{"product_id":"what-workers-say-employee-voice-in-the-anglo-american-workplace-paperback-softback-9780801472817","title":"What Workers Say; Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801472817","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Workers Say\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEmployee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard B. Freeman (Edited by), Peter Boxall (Edited by), Peter Haynes (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801472817\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 July 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Workers Say \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the voice that employees have, and want, in the workplace and the role played by unions, employers, and governments in expanding, or restricting, that voice. The authors are interested in assessing and comparing what forms of employee voice are able to meet the needs and wants of workers in six nations: Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e (Work and Occupations) \u003cp\u003eFreeman, Boxall, and Haynes provide the results of comprehensive on employee voice and the implications of their findings for labor unions in six countries.... Of the countries studied, the US has the most rigid, outmoded form of employee voice. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e - G. E. Kaupins (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together research in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to answer a series of key questions:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e* What opportunities do employees in Anglo-American workplaces have to voice their concerns and what do they seek? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e* To what extent, and in what contexts, do workers want greater union representation? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e* How do workers feel about employer-initiated channels of influence? What styles of engagement do they want with employers?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e* What institutional models are more successful in giving workers the voice they seek at workplaces? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e* What can unions, employers, and public policy makers learn from these studies of representation and influence? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research is based largely on surveys that were conducted as a follow-up to the influential Worker Representation and Participation Survey (WRPS) reported in \u003ci\u003eWhat Workers Want\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored by Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers in 1999 and updated in 2006. Taken together, these studies authoritatively outline workers' attitudes toward, and opportunities for, representation and influence in the Anglo-American workplace. They also enhance industrial relations theory and suggest strategies for unions, employers, and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541845274904,"sku":"9780801472817","price":20.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-workers-say-employee-voice-in-the-anglo-american-workplace-paperback-softback-9780801472817","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}