TY - JOUR
T1 - Independent collective representation
T2 - Providing effectiveness, fairness, and democracy in the employment relationship
AU - D'Art, Daryl
AU - Turner, Thomas
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Protection against arbitrary management action has always been a concern of employees. Enlightened managerialism has been one approach to addressing these concerns. This approach is compromised by the conflicts of interest that characterize the employment relationship in a market system. We argue in this paper that independent collective representation functions to protect employees while leaving the employer with sufficient freedom to manage. Trade unions, as a counter weight to the exercise of absolute managerial power, complement a pluralist democratic system. The exercise of absolute power, the absence of accountability and countervailing checks and balances, are foreign to any democratic polity. At enterprise level, trade unions manage the ongoing tensions and conflicts between democratic humanistic values and market values.
AB - Protection against arbitrary management action has always been a concern of employees. Enlightened managerialism has been one approach to addressing these concerns. This approach is compromised by the conflicts of interest that characterize the employment relationship in a market system. We argue in this paper that independent collective representation functions to protect employees while leaving the employer with sufficient freedom to manage. Trade unions, as a counter weight to the exercise of absolute managerial power, complement a pluralist democratic system. The exercise of absolute power, the absence of accountability and countervailing checks and balances, are foreign to any democratic polity. At enterprise level, trade unions manage the ongoing tensions and conflicts between democratic humanistic values and market values.
KW - Democracy
KW - Employee protection
KW - Management
KW - Trade union representation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=25144502317&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/B:ERRJ.0000004056.14207.ce
DO - 10.1023/B:ERRJ.0000004056.14207.ce
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:25144502317
SN - 0892-7545
VL - 15
SP - 169
EP - 181
JO - Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
JF - Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
IS - 4
ER -