Employee 'voice' and working environment in post-communist New Member States: An empirical analysis of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Woolfson, C., Calite, D. and Kallaste, E. (2008) Employee 'voice' and working environment in post-communist New Member States: An empirical analysis of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Industrial Relations Journal, 39(4), pp. 314-334. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2008.00490.x)

Abstract

This article examines employee ‘voice’ in workplace health and safety in three Baltic New Member States by means of a cross-national survey. The data point to unresolved problems of voice in the context of rather poor working environments. These present opportunities for collective renewal by trade unions, but paradoxically are more likely to be addressed by employers in the context of significant labour shortages created by a post-European Union accession labour ‘exit’.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Woolfson, Prof C
• Authors: Woolfson, C., Calite, D., and Kallaste, E.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Journal Name: Industrial Relations Journal
• ISSN: 0019-8692