Concertive Control

Concertive Control; Ch. 6; page 177

The author of our text describes concertive control as occurring when "employees police themselves, developing a means for their own control" (p. 177).
There are times at my job were employees must be able to display concertive control because a manager may be away to lunch or at a meeting. There also has been much negotiations between staff and managers for consensus on the company rules. Many of the rules have changed from when I started working for the company 7 years ago. I do feel many of the changes have worked out for the best. For instance, when I started working every employee had to wear black pants while working. Now the rule is employees are not allowed to wear torn pants (they don't have to be black).