Employee Involvement Defined

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Employee Involvement Defined

• The degree that employees share information,
  knowledge, rewards, and power throughout the
  organization
• active in decisions previous outside their
  control
• power to influence decisions
• knowledge sharing

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Forms of Employee Involvement
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Levels of Employee Involvement

• High involvement Employees have complete
  decision making power (e.g., SDWTs)
• Full consultation Employees offer
  recommendations (e.g., gain sharing)
• Selective consultation Employees give
  information, but dont know the problem

High Medium Low
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How Involvement Improves Decisions
Employee Involvement
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Contingencies of Employee Involvement

• Decision quality
• Decision commitment
• Decision conflict
• Structured problem

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Overcoming Involvement Challenges

• Cultural Differences
• Better in collectivist and low power distance
  cultures
• Management Resistance
• Educate/train managers to become facilitators
• Employee and Union Resistance
• Concerns about increased stress, giving up union
  rights, and union power
• Solution is trust and involvement