Employee involvement Flashcards
Define employee involvement
Any mechanism or scheme that is designed to increase employees input in decision making
What do employee involvement activities include
Consultation, information giving, joint decision making and worker control
What does Guest and Pecceis partnership theory require (3)?
- A Set of principals
- A set of practices
- A promise or benefits
What is meant by a set of principles in Guest and Pecceis partnership theory?
The values that prescribe appropriate forms of behaviour.
What is meant by a set of practices in Guest and Pecceis partnership theory
How employees are involved in the decision making process
Employee participation
The process that involves employees often through their representatives in a workplace to be involved in the decision-making process
Partnership
Where representatives of employees work with management
EIP
Employee involvement partnership
What happens to power in employee involvement
The employer retains power but shares information
Employee participation aims to influence what through what
Influence decisions about work processes and conditions by collective representation
What happens to power in partnership
Employee shares power with high involvement from employees in terms of running a business.
What legislation may require employee involvement
EMPLOYEES PROVISION
OF INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION ACT 2006
What does the escalator of participation show?
Depth of formal employee voice
Information on the employee voice escalator of participation
The decision is already made, no power and consultation
Communication the employee voice escalator of participation
Provides rationale for the decision
Consultation on the employee voice escalator of participation
Dialogue about the decision already made
Co-Determination on the employee voice escalator of participation
Dialogue about decisions not already made
Control on the employee voice escalator of participation
Joint decision making
Worker co-ops
Joint decision making
Why share information in decision-making? (5)
- Loyal and more committed employees
- Minimise conflict
- Less resistance
- Improved productivity
- Heightened perception of informational justice
Def ear syndrome
When the employer ignores any employee-generated information that doesn’t fit with the employer’s frame of mind
What types of injustice does deaf ear syndrome lead to?
Procedural and interactional injustice and high levels of discontent
Factors for success in EPI (5)
- Managers frame of reference
- Manager is trained
- Views are listened to and acted on appropriately
- Provision of propper feedback mechinisims
- action is implemented
Employees have the right to know what about the business from the employer?
- Informed on the business economic situation
- Informed and consulted about employment prospects
- Informed on the likelihood of substantial changes in work organisation and redundancies
