Employee Voice in the Global North: Insights from Europe, North America and Australia

Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Tables
1: Introducing Employee Voice in the Global North
	References
2: The Conceptualisation of Employee Voice in Permacrisis: A UK Perspective
	Introduction
	Organisational Behaviour and Industrial Relations Conceptualisation of Voice
	Contextualising Voice During a Permacrisis
	The Future of Employee Voice in the UK
	Non-standard Employment
	Digitalisation: Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and E-voice
	Conclusions and Implications
	References
3: Worker Voice in the U.S.: Unitarist and Pluralist Perspectives
	Introduction
	Worker Voice in the Context of Employment Relations Theory
		Unitarism
		Pluralism
	Comparing the Two: Unitarist and Pluralist Employment Relations
	Employment Relations as Team Sport: Individual Worker Voice and Organisational Beneficence
		Predictors of Employee Voice in the U.S.
		Outcomes of Employee Voice
		Critiques of Worker Voice as Voluntary, Prosocial Behaviour
	Liberty and Justice for All: Worker Voice as Industrial Democracy
		Benefits of Collective Voice in the U.S.
		Challenges to Collective Voice in the U.S.
		Labour Law and Union Decline in the U.S.
		Broader Visions of Collective Voice—Alt-Labour
	Conclusion
	References
4: Employee Voice and Engagement: An Assessment of Greek Organisations
	Introduction
	What Is Employee Voice
	What Is Employee Engagement
	The Greek Context
		The Greek Economic Crisis and Its Effect on the Employment Relationship
		Working Conditions in Greek Organisations
	Employee Voice and Engagement in Greece
	Conclusion
	References
5: Employee Voice in Portugal: Exploring Alternative Trajectories and Channels of Voice
	Introduction to the Conceptualisation of Employee Voice Trajectories
	Employment Relations in Portugal
	The Impact of Employment Relations Segmentation/Fragmentation on Worker Representation and Voice
	Worker Voice in Platform-Based Delivery Work
	Methods
	Findings
		Dynamics of Voice in Platform-Based Delivery in Portugal
			Legal Framework for Collective Voice and Representation for Delivery Platform Workers in Portugal
			Informal Voice: Using Different Voice Trajectories to Build Up Formal Voice and Institutional Representation
			Formal Collective Voice: Union Representation and Strikes
	Discussion and Conclusion
	References
6: The Perspectives of Legal Regulations and Employee Voice: Insights from Sweden
	Introduction
	The Development of the Swedish Labour Law Model
	Collective Bargaining
		The Legal Status of Collective Agreements
		Industrial Action and the Peace Obligation
	Collective Employee Consultation: Codetermination
		Trade Union Structure and Membership
		Trade Union Duties to Members
		Pursuing Employee Grievances
		Individual Employee Voice: Access to Justice
		Insights from Sweden
	References
7: The Role of Employee Voice on Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Case of Poland
	Introduction
	What Is Mental Health?
	The Role of Employee Voice
		What Is Employee Voice and Why It Matters in the Context of Mental Health?
	The Forms of Employee Voice in Contemporary Workplaces
	Employee Voice in Poland
	Job Quality in Poland
	Employee Voice and Mental Health and Wellbeing
	Theoretical Perspectives
	Conclusion
	References
8: Employee Voice and Social Media: The Australian Perspective
	Introduction
	Voice and Voice Mechanisms
	Employee Voice and Dispute Resolution Under the Australian Industrial Relations System
	Social Media, Trade Unions, and Voice
	Coalitions, Voice, and Political Action
	Conclusion
	References
		Australian Constitution s 51
		Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022
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