From Exit to Voice in Shopfloor Governance
The Case of Company Unions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9624985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Fairris (University of California, Riverside, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 494-529 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3117143 |
| OpenAlex | W2313854739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 28 |
The company union movement in the United States during the 1920s cannot be understood entirely in terms of employers' efforts either to block independent unionization or to foster greater worker loyalty through the paternalistic provisions of “welfare capitalism.” Company unions were institutional mechanisms by which workers voiced their concerns about shopfloor conditions to employers instead of exiting the firm. Evidence suggests that company unions led to both enhanced shopfloor productivity and safety, and were thus mutually beneficial for labor and management. Interestingly, however, the process by which they emerged was filled with conflict, historical contingency, and unintended consequences. Company unions were neither an inevitable nor even an intentional replacement for voluntary quits as a mechanism for addressing workers' shopfloor discontent
Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Loyalty · Market economy · Paternalism · Productivity · Welfare · Finance · Labor Movements and Unions · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2020 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |