Employee participation is a dynamic and contested area of organisational behaviour, attracting continuing academic, practitioner and policy interest and debate. This book will bring together a fresh, critical and comparative perspective on the full range of participation practices, drawing on the work of leading scholars in the field.

Introduction.- The Paradoxes of Participation; B.Harley, J.Hyman & P.Thompson.- Employee Involvement: Patterns and Explanations; M.Marchington.- Hope or Hype? High Performance Work Systems; B.Harley.- In the Name of Customer Service: Service Work and Participation; A.Sturdy & M.Korczynski.- Teamworking: Partial Participation; J.Benders.- Trojan Horses or Paper Tigers? Assessing the Significance of European Works Councils; M.Hall & P.Marginson.- Employee Share Ownership, Employment Relations and Corporate Governance; A.Pendleton.- Promoting Workplace Development: Lessons for UK Policy from Nordic Approaches to Job Redesign and Quality of Working Life; J.Payne & E.Keep.- Theorising the State and Economic Democracy; P.Boreham & R.Hall.- You've Got to Admit it's Getting Better: Organised Labour and Internationalisation; N.Haworth.- New Uniion Strategies and Forms of Work Organisation in UK Manufacturing; A.Danford.- Organisational Participation and Women: An Attitude Problem?; D.Scholarios & H.Ramsay.- Conclusion.

'...this book critically reflects the development of the subject and provides stimuli for re-thinking participation...the volume should interest not only researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners.' - Volker Telljohann, Transfer (European Review of Labour and Research)