1st Edition

The Worker Directors A Sociology of Participation

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1976, The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation offers an exploration of industrial democracy and the role of worker participation in corporate decision-making. Drawing on extensive research and case studies, the authors delve into the emergence and implementation of worker-director schemes, with a particular focus on the British steel industry during a period of... Read more

Editorial Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Participation in the Sixties 3. Vocabularies of Participation 4. Change and Adjustment in Steel 5. Genesis of the Worker- Director Scheme 6. The Organization 7. The Worker Directors I 8. The Worker Directors II 9. The Worker Directors III 10. Redundancy: An Issue and Some Themes Explored 11. The European Experience 12. Conclusions and Beginnings Postscript: The Development of Participation Appendix Index

Biography

Peter Brannen, Eric Batstone, Derek Fatchett and Philip White