Employee choice of voice and non‐union worker representation

Jimmy Donaghey, Niall Cullinane, Tony Dundon, Tony Dobbins and Eugene Hickland

Industrial Relations Journal, 2022, vol. 53, issue 6, 503-522

Abstract: Existing research emphasises employer choice in determining the form and content of non‐union employee representation (NER) structures. This article puts forward an alternative but complementary thesis: we conceptualise NERs as an ‘offer’ that employees can choose to either accept or reject, with several shades of settlement in between. This article argues that employee choice matters insofar as it determines the likely impact and sustainability of the NER offering. Contributing an original typology of employee choices and the associated prospects for the NER, we illustrate our argument via six workplace case studies assessing NER trajectory.

Date: 2022
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