Determinants of faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining in university graduate departments: An organizational climate approach

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoram Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Faculty Attitudes

Attitudes of Faculty toward Unionization

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Rodriguez ◽  
John Rearden
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Faculty Attitudes ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Faculty Perception ◽  
Abuse Of Power ◽  
Midwestern University

A scale to measure attitudes of university faculty toward collective bargaining was developed by selecting items along a continuum of favorability toward unions. 262 faculty (49%) at a public midwestern university where collective bargaining has been in effect responded to the scale. The scale readily discriminated between union members and nonmembers and between faculty who did or did not sign a petition to decertify the union. Faculty in fine arts, education, and the library had significantly more favorable attitudes toward unionization. Exploratory factor analysis of the items in the scale produced three interpretable factors: perceived union benefits to faculty, faculty dissonance over the issue of unionization vs professionalism, and faculty perception of union abuse of power. The scale can be used in the study of faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining in higher education.

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