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Effective Delivery of Workplace Discipline

Do Women have to be More Participatory than Men?

Joan F. Brett

Arizona State University West

Leanne E. Atwater

Arizona State University West

David A. Waldman

Arizona State University West

This study investigated the effectiveness of male and female managers when they engaged in the masculine-oriented managerial behavior of discipline. A sample of 155 employed students rated their managers. When managers reportedly allowed two-way discussion with employees, their subordinates reported improved behavior. Two-way discussion and timely and private discipline behaviors were related to fewer negative outcomes. Male and female managers did not differ on discipline behaviors; however, manager gender by behavior interactions indicated that when women were low on two-way discussion, employees reported fewer improvements. This finding suggests that women may experience costs that men do not when they fail to discipline in a considerate way. Our results suggest that when females provide two-way discussion and discipline in private, they realize more improvements in employee behavior than males.

Key Words: gender • discipline • feedback • role congruity theory

Group & Organization Management, Vol. 30, No. 5, 487-513 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104267606
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