To Punish or Not to Punish? Managing Human Resources through ″Positive Discipline″

Abstract

Traditional disciplinary procedures place too much emphasis on punishment. A system of “positive discipline” is described that is performance based and allows individual employees the opportunity, through a day′s paid absence, to make their own decisions about work problems – identified by the employer but discussed in terms of positive changes in behaviour or practice.

Citation

Osigweh, C.A.B. and Hutchison, W.R. (1990), "To Punish or Not to Punish? Managing Human Resources through ″Positive Discipline″", Employee Relations, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459010144082