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Models
of Employee Participation in a Changing Global Environment
Diversity
and Interaction
Edited
by Raymond Markey, University of Wollongong, Australia, Paul
Gollan, London School of Economics, UK, Ann Hodgkinson,
University of Wollongong, Australia, Alain Chouraqui, LEST/CNRS,
Aix-en-Provence, France, and Ulke Veersma, Nijmegen University,
The Netherlands
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Management of the employment relationship has been subject to
significant change in the last two decades, as the process of
globalization has intensified competition in product and labour markets.
In this context, modern management theorists and practitioners have
commonly emphasised the importance of two-way communication and
cooperation between management and labour in determining the success of
HRM strategy and maximising workplace efficiency. Cooperation relies upon
building employee commitment, and employee consultation and participation
are intrinsic to this process.
This book explores these themes through an international collection of
case studies, distinguished by the breadth of coverage of national
environments, as well as providing a comprehensive overview of all
different forms and levels of participation. Conceptually, the book shows
the tension between participation as a form of employee voice and the
instrumental way in which it is developed and implemented in modern
management thinking and practice. In policy terms participation is
particularly important for Europe, with the development of European Works
Councils and the recent EPOC survey on direct participation in the EU.
These are addressed by some chapters, but other chapters also show how
much more widely this is an important policy issue for government as well
as management and unions (the social partners in European parlance) – in
North America, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Reviews
‘…brings us an important step further in understanding employee
participation in management decisions…’ Herman Knudsen, Aalborg
University, Denmark
‘…the book is bound to have wide appeal. The large number of
contributed papers means there is something there for everyone…the
material in this book is diverse and in some cases fascinating. For
researchers, teachers and practitioners…this book will prove to be a
useful purchase.’ Labour & Industry
'…recommended. If you want to know where research on employee
participation stands at the begining of the new millennium, this is the
book.' Work, Employment and Society
Contents
Perspectives and Theory: Introduction: global patterns of participation,
Raymond Markey; Participation and industrial democracy revisited: a
theoretical perspective, Michael Poole, Russell Lansbury and Nick Wailes.
Direct Participation: Why implement group work?: observations and
speculations after a European survey, Jos Benders, Fred Huijgen and Ulrich
Pekruhl; Employee involvement and organizational change: the diffusion of
high involvement management in Australian workplaces, Paul J. Gollan and
Edward M. Davis; New ways of working for women: the gender dimensions of
direct participation, Juliet Webster. Trade Unions: American experience
with union-nominated boards of directors, George Strauss; National
strategies and local diversities: adding value through broad participation
– experiences from the Norwegian Enterprise Development 2000 program,
Johan Elvemo, Ida Munkeby and Pål Lynne Hansen; Employee participation
and bipartite and tripartite cooperation in Greece: problems and
prospects, Chris Jecchinis and Theodoros Koutroukis; How managers perceive
cooperation and codetermination with unions: some Australian and US
comparisons, Raymond Markey and Simon Pomfret; Efficiency vs democracy in
the workplace?: a postscript on self management at Malta dry docks, Edward
L. Zammit. Works Councils and Consultative Committees: Corporate
governance and workers’ participation in The Netherlands, Rienk Goodijk;
Is there a future for employee representation?: understanding the effects
of changes in organization and work on works councils, Jan Kees Looise,
Michiel Drucker and Jan de Leede; Between European and national
institutions: European works councils in Dutch-owned MNCs as a new form of
workers’ representation, Ulke Veersma; Workers’ Participation in
Ghana: a case study of state – owned enterprise in transition to
privatization, El-Khider Ali Musa. Interaction Between Different Forms of
Participation: Employee involvement and participation in the
organizational change decision: Illawarra and Australian patterns, Ann
Hodgkinson; Works councils and HRM in Germany: analytical arguments and
empirical evidence, Walther Müller-Jentsch; Small and medium-sized
enterprises, employee participation and trade union action, Jacques Monat;
Top executives’ attitude and preferences toward employee voice and
participation in Singapore, David Tai Wai Wan and Peck Shang Phee;
Conclusions: models of diversity and interaction, Paul J. Gollan and
Raymond Markey.
About the Authors
Raymond Markey, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia,
Paul Gollan, London School of Economics, UK,
Ann Hodgkinson, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia,
Alain Chouraqui, LEST/CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France,
Ulke Veersma, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands
£51.50 / US$89.95 ISBN: 0 7546 1866 8 October 2001 366
pages Hardback
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