What Do Americans Want from (Private) Government? Experimental Evidence Demonstrates that Americans Want Workplace Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3248951 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sinorita Mazumder (0000-0001-6583-3044), Alan N Yan (0000-0001-7414-3563, University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1020-1036 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055423000667 |
| OpenAlex | W4385982940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 96 |
A majority of Americans spend a substantial amount of time at work where they have little to no say over many issues-a phenomenon that philosophers have likened to a "private government" that resembles a dictatorship. Is this because Americans are indifferent to or even prefer to work for firms that resemble dictatorships? To answer this question, we field a conjoint experiment on a nationally-representative sample of Americans to isolate public preferences over "corporate regime type." We find that Americans prefer workplace democracy. In a second experiment, we find that most Americans support workplace democracy even after being exposed to framing emphasizing democratization's costs. The results suggest that social scientists must look beyond public opinion to understand the lack of workplace democracy in the United States. This article forges new ground by applying a political science lens to corporate governance-a field ripe with politics but bereft of political science
Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Democratization · Dictatorship · Economics · Framing (construction · Government (linguistics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Public opinion · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |