Employee voice in company strategic and governance decision-making in Anglophone countries commonly has few formal channels. This article’s investigation of labour’s (collective employees) interest expression in Australia and New Zealand finds that labour actors engage with company actors to craft a range of channels of expression and participation. In addition to actors’ utilisation of formal institutional provisions for adversarial collective bargaining and cooperative participation, actors utilise other ‘at the table’ arrangements that are typically of low salience. These include non-formal, inter-actor arrangements that facilitate contribution to decisions that can include matters of strategic importance. Labour actors engage with company actors in intricate micro-political relations to contribute influence in framing understandings and horizons of decisions and norm-building. Their quiet activities contribute regulatory effect in company decision-making.

在英语国家，员工在公司战略和治理决策中的发言权通常很少有正式渠道。本文对澳大利亚和新西兰劳工（集体雇员）利益表达的调查发现，劳工行为者与公司行为者互动，以制定一系列表达和参与的渠道。除了行动者利用正式制度规定进行对抗性集体谈判和合作参与之外，行动者还利用其他通常不那么显着的“在桌”安排。这些包括促进对可能包括具有战略重要性的事项的决策做出贡献的非正式的、参与者之间的安排。劳工行为者与公司行为者在错综复杂的微观政治关系中互动，以在制定决策和规范构建的理解和视野方面产生影响。他们安静的活动对公司决策起到了调节作用。