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| | The role of chance in employee disciplinary decisions: squaring attribution theory with "just cause.": An article from: Journal of Managerial Issues |  | Authors: Brook I. Landis, Kenneth G. Scalet
Brand: The Gale Group
Category: Book
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Pages: 20
ASIN: B000921JVI
Publication Date: March 22, 1994
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Managerial Issues, published by Pittsburg State University - Department of Economics on March 22, 1994. The length of the article is 5952 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the author: Attribution theory suggests that managers make disciplinary decisions based upon their judgment about why a subordinate's unwanted behavior has occurred. In examining disciplinary cases where 'external' attributional factors were clearly evident, we have found many instances where the severity of the discipline was excessively influenced by the impact of an employee's behavior, rather than by the behavior itself. Discipline tends to be harsh when an employee's actions lead to serious consequences. Conversely, managers tend to overlook disciplinary problems if no major harm occurs. In attributional terms, managers find reasons to ascribe "internal" causation to a disciplinary problem when the subordinates' action is "costly" to the company. This type of discipline tends to be punitive rather than corrective and it is a distortion of the purpose of the disciplinary process in business organizations. When third-party review such as grievance arbitration exists, it is unlikely that such discipline will be upheld. Using a number of arbitration cases, we provide evidence that employee discipline can be overly influenced by outcomes rather than actual employee behavior. We explain the consequences of this errant approach, and finally we suggest ways to avoid these consequences.
Citation Details
Title: The role of chance in employee disciplinary decisions: squaring attribution theory with "just cause."
Author: Brook I. Landis
Publication: Journal of Managerial Issues (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Pittsburg State University - Department of Economics
Volume: v6 Issue: n1 Page: p119(13)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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