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Employee Voice in Union and Non‐union Australian Workplaces
Author(s) -
Benson John
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00173
Subject(s) - employee voice , industrial relations , public relations , non union , trade union , political science , labour economics , business , political economy , management , sociology , economics , law , medicine , surgery
The fall in unionism and the rise in the non‐union workplace over the past two decades raises the question as to whether workers now have a reduced capacity to initiate issues and articulate grievances. For some commentators independent unions are the only source of genuine voice. Others have argued that the adoption of the HRM paradigm within an enterprise will provide workers with adequate voice mechanisms. This paper addresses the issue by comparing employee voice in non‐union and unionized Australian workplaces.