Integration of collective bargaining and formal worker participation processes: Boon or barrier to worker rights? |
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Authors: | William Moore Robert C Miljus |
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Institution: | (1) College of Business & Public Administration, Drake University, 50311 Des Moines, Iowa;(2) Faculty of Management and Human Resources, The Ohio State University, 43210 Columbus, Ohio |
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Abstract: | Many employers are extending workplace rights by allowing for more employee voice in decision making. Numerous unionized organizations have established formal worker participation processes to help achieve this end and to improve organizational performance. Based largely on theory, such processes are normally designed to operate independently from the bargaining process. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between participation and bargaining processes, and the effect of this relationship on workplace satisfaction. A total of 712 Midwest union officials were surveyed, and the results indicate that the processes tend to become integrated in the workplace. Further, union officials' workplace satisfaction was greater where formal worker participation is institutionalized within the bargaining process. |
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Keywords: | workers' rights employees' voice employees' voice and collective bargaining workers' rights and collective bargaining worker participation and collective bargaining |
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