Workplace Democracy: An Inquiry into Employee Participation in Canadian Work Organizations Contributor(s): Nightingale, Donald V. (Author), Clarkson, Max B. E. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0802064701 ISBN-13: 9780802064707 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1982 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Workplace Culture |
Dewey: 658.315 |
LCCN: 81095043 |
Series: Heritage |
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.16" W x 9.28" (1.08 lbs) 332 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book begins with a historical review of how authority in the Canadian workplace has changed over the past century. It proceeds to outline a theory of organization which provides a broad conceptual framework for the empirical analysis which follows. This theory is based on five concepts: the values of organizational members; the administrative structure of the organization; the interpersonal and intergroup processes; the reactions and adjustments of organization members; the social, political, economic, and cultural environments of the organization. A sample of 20 industrial organizations was selected to examine the effects of significant employee participation and to test the theory. They are matched pairs: ten permit some form of participation, and ten--similar in size, location, industry, union/non-union status, and work technology--follow conventional hierarchical design. The resulting data demonstrate that greater productivity results from employee participation in decisions relating to their work, in productivity bonuses, and in profit sharing and employee share-ownership plans. |
Contributor Bio(s): Clarkson, Max B. E.: - The late Max B.E. Clarkson was the Director of The Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto. |