Effective performance appraisal practices in the area of diversity management should be
objective not subjective, relevant to the job and the company, and fair to all employees and
offer no special treatment (Schuler, Dowling and DeCieri 1993). Including non-traditional
managers on the appraisal panels can help to create objective criteria and fair performance
appraisal practices. When conducting appraisals, the language of appraisal should focus on
the individual’s performance and not on the personality or race. Hence, the aim should be
to make the appraisal as culturally neutral as possible (Fulkerson and Schuler 1992). Also,
some scholars suggest that when assessing each manager’s performance, actions taken by
the manager to hire and promote minorities and women can be used as performance
criteria in order to promote diversity (Morrison 1992; Sessa 1992).