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Finding a Voice at Work?: New Perspectives on Employment Relations


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How much 'say' should employees have in the running of business organizations, and what form should the 'voice' take? This is both the oldest and latest question in employment relations. Answers to these questions reflect our fundamental assumptions about the nature of the employment relationship, and inform our views on almost every aspect of Human Resource Management (HRM) and Employment Relations. Voice can also mean different things to different people. For some, employee voice is a synonym for trade union representation which aims to defend and promote the collective interests of workers. For others voice, is means of enhancing employee commitment and organisational performance. Others advocate workers control as an alternative to conventional capitalist organisations which are run for shareholders. There is thus both a moral and political argument for a measure of democracy at work, as well as a business case argument, which views voice as a potential link in the quest for increased organisational performance. The key debate for employment relations is which of the approaches 'works best' in delivering outcomes which balance competitiveness and productivity, on the one hand, and fair treatment of workers and social justice on the other. Policy makers need pragmatic answers to enduring questions: what works best in different contexts, what are the conditions of success, and what are the drawbacks? Some of the most significant developments in employee voice have taken place within the European Union, with various public policy and employer experiments attracting extensive academic research. The book offers a critical assessment of the main contemporary concepts and models of voice in the UK and Europe, and provides an in-depth theoretical and empirical exploration of employee voice in one accessible and cohesive collection.

Table of Contents:
Mike Emmott (CIPD): Foreword 1: Stewart Johnstone & Peter Ackers: Introduction: Employee Voice: The Key Question for Contemporary Employment Relations PART ONE: KEY CONCEPTS 2: Edmund Heery: Frames of Reference & Worker Participation 3: David Guest: Voice & Employee Engagement 4: Anne-marie Greene: Voice & Workforce Diversity PART TWO: UNION VOICE - COMPETING STRATEGIES 5: Peter Ackers: Trade Unions as Professional Associations 6: Melanie Simms: Union organizing as an alternative to Partnership. Or what to do when employers can't keep their side of the bargain 7: Stewart Johnstone: The case for Workplace Partnership PART THREE: EUROPEAN MODELS & VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM 8: Peter Samuel and Nick Bacon: Social partnership in devolved nations: Scotland and Wales 9: Michael Gold & Ingrid Artus: Employee Participation in Germany: Tensions and Challenges 10: Andrew Timming & Michael Whittall: The Promise of European Works Councils: 20 years of Statutory Employee Voice 11: Tony Dobbins & Tony Dundon: The EU Information and Consultation Directive in liberal-market economies PART FOUR: LOOKING AHEAD 12: Richard Hyman: Making Voice Effective: Imagining Trade Union responses to an era of post-Industrial Democracy 13: Bruce E.Kaufman: The future of employee voice in the USA: predictions from an employment relations model of voice

About the Author :
Stewart Johnstone is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Newcastle University Business School and was previously Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Loughborough University. His specialist teaching includes Employment Relations and Human Resource Management courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive levels. A major strand of Stewarts research has been the dynamics of employee voice and participation in both union and non-union firms. In particular, his research has examined organizational attempts to develop collaborative workplace relations in pursuit of mutual gains, and assessed the outcomes of such workplace partnerships for employers, employees, and unions. Peter Ackers is Professor of Industrial Relations and Labour History in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University, UK. He studied Politics and Philosophy (PPE, including Sociology) at Lincoln College, Oxford University, followed by an MA in Industrial Relations from Warwick University. His specialist teaching is in International Employment Relations, British Social History and Business Ethics. Peter's intellectual interests centre on the sociological and historical aspects of the employment relationship and how this affects ordinary people and society at large. His work stresses the moderate, constructive character of organized labour, with themes of partnership and pluralism, and challenges Radical and Marxist theories of Industrial Relations.

Review :
The analysis is detailed and clear, and there are nice thematic links and relationships between the chapters. The competing unitary/pluralist, organizing/partnership analytic perspectives are developed to good effect through the chapters, as is the discussion about voice in relation to Hall and Soskices varieties of capitalism. This overlap across the chapters, and the different viewpoints expressed in them, is useful for stimulating thought. The writing style should be relatively easy for students to digest, and certainly some of the chapters would be ideal for undergraduate teaching material. On this basis, the book would be an excellent library resource for those researching, teaching or learning about employment relations and voice. There are now a lot of voices in the employee voice field. Finding a Voice at Work? stands out by bringing together an accomplished set of authors to provide diverse perspectives in a single book. From conceptual foundations to debates over British trade union strategies to perspectives from Europe and beyond, the stimulating chapters deepen the readers understanding of the fundamental question, why does workplace voice matter and which versions work best? I highly recommend this insightful collection. This book offers important and novel insights into work and employment relations. It is essential reading for those interested in such vital workplace issues as: unions, voice, communications, performance, consultation, participation, employee involvement, and engagement. Finding a Voice at Work? will no doubt become a benchmark text for all those researching and teaching the changing nature of employment relations. With an impressive list of leading contributors, the book examines the key question of why voice still matters for employment relations and society from a conceptual, empirical and comparative standpoint. It offers a sharp and compelling analysis for why employee voice should be at the centre of public policy debate.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199668014
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 510 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199668019
  • Publisher Date: 19 Feb 2015
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Sub Title: New Perspectives on Employment Relations
  • Width: 172 mm


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