Voices from across the divide: An industrial relations perspective on employee voice. (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilkinson, Adrian; Barry, Michael
• Other Names: Wegge Jürgen guest-editor.; Unterrainer Christine guest-editor.; Jønsson Thomas guest-editor.; Silva Silvia guest-editor.; Knoll Michael guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: German journal of human resource management =. Volume 30:Number 3/4(2016)
• Page Start: 338
• Page End: 344
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: Human resource management -- industrial relations -- organizational behaviour -- silence -- voice; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- Germany -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 658.3
• DOI: 10.1177/2397002216649899
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2397-0022

Abstract

In this commentary we note that there is increasing interest in the topic of employee voice; however, we argue that there has been little effort to broaden our existing conceptualizations of voice, which are artefacts of disparate disciplines. The siloed approach, we argue, applies in particular to the view of voice in the field of organizational behaviour (OB) which dominates much of this special issue. We explain how taking an Industrial Relations (IR) perspective on voice can add value to our understanding by looking at voice as a means to challenge management, or as a vehicle for employee self-determination