Conceptualizing Employee Participation in Organizations

The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wilkinson, Adrian ^a,b   Gollan, Paul J ^c   Marchington, Mick ^d,e   Lewin, David ^f,g  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Organization   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Employment Studies   (United Kingdom)

^f National Academy of Human Resources   (United States)

^g Law and Economics Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Employee participation; Job enrichment; Problem solving groups; Trade union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923459288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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