society. One of the first criminologists to analyse this was Beccaria (1764) in Dei delitti e delle penne (an essay on crime and punishments)‚ he argued that judicial process favoured the wealthy and powerful to the detriment of the less fortunate‚ his research had a profound impact on historical judicial process and reformation of
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Abstract Number 1 : Organizations as political systems: the managerial bias in Critical Perspective A number of approaches are offered for organizational science to solve the problem regarding organizational gap between theory and practice. The rational model can be considered as a dominant model on organizational science among the others with the purpose of defining organization as instruments for attaining goals instead of dealing with problems .Furthermore‚ objectives are defined
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