McCall also argues that employee participation is likely to have several beneficial consequences. First, participatory management will create conditions of self-respect for employees. Institutions that encourage and honor employee participation will foster the important psychological goods of self-worth and self-respect among employees. Second, McCall believes that employees who participate in and contribute to decision making are less likely to suffer the mental and physical harms of alienation and burnout. Employee participation can be an effective means for bringing meaning and value into one's work life and this can counter both physical and psychological harms. Finally, McCall cites the political danger of voter apathy and indifference. In the United States, for example, fewer than 50 percent of the eligible voters turn out for most elec¬tions. This means that 25 percent of eligible voters can determine elections and 30 percent can constitute a landslide victory. McCall believes that one effec¬tive means to counter this political apathy is to create social institutions that encourage rather than discourage individual participation. Since the workplace occupies half of our waking lives, democratic workplaces will likely foster an environment in which political participation becomes the norm rather than the exception.