Participation: An Organizational Bandaid?

Abstract

There is no subject so controversial and problematic as participation. It strikes at the very heart of a manager's style and at the very nature of an employee's job. Participation forces a manager to uncomfortable introspection about desires for control and alternatively openness to the influence of others. There is simultaneously the desire to help others and the desire to retain authority over them.

Citation

Dickson, J. (1982), "Participation: An Organizational Bandaid?", Employee Relations, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054987