Promoting workplace participation : lessons from Germany and France

Abstract

"Recent surveys of workplace participation in the United States point to an \nostensible paradox. Despite evidence that actively involving workers in shop-level \ndecision-making can lead to significant and long-lasting improvements in \nproductivity, only a small fraction of US companies have seen fit to confer \nmeaningful participatory rights on their workers. This outcome may expose a \nsystematic bias of the market against firms adopting participatory work organization, \nand a number of observers have argued in favor of external mandating of workplace \nparticipation on the grounds of market failure. Based on the comparative experience \nof Germany and France with mandated participation, I argue an equally important \nmatter is how the wider industrial relations environment and the strategic choices of \nunions and employers impact on the effectiveness of legislation." (author's abstract)

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