This article provides case study analysis of the impact of high performance work practices and workplace partnership on skilled workers in the UK's aerospace industry. In contrast to assumptions that such practices increase empowerment and participation, we find evidence of a democratic deficit...

This article considers issues of workplace union strategy in a study of a National Health Service hospital trust in which the focus of the investigation is the 'employee voice' gains, or losses, arising from partnership and worker participation. The impact of government policy on local...