Workplace Social Dialogue as a Form of ‘Productive Reflection’

Peter Cressey, Peter Totterdill and Rosemary Exton

International Journal of Action Research, 2013, vol. 9, issue 2, 209-245

Abstract: This paper takes another look at the concept of employee participation in European Workplaces. It does so by combining a review of the research literature and case study material to describe contemporary practice inside enterprises, and documents the variety and differentiated forms of workplace social dialogue that exist. That review and research suggests that whilst the more formalistic kinds of structures have declined in recent years, interest in and the operation of workplace social dialogue have burgeoned. The article investigates how participative structures are adapting to current enterprise reality and use the term “productive reflection” as another way of describing the process of participation. This draws attention to the possibility that dialogue can take place within different spaces and at different levels of the organisation. The article suggest that, for it to be effective, productive reflection requires a number of pre-conditions, including equality of esteem and high levels of trust relations between actors.

Keywords: employee participation; workplace; social dialogue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 J53 J80 J83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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