Perceived fairness of disciplinary procedures in the public service sector : an exploratory study
Date
2008
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Publisher
AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
ENGLISH SUMMARY : The objective of this study was twofold: Firstly, to explore and describe the perceived fairness of a disciplinary procedure in the workplace and, secondly, to develop guidelines that could be used by managers to provide a fairer experience of the disciplinary procedure. A qualitative research design was employed. In-depth interviews were conducted with participants who were purposely divided into two groups (an employee participant group and an expert participant group). Results indicated that employees experienced the disciplinary procedure as traumatic, unfair and not reliable. Guidelines were formulated to manage employee discipline more effectively.
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CITATION: Van der Bank, L., Engelbrecht, A. & Strumpher, J. 2008. Perceived fairness of disciplinary procedures in the public service sector : an exploratory study. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 6(2): 1-8, doi: 10.4102/sajhrm.v6i2.136.
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Keywords
Personnel management, Procedure (Law), Fairness, Employee discipline, Public service sector
Citation
Van der Bank, L., Engelbrecht, A. & Strumpher, J. 2008. Perceived fairness of disciplinary procedures in the public service sector : an exploratory study. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 6(2): 1-8, doi: 10.4102/sajhrm.v6i2.136