What determined employer voice choice in Britain in the 20th century? A critique of the 'Sound of Silence' model

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4237259
AutoresAndy Charlwood (0000-0002-5444-194X, University of Leeds, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume4
Fascículo2
Páginas301-309
Data de publicação2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocio-Economic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ser/mwl011
OpenAlexW2025034842
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas16

In this paper I critique and then develop Willman, Bryson and Gomez's (2006) ‘Sound of Silence’ model of employer voice choice. I argue that the original cost/benefits based model, while potentially very useful, particularly for investigating cross-sectional variation in the incidence of voice, is curiously ill equipped to explain variation in voice arrangements over time. This shortcoming is the result of the failure to state explicitly some of the key determinants of the costs and benefits of employer voice choice, namely union power and political economic organisation. I demonstrate how these variables have influenced the development of voice arrangements in Britain over the course of the last century and argue that as a result of these constraints, employer voice choice is often no choice at all.

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Computer security · Economics · Key (lock) · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Silence · Sociology · Sound (geography) · State (computer science) · Variation (astronomy) · Computer Science · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy · Social Policy and Reform Studies