Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice

© The Author(s) 2016. In this commentary we note that there is increasing interest in the topic of employee voice; however, we argue that there has been little effort to broaden our existing conceptualizations of voice, which are artefacts of disparate disciplines. The siloed approach, we argue, app...

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Main Authors: Adrian Wilkinson, Michael Barry
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spelling rr-article-95017732016-01-01T00:00:00Z Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice Adrian Wilkinson (1254921) Michael Barry (3413330) Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Human resource management Industrial relations Organizational behaviour Silence Voice Business and Management not elsewhere classified © The Author(s) 2016. In this commentary we note that there is increasing interest in the topic of employee voice; however, we argue that there has been little effort to broaden our existing conceptualizations of voice, which are artefacts of disparate disciplines. The siloed approach, we argue, applies in particular to the view of voice in the field of organizational behaviour (OB) which dominates much of this special issue. We explain how taking an Industrial Relations (IR) perspective on voice can add value to our understanding by looking at voice as a means to challenge management, or as a vehicle for employee self-determination. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/33293 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Voices_from_across_the_divide_An_industrial_relations_perspective_on_employee_voice/9501773 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Human resource management
Industrial relations
Organizational behaviour
Silence
Voice
Business and Management not elsewhere classified
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Human resource management
Industrial relations
Organizational behaviour
Silence
Voice
Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Adrian Wilkinson
Michael Barry
Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice
description © The Author(s) 2016. In this commentary we note that there is increasing interest in the topic of employee voice; however, we argue that there has been little effort to broaden our existing conceptualizations of voice, which are artefacts of disparate disciplines. The siloed approach, we argue, applies in particular to the view of voice in the field of organizational behaviour (OB) which dominates much of this special issue. We explain how taking an Industrial Relations (IR) perspective on voice can add value to our understanding by looking at voice as a means to challenge management, or as a vehicle for employee self-determination.
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title Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice
title_short Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice
title_full Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice
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