Participation as an Interaction, Communication and Influence Process
Abstract
Employee participation is conceived as a four‐stage process (interaction, communication to and from management, influence by and on management, employee effect on decisions). Eighty‐two lower supervisory managers perceived the four stages as highly related except for influence by management. Further, the four processes of participation were found in approximately equal amounts (except for managerial influence). An examination by decision type showed that employee and managerial influence were inversely related on corporate and departmental decisions, but were unrelated on departmental employee and operational decisions. Employees engaged most in participation on departmental employee decisions and least on departmental staffing decisions. This difference in participation was greater for organisations of small size.
Citation
Dickson, J.W. (1983), "Participation as an Interaction, Communication and Influence Process", Personnel Review, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055470
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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