Examining Employee Involvement in the Context of Participative Work Environments

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Abstract
A systems-based, guided examination of employee involvement (EI) in the context of participative climates is presented. The authors proposed a theoretical multi-cross-level model to examine the relationship between participative climates as they exist at top and middle organizational levels and employee attitudes and behaviors. Data from an organization consisting of 11 relatively autonomous districts further divided into 88 units were used to examine the relationship of EI practices, participative climates, and individual (n = 483) work-related attitudes and involvement in the EI process. Results indicated that district and unit participative climates interacted with one another in influencing work-related attitudes and behaviors. The importance of multiple participative climates operating in relation to one another to influence individual attitudes and behaviors, and how these climates are supported, is discussed.