Employee Direct Participation in Britain and Australia: Evidence from AWIRS95 and WERS98

This paper seeks to elucidate the phenomenon of employee direct participation (EDP) in contemporary Britain and Australia. EDP encompasses a range of practices, which involve some degree of communication and consultation between management and employees or delegation of responsibility for tasks. We...

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Published in:Asia Pacific journal of human resources 2000-07, Vol.38 (2), p.42-53
Main Authors: Harley, Bill, Ramsay, Harvie, Scholarios, Dora
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey
Britain
British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
employee direct participation
Employee discretion
Great Britain
Human resource management
Industrial relations
Surveys
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Summary:This paper seeks to elucidate the phenomenon of employee direct participation (EDP) in contemporary Britain and Australia. EDP encompasses a range of practices, which involve some degree of communication and consultation between management and employees or delegation of responsibility for tasks. We utilize workplace and employee data from the 1995 Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (AWIRS95) and the 1998 (British) Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS98) to assess the extent of usage of various forms of EDP in Britain and Australia. In addition, we assess the extent to which such practices are associated with enhanced employee discretion at work. The results indicate that EDP is widespread in both Britain and Australia, but that it is not associated with enhanced employee discretion.
ISSN:1038-4111
1744-7941
DOI:10.1177/103841110003800204