EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP PROS AND CONS
Figure 1 : employee employer relationship
What is employee employer relationship?
The relationship between the employee and the employer is critical for the development of the organization (Garcia, 2006). When an employee is hired for the organization, while he is adopting to the organization, a link is formed in between the employee and the employer. Both employee and employer will be happy and loyal, if the relationship between them grow steadily. If the organization has a bureaucratic management style, then there will not be a friendly relationship between the employee and the employer (Beardwell & Clark, 2007).
Pros and Cons of employee employer relationship
There are many advantages from an effective employee employer relationship for an organization. It is important in building up a strong employee morale. The loyalty of the employees towards the employer will be high when there is a close relationship between them (Dessler, 2013). Employee and employer relationship is important in increasing the engagement of the employees. The culture of the organization will be vibrant if the relationship between employee and the employer strong. Both partied will have a mutual respect for each other which is important for labor retention and reputation of the organization. Through building up an employee employer relationship, each can have a better understanding and the disputes in the work place will be reduced. The employee’s commitment towards the achieving the organizational goals develops and the productivity of the organization will increase (Susmita, 2021).
However, there are cons of employee employer relationship as well. The authority can be questioned by the employees when a closer relationship is built between the employer and the employees. Also, the employees might not follow the guidelines which can result in inefficiencies within the work place. With the closer relationship, the employees might ignore their responsibilities (David, 2007).
Tabel 1 : Pros and Cons of employee employer relationship
In organizations like Facebook, Google, the relationship between the employee and employer is very close. The employees are treated as family within the organization which improves the employee morale and commitment. In the organizations in Sri Lanka, there is weak relationship between the employee and the employer. In the small and medium sector organizations, the relationship between the employee and the employer is closer than in the large organizations. However, in the apparel sector, there is a clear distance between the employee and the employer. Most of the employers do not respect their employees in the apparel sector and the employees are treated as machines most of the times (Herbane, 2014). The employees are not even encouraged to build relationships with the co-workers in the Sri Lankan apparel sector. Hence, the labor turnover is high in the apparel sector as the employees are not loyal to the organization with the poor relationship between employee and employer (Hutchins et al., 2008).
Conclusion
The relationship between the employer and the employee is important for the development of an organization. Reduction in the labor turnover, increased productivity, loyalty and mutual respect are the pros of relationship between the employer and the employee while it can negatively affect the organization if the employees do not follow the guidelines and authority can be questioned with the closer relationship. Also, the employer might fail to control the employees. Hence, the relationship between the employee and the employer should be well balanced for it to be successful (Denis et al., 2001).
References
Beardwell, J., & Clark, I. (2007). An introduction to human resource management. Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approach.
David, F. R. (2007). Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Denis, J., Lamothe, L., & Langley, A. (2001). The dynamics of collective leadership and strategic change in pluralistic organizations. Academy of Management Journal, 44(4), 809-837.
Dessler, G. (2013). Human Resource Management. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Garcia, H. (2006). Effective leadership response to crisis. Strategy and Leadership, 34(1), 4-10.
Herbane, B. (2014). Information value distance and crisis management planning. SAGE Open, 4(2).
Hutchins, H., Annulis, H., & Gaudet, C. (2008). Crisis planning: Survey results from Hurricane Katrina and implications for performance improvement professionals. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 20(3), 27-51.
Susmita Sarma, (2021). Importance Of Employer Employee Relationship In Companies. Available at https://blog.vantagecircle.com/employer-employee-relationship/ (Retrieved on 10th November 2021).
When employees have a good, healthy relationship with their bosses, the entire organization benefits. According to studies, employees who have mutually respectful relationships with their employers are more likely to be happy, loyal, and productive in the long run.
ReplyDeleteBoth the employers and employees should have mutual respect. Signs of disrespect are not just bad for the relationship; it also leads to low retention, bad word of mouth and low performance. Very attractive article.
ReplyDeleteIt is compulsory to maintain a good relationship between employer and employees in a work place. There can be disadvantages but every employee looks for a good employer. So the relationship should be managed by the employer without harming the organizational activities.
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen a fascinating topic to write about. Any hard scenario can be managed empathetically and successfully through a healthy relationship between two persons, rather than getting into any competing situations. As a result, maintaining a positive workplace relationship is critical to achieving organizational goals as a team. Thank you very much for letting us know about this.
ReplyDeleteHigh levels of collaboration between the workforce and management are likely to be consistent with greater reliability of production and quality of output, which in turn would bolster the organization’s market position. Thus, employment relation is one of the most significant areas that need to be invested (Rollinson, 1993).
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