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Employee influence on decisions: An analysis
Author(s) -
Lawler Edward E.,
Renwick Patricia A.,
Bullock R. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.4030020206
Subject(s) - feeling , quality of working life , sample (material) , work (physics) , psychology , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , public relations , business , applied psychology , job satisfaction , political science , mechanical engineering , epistemology , chromatography , engineering , philosophy , chemistry
Attitude data from a national sample of 2300 working adults are reported. The data show that employees feel they should have more influence on a number of decisions. This feeling is stronger for decisions affecting how their job is done, than for matters of corporate policy and personnel decisions. However, it is in the policy and personnel areas that they perceive the greatest discrepancy between the amount of influence they presently have and the amount of influence they feel they should have. Older, better educated, and higher‐paid respondents felt they should have more influence on all decisions. The implications of these findings for the Quality of Work Life movement were considered. The data suggest a favourable future climate for certain types of employee influence/Quality of Work Life projects.