Finding a voice at work? : new perspectives on employment relations / edited by Stewart Johnstone, Peter Ackers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnstone, Stewart, editor.

Ackers, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Finding a Voice at Work? New Perspectives on Employment Relations ""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword ""; ""References""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Boxes""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1: Introduction: Employee voice: The key question for contemporary employment relations ""; ""Why voice and what sort of voice?""; ""WhatÂ?s changed in the voice debate? The contested role of trade unions""; ""Why does voice still matter for employment relations and society?""; ""What are the key debates in this book?""

""References """"2: Frames of reference and worker participation""; ""Introduction""; ""Unitary perspectives on worker participation""; ""Pluralist perspectives on worker participation""; ""Critical perspectives on worker participation""; ""Conclusion""; ""References ""; ""3: Voice and employee engagement""; ""Introduction""; ""The concepts of engagement""; ""Attitudinal and behavioural engagement""; ""Antecedents of Attitudinal and Behavioural Engagement""; ""Outcomes of Attitudinal and Behavioural Engagement""; ""Behavioural and Attitudinal Engagement: an Assessment""

""Organizational engagement""""Organizational Engagement: why the Interest?""; ""Employee engagement and role of voice""; ""Involvement, Participation, and Engagement""; ""Trust, Exchange, and Engagement""; ""Conclusion: implications for engagement and voice""; ""References ""; ""4: Voice and workforce diversity""; ""Introduction""; ""The diverse workforce in the twenty-first century""; ""Diversity in Contract, Hours, or Place of Work""; ""Demographic Diversity""; ""How Standard is the Standard Archetype?""; ""Diversity and employee voice""; ""The What of Employee Voice""

""The Who of Employee Voice""""The How of Employee Voice""; ""The Conventional Requirement for Physical Participation""; ""Exclusive Cultures and Structures""; ""Towards diversity: appropriate employee voice mechanisms""; ""Special Organized Groups""; ""New Social Media as a Tool of Employee Voice""; ""Diversity and employee voice: a summary""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""5: Trade unions as professional associations""; ""Introduction: trade union voice. Speaking to whom about what?""; ""The global problem of trade union decline""

""The sociology of trade unions: some Marxian socialist foundations""""The sociology of trade unions: some alternative neopluralist foundations""; ""Beyond socialist trade union history: the British case""; ""Constructing occupational identities: three British historical examples""; ""Deconstructing general unionism""; ""Trade union regeneration: six models""; ""The Merger Model: Big is Powerful?""; ""The Organizing Model: Building from Below?""; ""The Social Movement Model: Mobilizing the People?""; ""The Identity Politics Model: Managing Diversity""

""The Friendly Society Model: Individual Services and Civil Society""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9780191813450

0199668000 (hbk)

9780199668007 (hbk)

0199668019 (pbk)

9780199668014 (pbk)

OCLC:

903858738