The ignored question of workplace democracy in political discourse

Abstract

Reports that although there has been significant progress towards greater worker participation and even fuller forms of workplace democracy in recent decades, its potential is all but ignored in modern political discourse. Addresses the compelling reasons why it should receive greater attention. States that greater workplace democracy offers the only viable and sustainable strategy for transcending the divergence of interests between capital and labour. Reveals that this conflict of interests slows productivity growth in a number of ways, most especially underinvestment in human capital, and problems of worker motivation. Also, explains that because of capital’s ever‐increasing mobility, this conflict heightens the pace of community disintegration.

Citation

Wisman, J.D. (1997), "The ignored question of workplace democracy in political discourse", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 24 No. 12, pp. 1388-1403. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299710193895