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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... unions. Mackenzie King was a keen researcher and urged the systematic col- lection of data in industrial relations ... company unions, the Canadians did not create a comprehensive Wagner Act equivalent until 1944, when the political and ...
... companies and their purpose of fostering greater collaboration and ... co - partnership or profit - sharing arrangements ... Most , however , . . . were ... unions following the lead of many German unions . . . [ and supporting ] a ...
... union representation to the workplace level , where to that point it had been ... company that reorganized so that employees ( “ part- ners " ) received the ... unions lost membership and clout , the imperative of organizational survival ...
... unions became bitter critics of NER . NER reached its peak of density and influence in the 1920s , when ERPs and ... company unions ” remains in place to the present day , thus severely limiting NER in the United States . Exceptions ...
... union workforce , reports they work in an organization with a company - created system in which worker representatives meet with management ; 14 percent of respon- dents outside unions also reported that they were represented by another ...
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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