Although industrial democracy generally refers to the organization model in which workplaces are run directly by the people who work in them in place of private or state ownership of the means of production, there are also representative forms of industrial democracy.
Meskipun demokrasi industri umumnya mengacu pada model organisasi dengan tempat kerja yang dijalankan secara langsung oleh pekerjanya sendiri di sektor swasta atau kepemilikan negara atas alat produksi, ada juga bentuk perwakilan demokrasi industri.