Voice without influence: small- and medium-sized enterprises in childcare

Gautam, Amrita; Markey, Ray

doi:10.1080/10301763.2017.1400417

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“…Turning to small firms, the coexistence of multiple EV mechanisms does not have a significant effect on a higher level of firm innovation. Thus, smaller firms seem to lack the necessary managerial capabilities to effectively combine different EV mechanisms (Gautam and Markey, 2017; Gilman, Raby and Pyman, 2015). This results in confusing messages and stressful situations for employees, which in turn reduces their potential for innovation.…”

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“…SMEs tend to have a higher preference for informal management of the employment relationship (Chadwick et al ., 2013; Gilman, Raby and Pyman, 2015; Mallett and Wapshott, 2014). This informality, including a lack of HRM expertise, has often been linked to resource constraints, reduced trade union representation and a lack of managerial capabilities (Gautam and Markey, 2017; Gilman, Raby and Pyman, 2015; Marlow, Taylor and Thompson, 2010). For example, in a qualitative study on four UK SMEs, Wilkinson, Dundon and Grugulis (2007) showed that the effectiveness of the adoption of employee involvement practices is more influenced by informal than formal aspects, and that formal practices may also reduce employee satisfaction with the company.…”

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“…Meanwhile, in smaller firms, employees may be induced to acquiesce to trade union representation to avoid managerial reprisals and preserve the informality of the relationships (Dundon and Wilkinson, 2003; Gautam and Markey, 2017). In smaller contexts, trade unions may also have more difficulty in gaining access to the workplace.…”

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Direct and Indirect Employee Voice and Firm Innovation in Small and Medium Firms

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This study adopts an integrated approach to employee voice (EV) and analyses the impacts of direct and indirect EV mechanisms on firm innovation in small and medium‐sized firms separately. It also proposes a new categorization for direct EV, by distinguishing between verbal and written mechanisms, allowing us to take the level of formality of different EV mechanisms into account. The analysis of 17,890 European firms shows that verbal, written and indirect EV mechanisms are all positively related to a higher propensity of firm innovation in both small and medium firms. However, for verbal EV mechanisms the relationship is significantly stronger for small firms than medium firms. The results also reveal that medium firms derive higher benefit than small firms while combining and balancing EV mechanisms with different levels of formalization (i.e. verbal and indirect voice). However, the former also suffers from excessive formalization of employees’ involvement in the innovation process (e.g. through written and indirect voice). Overall, this study supports recent calls for the need to adopt an integrated, pluralistic approach to EV and has important implications for EV research in small and medium firms.

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