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Workforce Partnership & Representation in the Non-unionized Organizations: Some Emerging Trends


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1 Dean, School of Business, University of Bolton, Academic Centre, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
2 Director-Academic & New Programs, Universal Business School, Kushivili, P O Gaurkamath, Vadap, Karjat 410201, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra, India
     

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With the growing informalization of the workforce, workers’ representation through trade unions have witnessed a dynamic down-turn in recent years. The trend started since late 1990s, became widespread across the globe since then. One of the dominant tendencies that have become growingly visible in this context is the emergence of non-unionized organizations. In this evolving situation, a few research findings have identified different possibilities through which employees’ voice and representation can be ensured. The dominant recommendations have been identified as adopting multi-channel model of employee representation, using partnership route through a consultative approach, experimenting with distributive new management model etc. The present article has discussed these emerging dimensions of employee voice representations in the non-unionized organization scenario from different research perspectives.
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Authors

Indranil Bose
Dean, School of Business, University of Bolton, Academic Centre, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Raja R Choudhury
Director-Academic & New Programs, Universal Business School, Kushivili, P O Gaurkamath, Vadap, Karjat 410201, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


With the growing informalization of the workforce, workers’ representation through trade unions have witnessed a dynamic down-turn in recent years. The trend started since late 1990s, became widespread across the globe since then. One of the dominant tendencies that have become growingly visible in this context is the emergence of non-unionized organizations. In this evolving situation, a few research findings have identified different possibilities through which employees’ voice and representation can be ensured. The dominant recommendations have been identified as adopting multi-channel model of employee representation, using partnership route through a consultative approach, experimenting with distributive new management model etc. The present article has discussed these emerging dimensions of employee voice representations in the non-unionized organization scenario from different research perspectives.

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