{"product_id":"workplace-democracy-9780802064707","title":"Workplace Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book begins with a historical review of how authority in the Canadian workplace has changed over the past century. It proceeds to outline a theory of organization which provides a broad conceptual framework for the empirical analysis which follows. This theory is based on five concepts: the values of organizational members; the administrative structure of the organization; the interpersonal and intergroup processes; the reactions and adjustments of organization members; the social, political, economic, and cultural environments of the organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sample of 20 industrial organizations was selected to examine the effects of significant employee participation and to test the theory. They are matched pairs: ten permit some form of participation, and ten—similar in size, location, industry, union\/non-union status, and work technology—follow conventional hierarchical design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting data demonstrate that greater productivity results from employee par\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405221011799,"sku":"9780802064707","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802064707.jpg?v=1730489169","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/workplace-democracy-9780802064707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}