Value of the Employee voice
Value of the Employee voice The meaning of employee voice "Employee voice is the term increasingly used to cover a whole variety of processes and structures which enable and empower employees, directly and indirectly, to contribute to decision making in the firm." ( Purcell, (2003), The elements of employee voice According to Williams & Adam-Smith, (2006) employee voice can be categorized into two. · ‘Participation’ - Preparations that give workers some impact over organizational and work environment choices. · ‘Involvement’ – Applies to management initiatives which are designed to further the flow of communication at work as a means of enhancing the organizational commitment of employees. Elements of employee voice (Williams & Adam-Smith, 2006) Categorization of employee voice Marchington et al., (2001) proposed that the components of employee voice could be categorized as representative participation and upward problem solving. Figure 2
