Work Place Democracy and Quality of Work Life
Problems and Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765502 |
|---|---|
| Authors | HY KORNBLUH (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 473 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-95 |
| Publication date | 1984-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1177/0002716284473001009 |
| OpenAlex | W1999313390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The concept of increasing the participation of workers in decisions affecting their work lives is appearing more often on the labor-management agenda. The reasons for management interest include the need for (1) increasing productivity and quality; (2) increasing the quality of work life for the new worker, who is more educated, with a good work ethic but alienated and unmotivated under current management practice; and (3) meeting foreign competition. Problems may arise for firms involved in forms of participation such as quality circles and quality of work life programs, when management aims of a streamlined work force and control of worker innovations clash with the workers' expectations of work place democracy inherent in such programs. A dilemma is posed for unions when the new forms of participation undermine the union, or maintain or create so-called union-free environments. Many unions are now playing a more active role in these programs. More aggressive approaches to bargaining on work environment and other issues reflect movement by some unions to a more proactive philosophy of the union's role in participation-enhancing strategies
Business · Competition (biology · Control (management · Democracy · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Industrial democracy · Industrial sociology · Job satisfaction · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Productivity · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Quality of working life · Sociology · Work (physics · Work ethic · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2015 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |