Speechless The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace

In this troubling analysis, Vanderbilt professor Bruce Barry shows how an erosion of freedom of expression available to American workers on the job (and after work) undermines both worker productivity and the indiivudal and collective ability to cultivate and participate in a democratic society.While most discussions of worker rights tend to focus on employees' right to privacy, no other popular trade work has examined the larger--and even more consequential--question of workers' right to free expression. Barry brings a rigorous analysis to this under-discussed topic.

Bruce Barry is Professor of Management and Sociology at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches courses on power and influence in organizations, business and society, negotiation, and the sociology of media and technology.
His research on behavior at work, including negotiation, power, and justice, has appeared in many scholarly journals and volumes. He also writes about business ethics, workplace rights, and public policy issues at the intersection of business and society. He is co-author of three books on negotiation that are widely used in courses at universities worldwide.