01781 a2200289 4500 1351745638 20250317111622.0 250312042018GB eng 9781351745635 Taylor & Francis GBP 52.99 BB 01 eng JHB thema JHB bic SOC000000 bisac SOC026000 bisac Ray Markey Models of Employee Participation in a Changing Global Environment Diversity and Interaction 1 Oxford Routledge 20180205 366 p This title was first published in 2001. Management of the employment relationship changed markedly in the last two decades of the 21st century, and a major part of this has been the extension of employee involvement and participation in the workplace. Modern management theorists and researchers have commonly emphasized the importance of two-way communication and co-operation between management and labour in determining the success of human resource management (HRM) strategy and in maximizing workplace efficiency. Some researchers argue employee participation and empowerment are progressive management practices which have universal benefits to performance enhancement, as opposed to most other HRM practices whose success is contingent upon the organizational context. This title explores these themes through an international collection of case studies, which are the outcome of a comparative project of the Workers' Participation Study Group of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA). Paul Gollan B01 Ann Hodkinson B01 Alain Chouraqui B01 Ulrike Veersma B01 5923 5923