Purpose – Regulatory frameworks in Australia encourage employee participation in decision making (PDM) on the basis that participation benefits work effort, job satisfaction and commitment. Although the literature supports this premise, there is little evidence that patterns of causal...

The research reported in this article is the study of the preferences for decision‐making responsibilities indicated by white‐collar workers of a mining company′s headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. The research methodology used a “specific situation” item questionnaire with the...

Describes a study which was conducted within the state headquarters of a statutory body of the Australian Federal Government. It measured the level of perceived and desired autonomy people either received or wished for in decision making, level of job satisfaction and level of organizational...

Research is reported which was conducted using a randomly selected Western Australian community sample and involved measuring the respondents′ preferred style of leadership. The results suggest that people do not think employees should participate in decisions which can lead to possible...