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Industrial Relations Climate, Employee Voice and Managerial Attitudes to Unions: An Australian Study
Author(s) -
Pyman Amanda,
Holland Peter,
Teicher Julian,
Cooper Brian K.
Publication year - 2010
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/j.1467-8543.2009.00772.x
Subject(s) - industrial relations , employee voice , perception , government (linguistics) , representation (politics) , organisation climate , business , public relations , labour economics , psychology , political science , management , economics , politics , law , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
This article examines how employee voice arrangements and managerial attitudes to unions shape employees' perceptions of the industrial relations climate, using data from the 2007 Australian Worker Representation and Participation Survey (AWRPS) of 1,022 employees. Controlling for a range of personal, job and workplace characteristics, regression analyses demonstrate that employees' perceptions of the industrial relations climate are more likely to be favourable if they have access to direct‐only voice arrangements. Where management is perceived by employees to oppose unions (in unionized workplaces), the industrial relations climate is more likely to be reported as poor. These findings have theoretical implications, and significant practical implications for employers, employees, unions and the government.