The Importance of Perception in Administering HR Policies
According to a recent survey, Black and Hispanic employees are less likely to believe that that job performance is the most important reason for advancement in their workplaces, attributing advancement to factors such as "who you know" and "seniority."
So, even if the employer works hard to make sure that the system is administered fairly, it's won't help if the employees don't believe it. It's just like the workplace investigation that the employer conducts, in an attempt to find the facts, that the employees believe is a sham to cover up wrong doing.
Lesson to be learned: Part of the administration of any policy is an understanding by all employee sectors of the fairness of the policy and communicating with the skeptics so that an employer's good intentions are not for naught.
So, even if the employer works hard to make sure that the system is administered fairly, it's won't help if the employees don't believe it. It's just like the workplace investigation that the employer conducts, in an attempt to find the facts, that the employees believe is a sham to cover up wrong doing.
Lesson to be learned: Part of the administration of any policy is an understanding by all employee sectors of the fairness of the policy and communicating with the skeptics so that an employer's good intentions are not for naught.