Industrial Relations Climate, Employee Voice and Managerial Attitudes to Unions: An Australian Study
This article examines how employee voice arrangements and managerial attitudes to unions shape employees' perceptions of the industrial relations climate, using data from the 2007 Australian Worker Representation and Participation Survey (AWRPS) of 1,022 employees. Controlling for a range of personal, job and workplace characteristics, regression analyses demonstrate that employees' perceptions of the industrial relations climate are more likely to be favourable if they have access to direct-only voice arrangements. Where management is perceived by employees to oppose unions (in unionized workplaces), the industrial relations climate is more likely to be reported as poor. These findings have theoretical implications, and significant practical implications for employers, employees, unions and the government. Copyright (c) Blackwell Publishing Ltd/London School of Economics 2010.
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2010
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Authors: | Pyman, Amanda ; Holland, Peter ; Teicher, Julian ; Cooper, Brian K. |
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British Journal of Industrial Relations. - London School of Economics (LSE). - Vol. 48.2010, 2, p. 460-480
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London School of Economics (LSE) |
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