DIRECT WORKERS EXPRESSION IN FRANCE A VOICE IN MANAGEMENT?

Abstract

Since the left came to power in 1981, French labour legislation has been redrafted. The Auroux Laws revised two‐thirds of the Labour Code and so broadly extended the rights of workers and their representatives within companies. The right of direct expression has had effects that vary as a function of situations within each work environment. Variables include: the economic branch or sector, the level and nature of employee qualifications, the size and legal status of the firm, the history of production units and their personnel. The potential in terms of managerial practices and the problems of “direct management” are discussed in the light of how the formation of direct expression groups has affected the ways in which operations are run within companies and how this innovation satisfies the contradictory interests from which it has sprung.

Citation

Borzeix, A., Linhart, D. and Segrestin, D. (1986), "DIRECT WORKERS EXPRESSION IN FRANCE A VOICE IN MANAGEMENT?", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013005