Anxiety/uncertainty management

Gudykunst, W. B, (1995). Anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory. In R, L. Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory (International Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 9, pp. 8-58). Thousand Oaks, CA Sage. 

Evaluations often cause anxiety for employees because of the uncertainty. You may be able to reduce that anxiety by discussing the evaluation with your employees. One thing to keep in mind is that the evaluation will be focusing on the management system and not on the employees. 

---