Idealism and the applied relevance of research on employee participation

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ID2373272
AutoresMartin Beirne (0000-0002-5159-1539, University of Glasgow, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume22
Fascículo4
Páginas675-693
Data de publicação2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017008096742
OpenAlexW2132756921
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas23

Academic research on employee participation has lost some of the radicalism and commitment to progressive practice that was evident through much of the 20th century, becoming more detached and coldly evaluative. While idealistic concerns are still apparent in the regular condemnation of inauthentic participation, the focus of scholarly activity is largely restricted to analysis and explanation, without following through to an explicit logic of practice. Recalling how value commitments influenced the work of earlier generations of theorist practitioners, this article aims to reinvigorate debate about role definitions and the scope of academic contributions. By engaging with recent, though rare, examples of practically focused output in the traditions of socio-technical systems thinking and critical management studies, it argues for a grounded idealism that anchors applied research to local rather than 'top driven' insights and priorities

Critical management studies · Economics · Epistemology · Idealism · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Relevance (law · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy