Voice and Involvement at Work: Experience with Non-Union RepresentationPaul J. Gollan, Bruce E. Kaufman, Daphne Taras, Adrian Wilkinson In the last decade, nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. This book examines the purpose, structure, and performance of various types of employee representation bodies created by companies in non-union settings to promote collective forums for voice and involvement at the workplace. This unique volume presents the first longitudinal evidence on the performance, success, and failure of NER plans over an extended time period. Consisting of twelve detailed, in-depth case studies of actual NER plans in operation across four countries, this volume provides unparalleled evidence on such matters as: the motives behind the initial establishment of NER, different organizational forms of NER in industry, key success and failure factors over the long-term, pro and con evaluations for employers and employees, and more. Voice and Involvement at Work captures an unequalled international and comparative perspective through a wide cross-section of different NER forms. |
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... percent that have a voice mechanism , they sort into three broad categories — with a fourth small residual category , " Nature not reported " ( 2 percent ) : Nonunion Only ( 48 percent ) , Union and Nonunion ( 34 percent , or dual ...
... percent among major companies in a number of manufacturing, transportation, utility, and natural resource industries (Gollan 2000). The half century after World War II represented something of 14 Paul J. Gollan et al.
... percent in the post–World War II period) because unions represented cases before the court and monitored employer compliance with the awards. Awards were typically extended to cover an entire occupation or industry, including employees ...
... percent ) , and the presence of a personnel or human resources department or person ( 48.1 percent ) . Committees of employ- ees ( 38.9 percent ) and employee involvement programs such as quality circles ( 35.8 percent ) are the least ...
... The country has about 30 percent unionization, with growth of union density in the public sector and decline in the private sector. Data on the non - union representation rates are difficult Voice and Involvement at Work 19.
Contents
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PART I Australia | 43 |
PART II Britain | 125 |
PART III Canada | 195 |
PART IV United States | 293 |
Contributors | 395 |
Index | 397 |
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