Participative management, which appeared during the fifties, seems to bring a new hope and appears today not only as the energy mobilization vector of firms, but also as the key to a better social organization previously endangered by the industrial revolution. Perceived as the entity best...

This article provides case study analysis of the impact of high performance work practices and workplace partnership on skilled workers in the UK's aerospace industry. In contrast to assumptions that such practices increase empowerment and participation, we find evidence of a democratic deficit...

Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...