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Monday, March 11, 2013

Concequences Of Employee Grievance

Employee grievance may be resulted either from management policies, or working conditions of the organization or personality traits of employees. These are the primary forces that give impetus to the emergence of grievance in the actual work floor. A firm can hardly operate without the influence of grievance. Hence, handling grievance through appropriate procedures play a key role in the settlement of management's mistakes and weakness. If grievances are handled with a proper care and attention, they will introduce positive changes in the organization, thereby enhancing organizational productivity and employee satisfaction.

But if the grievance are not managed properly, they will create some negative impacts. Such impacts reduce organization's output as well as productivity. The negative consequences of employee grievance are:

- Reduced Productivity
- Absenteeism Problem
- Disobeying of orders
- Indisciplined behavior
- Reduced quality of work
- Reduced co-operation among the employees
- Discouragement in employees
- Disharmonious relation between management and employees

Therefore, a due consideration should be given towards the proper settlement of employee grievance instantly when they occur.