Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya

We present findings from a study of employee participation in seven International NGOs (INGOs) operating in Kenya. The inherent constraints of hierarchy and the need to accommodate a range of stakeholder interests imposed a strict ceiling on the degree of participation even in this propitious enviro...

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Main Authors:	McCourt, Willy, Brunt, Carol
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	employee engagement employee participation non-government organizations stakeholders
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13375

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spelling	okr-10986-133752021-04-23T14:03:08Z Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya McCourt, Willy Brunt, Carol employee engagement employee participation non-government organizations stakeholders We present findings from a study of employee participation in seven International NGOs (INGOs) operating in Kenya. The inherent constraints of hierarchy and the need to accommodate a range of stakeholder interests imposed a strict ceiling on the degree of participation even in this propitious environment. Being headquartered in a liberal market economy, the low salience of trade unions among Kenyan employees and/or individual management styles within the INGOs meant that some of the agencies fell short even of that ceiling. Contrary to the normative aspirations of both the HR and international development literatures, our study suggests that the co-determination and employee control styles of participation are undesirable and unrealistic goals. On the other hand, a consultation style of participation was appropriate to the seven INGOs, and may also be in other sectors and countries. 2013-05-10T20:27:38Z 2013-05-10T20:27:38Z 2012-09-27 Journal Article The International Journal of Human Resource Management 0958-5192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13375 en_US The International Journal of Human Resource Management;24(10) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Kenya
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description	We present findings from a study of employee participation in seven International NGOs (INGOs) operating in Kenya. The inherent constraints of hierarchy and the need to accommodate a range of stakeholder interests imposed a strict ceiling on the degree of participation even in this propitious environment. Being headquartered in a liberal market economy, the low salience of trade unions among Kenyan employees and/or individual management styles within the INGOs meant that some of the agencies fell short even of that ceiling. Contrary to the normative aspirations of both the HR and international development literatures, our study suggests that the co-determination and employee control styles of participation are undesirable and unrealistic goals. On the other hand, a consultation style of participation was appropriate to the seven INGOs, and may also be in other sectors and countries.
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title	Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya
title_short	Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya
title_full	Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya
title_fullStr	Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya
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Inherent Constraints and Creative Possibilities : Employee Participation in Kenya

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