Worker Participation and Industrial Relations – The Trend Toward Decentralization

The author examines the recent developments in worker participation in the context of overall patterns in industrial relations. In Europe, it appears as a complement to traditional patterns, an attempt to decentralize influence. Efforts toward worker control are likely to have limited appeal in plac...

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Published in:Relations industrielles (Québec, Québec) Québec), 1976, Vol.31 (1), p.98-111
Main Author: Wertheim, Edward G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collective bargaining
Democracy
Employee relations
Industrial democracy
Industrial management
Labor
Labor management relations
Labor unions
Union contracts
Work councils
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Summary:The author examines the recent developments in worker participation in the context of overall patterns in industrial relations. In Europe, it appears as a complement to traditional patterns, an attempt to decentralize influence. Efforts toward worker control are likely to have limited appeal in places such as the United States and Britain where labour perceives industrial relations as already fairly decentralized.
ISSN:0034-379X
1703-8138
DOI:10.7202/028685ar