Managing Individual Performance in Work Groups
研究在授权工作群体中，谁应负责对绩效差的成员采取纪律处分：正式经理、单个成员还是整个群体。发现正式经理与群体共识的处分严厉程度相当，而单个成员处分更宽松。
Abstract This research was driven by the question, “In empowered work groups, who should be responsible for determining disciplinary actions in response to group member poor performance: the formal manager, a single group member, or the group as a whole?” Results in a study of 231 group members representing 41 groups from four diverse organizations showed that the severity of disciplinary actions made by formal managers is equivalent to actions taken by groups through consensus decision‐making. Selecting one member of the group, however, to handle a poorly performing member resulted in relatively lenient disciplinary actions. Consistent with this finding, the attitude survey results revealed that individual group members are reluctant to assume responsibility for disciplining a poorly performing group member. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.