TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring employee participation and work environment in hotels
T2 - Case studies from Denmark and New Zealand
AU - Markey, Raymond
AU - Harris, Candice
AU - Knudsen, Herman
AU - Lind, Jens
AU - Williamson, David
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We explore the relative impact of direct and representative forms of participation on quality of the work environment, based on multi-method case studies of two hotels each in New Zealand and Denmark. The degree of direct participation is higher at the New Zealand hotels, yet, workload and stress is higher than in the Danish ones. This confirms literature that questions whether participation is always beneficial to the work environment. On the other hand, representative forms of participation appear to offer greater opportunities for a better quality of work environment (QWE) since Danish employees in this study enjoy greater influence through collective bargaining and cooperation committees, and experience less workload stress than the New Zealanders.
AB - We explore the relative impact of direct and representative forms of participation on quality of the work environment, based on multi-method case studies of two hotels each in New Zealand and Denmark. The degree of direct participation is higher at the New Zealand hotels, yet, workload and stress is higher than in the Danish ones. This confirms literature that questions whether participation is always beneficial to the work environment. On the other hand, representative forms of participation appear to offer greater opportunities for a better quality of work environment (QWE) since Danish employees in this study enjoy greater influence through collective bargaining and cooperation committees, and experience less workload stress than the New Zealanders.
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1179-2965
VL - 39
SP - 2
EP - 20
JO - New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (Online)
JF - New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (Online)
IS - 1
ER -