Industrial Democracy and Industrial Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9753327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John P Windmuller (New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 431 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-31 |
| Publication date | 1977-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271627743100104 |
| OpenAlex | W2108000165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Some of the changes which are transforming Western European industrial relations systems under the banner of industrial democracy are in reality serving to ex pand the scope of collective bargaining and to extend it struc turally downward to include the level of the individual enter prise. Through employee representation on corporate boards of directors and enlarged rights of works councils, many issues formerly the exclusive prerogative of the employer are becoming subject to joint decision making. As a general rule, the new rights are being obtained almost entirely through legislation rather than collective agreements. They include, among others, a right to information about vital affairs of the enterprise which management is obliged to provide to employee representatives. Since the scope of col lective bargaining in the United States has always been wider than in Western Europe and the individual enter prise is central to the North American bargaining structure, it is not readily apparent how worker participation in management would contribute to improved labor-manage ment relations in the United States
Business · Collective bargaining · Democracy · Industrial democracy · Labor relations · Law and economics · Legislation · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prerogative · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Industrial Relations
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1983 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |