LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS AND PARTICIPATIVE DECISION-MAKING - TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: KEARNEY, RC; HAYS, SW
• 署名单位: University of Connecticut; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.2307/976497
• 发表日期: 1994
• 页码: 44-51
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION; QUALITY; UNION; satisfaction; PRODUCTIVITY; determinants; IMPACT

摘要

What has the recent trend in participative decision making (PDM) to offer labor-management relations? Can it really help government agencies cope with intense political, economic, and social pressures on their service deliver and regulatory functions? Richard C Kearney and Steven W. Hays examine the theory, assumptions, and promises of the PDM approach, factors necessary for successful PDM, and impediments to implementation. Evidence indicates that PDM provides personal benefits to employers, as well as human resource management-related and task-related benefits to organizations, although the effects of PDM on the quality and quantity of outputs are not certain. The authors conclude with cautious optimism that PDM can contribute positively to employee, organizational, and public interests.