WHEN WE DONT SEE EYE-TO-EYE - DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SUPERVISORS AND SUBORDINATES IN ABSENCE DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS

The present study provided a within-subjects assessment of the factors associated with absence disciplinary decisions for both supervisors a nd subordinates. In addition, this study examined discrepancies in dis ciplinary decisions between supervisors and their subordinates based o n differences in psychological and demographic attributes. A sample of non-academic employees from 19 intact triads (one supervisor; two sub ordinates) at a large Midwest university responded to hypothetical sce narios describing factors that might contribute to absence disciplinar y decisions. The results demonstrated that both supervisors and subord inates generally place similar weights on factors that are relevant to disciplinary decisions. Perhaps move importantly, a number of psychol ogical and demographic differences between supervisors and subordinate s related positively to discrepancies in disciplinary decisions.