Worker Voice : Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US 1914-1939 /

Worker Voice : Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US 1914-1939 /

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This book informs debates about worker participation in the workplace or worker voice by analysing comparative historical data relating to these ideas during the inter-war period in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. The issue is topical because of the contemporary shift to a workplace f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patmore, Greg (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: England : Liverpool University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Management > Employee participation
Employees
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Personnel > États-Unis.
Personnel > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Personnel > Allemagne > Histoire.
Personnel > Canada > Histoire.
Personnel > Australie > Histoire.
Employees > United States.
Employees > Great Britain > History.
Employees > Germany > History.
Employees > Canada > History.
Employees > Australia > History.
Management > Employee participation.
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
Australia
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; 2. The Context; Explanations of Historical Patterns of Employee Representation ; The Economy ; Industry Scale and Structure ; The Division of Labour and Technology ; Trade Unionism and Politics ; Employers and Managing Labour ; The Role of the State ; Conclusion; 3. The Concepts; Employee Representation Plans ; Whitley Works Committees ; The German Works Councils ; Union-Management Cooperation ; Conclusion; 4. The US; ERP
  • The Extent ; ERP
  • The Impact ; Cooperative Management
  • The Extent ; Cooperative Management
  • The Impact The Demise of ERPs and Union-Management cooperation during the 1930s; Conclusion; 5. The UK; The Extent of Whitley Works Committees ; The Impact of Whitley Works Committees ; Looking beyond the UK ; Conclusion; 6. Germany; The Extent of German Works Councils ; The Impact of German Works Councils ; The Impact on Unions, Women and Employers ; The Demise of German Works Councils ; Conclusion; 7. Canada; ERPs
  • The Extent and Impact ; An ERP
  • The Experience at the Sydney Steelworks, Nova Scotia ; Union-Management Cooperation ; Conclusion ; 8. Australia ; Influences ; The Impact; Electrolytic Zinc ; Conclusion; 9. Conclusion.

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