Work Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life: Problems and Prospects
dc.contributor.author | Kornbluh, H. Y. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-13T18:49:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-13T18:49:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kornbluh, HY (1984). "Work Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life: Problems and Prospects." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 473(1): 88-95. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66769> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-7162 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66769 | |
dc.description.abstract | The concept of increasing the participation of workers in decisions affecting their work lives is appearing more often on the labor- management agenda. The reasons for management interest include the need for (1) increasing productivity and quality; (2) increasing the quality of work life for the new worker, who is more educated, with a good work ethic but alienated and unmotivated under current management practice; and (3) meeting foreign competition. Problems may arise for firms involved in forms of participation such as quality circles and quality of work life programs, when management aims of a streamlined work force and control of worker innovations clash with the workers' expectations of work place democracy inherent in such programs. A dilemma is posed for unions when the new forms of participation undermine the union, or maintain or create so-called union-free environments. Many unions are now playing a more active role in these programs. More aggressive approaches to bargaining on work environment and other issues reflect movement by some unions to a more proactive philosophy of the union's role in participation-enhancing strategies. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 3108 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 529725 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications | en_US |
dc.title | Work Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life: Problems and Prospects | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Political Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Government, Politics and Law | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Labor Studies Center, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and teaches at the University of Michigan | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66769/2/10.1177_000271628447300109.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/000271628447300109 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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