This article examines both direct
and representative participation by
employees. The hypothesis is that
effectiveness of employee participation
correlates positively with
work environment quality. Comparison
between Denmark and New
Zealand (NZ) might be instructive
since the representative participative
practices are greater and
longer in the former. Food processing
industry is critical to both the
countries in terms of employment
and export income. The qualitative
and quantitative data for the two
food processing plants case studies
in each country was collected
from relevant documents; three to
six interviews in each plant including
human resource managers,
other senior mangers and employee
representatives; and a questionnaire
survey of a random sample
of employees from each plant.
Keywords :Food processing indusry, Comparison between Denmark and Newzealand
