Employee Relations: An International Journal

Armstrong, Roger; Marchington, Mick

1982 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb054997

In some form or another, the concept of employee involvement in management decisionmaking has held an attraction for practitioners and academics alike for a very long time. The objectives which are set for it certainly vary from a desire for increased efficiency or prosperity on the one hand, through to more democratic relations within industry on the other. The favoured forms of involvement have also differed widely from better communication to worker directors, and to more recent flavours of the month such as quality circles. In principle, employee involvement as a broad concept has found many adherents.