ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how and why the role of employees, and their own perceptions on the subject of participation and control, have shifted during the 1990’s to new political grounds, generating new dilemmas and enriching further the theoretical spectrum of the role of labour organisation. It examines the main problems which were faced prior to the study of employees’ participation in the Greek Public Power Corporation. The chapter analyses the 1990’s Labour policies, how they affect employees’ decision-making ability, collective representation and collective identity. It offers a comparative view between three different electricity generation and power distribution centres, and throws further light on the imposition of new working practices and how they affect the political and economic organisation of Public Power Corporation's labour force. The chapter explores the participation of employees at work has acquired new dimensions in the light of the globalisation of economic activity.
