While the history of employee voice and participation is longstanding, there has
been a sharp increase in interest in these topics among academics, practitioners, and
policy-makers in recent years. The research on employee voice and participation
has therefore significantly broadened, expanding from an earlier institutional focus
to also include significant behavioural and strategic streams. This article introduces a
symposium that extends our knowledge of employee voice and participation in terms
of new organizational forms, practices and processes that affect the nature, structure
and conditions of work and organizations by showcasing the breadth of contemporary
research on voice and participation.