@article{ref1,
title="Effects of Perceived Responsibility, Injury Severity, and Injury Target on Discipline Severity",
journal="Human performance",
year="2010",
author="Shao, Ruodan and Perlow, Richard",
volume="23",
number="1",
pages="41-41",
abstract="We examined the effects of injury severity, injury target, and perceived responsibility on supervisors' discipline severity following a rule violation. Participants made discipline judgments after reading scenarios describing work rule violations. Data revealed an Injury Severity x Injury Target interactive effect on discipline severity. Respondents disciplined rule violators more severely when the behavior caused a serious coworker injury than when the violating behavior caused a minor coworker injury. Discipline severity decreased as the severity of the injury the rule violator experienced increased. That finding goes against conventional wisdom stating that a positive linear relation exists between the extent of an injury and discipline severity and suggests that supervisors might not make all discipline judgments in a simple, linear fashion.<p />",
language="",
issn="0895-9285",
doi="10.1080/08959280903400184",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08959280903400184"
}