Managerial Ideologies and the Use of Discipline.

Managerial ideologies have ignored discipline as a viable way to control deviant behaviors of employees and improve work performance. The few empirical studies and theoretical discussions in the literature have tended to focus on effects of discharges. Results of this study of 474 managers indicated that managerial ideologies were important in predicting use of a helping stance in dealing with problem behaviors of subordinates, and that situational variables were important in predicting use of discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]