Question: When Performance Appraisals Seem Unfair Form groups of three or four people, and appoint one member as the spokesperson who will communicate your conclusions to the rest of the class.

1. Take a few minutes to think about situations in which you believe your performance was judged in an unfair manner. These situations could be related to work, school, a sport, or a hobby.

2. Take turns describing these situations and how you felt.

3. Then take turns describing why you felt you were not judged fairly.

4. As a group, come up with a list of the determinants of perceived unfairness in performance appraisals.

5. As a group, come up with a list of recommendations to help ensure that performance appraisals are perceived as fair.