Interaction of efficacy, commitment, and expectations in the formation of faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining

1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Lawler ◽  
J. Malcolm Walker
1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Rodriguez ◽  
John Rearden

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.


2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Aoki ◽  
Mary E. Kite ◽  
Mary Ellen Dello Stritto

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