<i>‘This</i> Handbook<i> is an important contribution to knowledge about employee voice which combines a variety of approaches to the subject by drawing on different disciplines, forms and philosophies. It provides new research from a wide range of national and international experience and covers both collective and individual means of expressing the views of employees in the workplace. A feature of the </i>Handbook<i> is that it covers not only employment relations perspectives on the subject but also draws upon human resource management as well as organizational studies. The editors are leading authors in the subject area and have brought together both established authors and emerging scholars who have fresh approaches to the role of employee voice in organizations and society. I am sure that the </i>Handbook<i> will become a standard reference in the future.’</i>

- Russell Lansbury, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia,

<i>‘Given that employee voice has become more important recently across a range of disciplines, this book is very timely indeed. It brings together contributions from 50 well-known academics from different countries who provide a comprehensive account of employee voice from a variety of historical and contemporary angles. Crucially it also raises key questions for current and future research and practice. In my view this book should be compulsory reading for academics, policy-makers, practitioners and students in the subject area.’</i>

- Michael Marchington, University of Strathclyde and University of Manchester, UK,

<i>‘In conclusion, this isn’t ‘just another’ book on employee voice. It is a hugely important contribution to the field. It moves the literature forward and shines a new light on an area of study that is far from saturated. I recommend it as an essential reference for academics, and I should also think it would make a nice supplementary text for courses in human resource management.’</i>

- Dr Andrew Timming, Work, Employment and Society,

The term 'employee voice' refers to the ways and means through which employees can attempt to have a say and influence organizational issues that affect their work and the interests of managers and owners. The concept is distinct, but related to and often overlapping with issues such as participation, involvement and, more recently, engagement. This Handbook provides an up-to-date survey of the current research into employee voice, sets this research into context and sets a marker for future research in the area.The contributors are all expert in their field. The book examines the theory and history of employee voice and what voice means to various actors, including employers, middle managers, employees, unions and policy-makers. The authors observe how these actors engage in various voice processes, such as collective bargaining, grievance procedures, task-based voice, partnership and mutual gains. The efforts that have been made to date to evaluate voice across and between firms are then assessed, before the contributors go on to open up the debate on potential new areas for voice research, with a focus on voice and its relationship to organizational inclusion and exclusion.Contributors: B. Abbott, M.M.C. Allen, A.C. Avgar, N. Balnave, A. Barnes, C. Benassi, J. Benders, C.T. Brinsfield, A. Bryson, J.W. Budd, S. Chillas, N. Cullinane, T. Dobbins, V. Doellgast, J. Donaghey, T. Dundon, J. Foley, R.B. Freeman, P.J. Gollan, R. Gomez, M.G. Menéndez, J.A. Gruman, B. Harley, E. Heery, P. Holland, S. Johnstone, S. Kaine, B.E. Kaufman, T. Kretschmer, D. Lewin, A.A. Luchak, M.M. Lucio, C. MacMillan, A. Marks, W. Nienhüser, S. Owens, M.F. Ozbilgin , G. Patmore, D.M. Pohler, S. Procter, A. Pyman, A.M. Saks, M. Sameer, J. Syed, L. Thornthwaite, K. Townsend, A. Wilkinson, S. Williams, P. Willman, Y. Xu
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The efforts that have been made to date to evaluate voice across and between firms are then assessed, before the contributors go on to open up the debate on potential new areas for voice research, with a focus on voice and its relationship to organizational inclusion and exclusion.
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Contents: PART I: PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES OF VOICE 1. Employee Voice: Charting New Terrain Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey and Richard B. Freeman 2. Employee Voice before Hirschman: Its Early History, Conceptualization, and Practice Bruce E. Kaufman 3. Hirschmann and Voice Matthew M.C. Allen 4. Employee Voice and the Transaction Cost Economics Project Paul Willman, Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Tobias Kretschmer 5. Industrial Democracy in the 21st Century Janice Foley 6. High Performance Work Systems and Employee Voice Bill Harley 7. Labour Process Perspectives on Employee Voice Abigail Marks and Shiona Chillas 8. Employee Voice and Silence in Organisation Behaviour Chad T. Brinsfield PART II: ACTORS 9. Employers and Voice Peter Holland 10. The Role of Line Managers in Employee Voice Systems Keith Townsend 11. Union Voice Sarah Kaine 12. The Missing Employee in Employee Voice Research Dionne M. Pohler and Andrew A. Luchakr 13. Civil Society Organisations and Employee Voice Edmund Heery, Brian Abbott and Steve Williams PART III: FORMS 14. Collective Bargaining Virginia Dollesgast and Chiara Benassi 15. Works Councils Werner Nienhüser 16. Joint Consultative Committees Amanda Pyman 17. Individual Voice: Grievance and Other Procedures David Lewin 18. Task Base Voice: Teamworking, Autonomy and Performance Stephen Procter and Jos Benders 19. Workplace Partnership Stewart Johnstone 20. Voice in the Mutual Gains Organisation Ariel C. Avgar and Stacey Owens 21. Non-union Employee Representation Tony Dobbins and Tony Dundon PART IV: EVALUATING VOICE 22. Regulation of Employee Voice Paul J. Gollan, Glenn Patmore and Ying Xu 23. Voice Across Borders: Comparing and Explaining the Dynamics of Participation in a Context of Change Maria González Menéndez and Miguel Martínez Lucio 24. Employee Silence Niall Cullinane and Jimmy Donaghey 25. Employee Voice in the SME Context Muhammad Sameer and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 26. Diversity Management and Missing Voices Jawed Syed 27. E-voice: How Network and Media Technologies are Shaping Employee Voice Nikola Balnave, Alison Barnes, Craig MacMillan and Louise Thornthwaite 28. Being Psychologically Present When Speaking Up: Employee Voice Engagement Jamie A. Gruman and Alan M. Saks 29. The Future of Employee Voice John W. Budd Index
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‘This Handbook is an important contribution to knowledge about employee voice which combines a variety of approaches to the subject by drawing on different disciplines, forms and philosophies. It provides new research from a wide range of national and international experience and covers both collective and individual means of expressing the views of employees in the workplace. A feature of the Handbook is that it covers not only employment relations perspectives on the subject but also draws upon human resource management as well as organizational studies. The editors are leading authors in the subject area and have brought together both established authors and emerging scholars who have fresh approaches to the role of employee voice in organizations and society. I am sure that the Handbook will become a standard reference in the future.’
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780857939265
Publisert
2014-04-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
520

Biographical note

Edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield, UK, Jimmy Donaghey, Professor of Human Resource Management, UniSA Business School, University of South Australia, Australia,Tony Dundon, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, University of Limerick, Ireland and the Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester, UK and Richard B. Freeman, Professor of Economics, Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research, US