Employee voice and regulation in the residential aged care sector

Kaine, S

Employee voice and regulation in the residential aged care sector

Kaine, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Human Resource Management Journal, 2012, 22 (3), pp. 316 - 331
Issue Date:: 2012-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kaine, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-7156	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Human Resource Management Journal, 2012, 22 (3), pp. 316 - 331	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0954-5395	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/31645
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the interaction of regulation and employee voice in the residential aged care sector. In particular, it considers the regulatory forces shaping the expression of voice in the human services sector through the examination of three aged care providers. It suggests that in a sector characterised by low levels of unionisation and a preponderance of non-union workplaces, employee voice does not act as a significant regulator of managerial decision-making, rather a combination of external and internal constraints that regulates the expression of voice. This study identifies the regulatory role of location, labour law and social norms. It also highlights that the importance of these constraints will vary in different organisational contexts and as a consequence of interaction with internal regulation. Such internal regulation is most commonly expressed through the exercise of managerial prerogative. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Human Resource Management Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00170.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Employee voice and regulation in the residential aged care sector	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	22	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.volume	22	en_US

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This article examines the interaction of regulation and employee voice in the residential aged care sector. In particular, it considers the regulatory forces shaping the expression of voice in the human services sector through the examination of three aged care providers. It suggests that in a sector characterised by low levels of unionisation and a preponderance of non-union workplaces, employee voice does not act as a significant regulator of managerial decision-making, rather a combination of external and internal constraints that regulates the expression of voice. This study identifies the regulatory role of location, labour law and social norms. It also highlights that the importance of these constraints will vary in different organisational contexts and as a consequence of interaction with internal regulation. Such internal regulation is most commonly expressed through the exercise of managerial prerogative. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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