As the influence of labor unions declines in many industrialized nations, particularly the United States, the influence of workers has decreased. Because of the need for greater involvement of workers in changing production systems, as well as frustration with existing structures of workplace...

1. Setting the scene -- 2. The situation de jure : the regulation of board-level employee representation -- 3. The morphology of board-level employee representation -- 4. The board agenda and processes -- 5. The exercise of power at the board -- 6. The articulation of board-level employee...