Abstract
The concepts of industrial relations and employment relations have been used interchangeably to connote the relationship that exists in a work organization between the owners of the factors of production and labour. Attempts have been made to explain and label correctly both concepts but the controversy rages on. Scholars have opined that industrial relations is broader than employee relations and vice-versa.
This paper attempts to clearly identify the differences (if any), the similarities (if any) and the boundaries (if any) of these concepts as it extends to other allied issues.
Key Words: Industrial Relations, Employment Relations
Introduction
Industrial relations has its roots in the industrial revolution which created the modern employment relationship by spawning free labor markets and large-scale industrial organizations with thousands of wage workers. As society wrestled with these massive economic and social changes, labor problems arose. Low wages, long working hours, monotonous and dangerous work, and abusive supervisory practices led to high employee turnover, violent strikes, and the threat of …show more content…
It ensures the entire organization speaks with one voice and as one family. It believes that unions should always be in unison and conformity with management’s perspectives. The Unitary theorists believe that management has the best interest of its employees at heart.
In pluralism, the organization is perceived as being made up of powerful and divergent sub-groups, each with its own legitimate loyalties and with their own set of objectives, leaders and interests which co-exist side by side in every organisation. In particular, the two predominant sub-groups in the pluralist perspective are the management and trade
The concepts of industrial relations and employment relations have been used interchangeably to connote the relationship that exists in a work organization between the owners of the factors of production and labour. Attempts have been made to explain and label correctly both concepts but the controversy rages on. Scholars have opined that industrial relations is broader than employee relations and vice-versa.
This paper attempts to clearly identify the differences (if any), the similarities (if any) and the boundaries (if any) of these concepts as it extends to other allied issues.
Key Words: Industrial Relations, Employment Relations
Introduction
Industrial relations has its roots in the industrial revolution which created the modern employment relationship by spawning free labor markets and large-scale industrial organizations with thousands of wage workers. As society wrestled with these massive economic and social changes, labor problems arose. Low wages, long working hours, monotonous and dangerous work, and abusive supervisory practices led to high employee turnover, violent strikes, and the threat of …show more content…
It ensures the entire organization speaks with one voice and as one family. It believes that unions should always be in unison and conformity with management’s perspectives. The Unitary theorists believe that management has the best interest of its employees at heart.
In pluralism, the organization is perceived as being made up of powerful and divergent sub-groups, each with its own legitimate loyalties and with their own set of objectives, leaders and interests which co-exist side by side in every organisation. In particular, the two predominant sub-groups in the pluralist perspective are the management and trade