Publisher's Synopsis
The objective of this series is to provide policy-makers, practitioners and academics with well-informed comparative research and analysis on developments in participative practices in organizations.;The present volume focuses in particular on the issues of technology and participation; and the far-reaching macro-political influences on organizations in the 1980s and 1990s. Several articles reflect the clear ideological shift where the values of workplace democracy and participation have been challenged by demands for greater productivity, competition and effectiveness.;New perspectives and research findings are offered in relation to issues such as employment equity, stock ownership schemes, information technology, "social dialogue" in Europe, and managerial behaviour in the former Soviet Union. The volume also includes significant contributions in the area of corporatism, capital markets for worker-owned firms and the role of leadership in work environment reforms.;The present volume includes 22 contributions covering a broad spectrum of national contexts. This volume also includes abstracts of all papers published in this and the proceeding volumes of this distinguished series.
