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Work Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life: Problems and Prospects

dc.contributor.authorKornbluh, H. Y.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:49:51Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:49:51Z
dc.date.issued1984en_US
dc.identifier.citationKornbluh, 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.issn0002-7162en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66769
dc.description.abstractThe 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
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleWork Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life: Problems and Prospectsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumLabor Studies Center, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and teaches at the University of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66769/2/10.1177_000271628447300109.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/000271628447300109en_US
dc.identifier.sourceThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Scienceen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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