The Industrial Relations Setting, Organizational Forces, and the Form and Content of Worker Participation
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 3 (3) , 572-583
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1978.4305767
Abstract
Forces in the industrial relations setting and within organizations which influence the form and content of worker participation are examined. Values, socio-political climate, economic conditions, and bargaining structures are identified as especially salient contextual forces, in addition to organizational dimensions of size, centralization, and technology. Drawing upon a comparative analysis of Western Nations, testable propositions are presented concerning factors which encourage or inhibit participation.Keywords
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