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Have British Workers Lost their Voice, or Have they Gained a New One?

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Over the last two decades, there has been a major switch in British workplaces away from union voice and representative worker voice more generally, towards direct, non-union forms of voice. This paper assesses the implications of this switch for the effectiveness of worker voice, as measured by employee perceptions of managerial responsiveness. In general, perceptions of management are no better among employees with voice than they are among employees with no voice. However, intensive use of direct communication methods improves perceptions of management. Direct voice is particularly effective in a union setting.

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Paper provided by Policy Studies Institute, UK in its series PSI Research Discussion Series with number 2.

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  1. Alex Bryson & Rafael Gomez & P Willman, 2003. "Why Do Voice Regimes Differ?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0591, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  2. Alex Bryson, 2001. "Union Effects On Managerial and Employee Perceptions of Employee Relations in Britain," CEP Discussion Papers 0494, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  3. Panagiotopoulos, Miltiadis, 2005. "The Evolution of Trade Unions in Britain," MPRA Paper 4290, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2007. [Downloadable!]
  4. David Metcalf, 2001. "British Unions: Dissolution or Resurgence Revisited," CEP Discussion Papers 0493, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
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