Definition and a quick overview of Employee Relations
E mployee Relations isn't simply a term, nor does it mean connections between managers and employees. Employee relations, also known as Industrial Relation or HR Relation commonly refer to the interrelationship shared among the employees in an organization (Nikoloski, Dimitrova, Koleva and Miteva-Kacarski, 2014). Blyton and Turnbull (2004) describe employee relation as the commitment shared by the employees and managers, both individually and collectively remains a central feature of organizational culture. It signifies an association's effort to create and sustain a positive relationship with its employees (Blyton and Turnbull, 2004) An organization's Human Resources oversees employees' endeavors while some companies have a committed group to investigate employees’ behavior (Sisson and Storey, 2000) They would be liable in maintaining an open-door policy for the betterment of the employees, act as a team of delegates representing the employees and the management to enc...