Wilkinson, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-7231-2861, Knoll, M., Mowbray, P.K. et al. (1 more author) (2021) New trajectories in worker voice : integrating and applying contemporary challenges in the organization of work. British Journal of Management, 32 (3). pp. 693-707. ISSN 1045-3172
Abstract
This paper aims to encourage a debate on the proposed transactive relationship between voice and contemporary social, economic and technological (SET) developments. Specifically, we propose that SET developments change how work is approached, organized and designed, and that these changes challenge employee rights, roles and responsibilities. How employees deal with these challenges affects their well-being and health, and whether organizations and societies can develop sustainably. While voice is a way for employees to have a say in these developments, we argue that SET changes can be times at which voice is threatened. Moreover, we propose that SET changes urge us to question and reshape our understanding of voice. We propose that a functional conceptualization of voice provides opportunities to integrate existing approaches which are often scattered across disciplines, and is inclusive of new opportunities and constraints that come with SET developments. Using examples of two meta-trends, we illustrate how SET changes challenge traditional conceptualizations of voice and identify ‘new trajectories’ to expand more inclusive forms of voice and more useful research paradigms. These meta-trends are digitalization (including new business models and employment forms, alternative/flexible work arrangements, technology-mediated communication) and diversification (including internationalization and marginalized/minority groups).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 British Academy of Management and Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in British Journal of Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2022 09:11 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-8551.12528 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184627 |