Managing Workplace Job Attitudes and Performance in Organizations with Labor Unions

2020 ◽  
pp. 407-422
Author(s):  
James K. Harter ◽  
Denise R. McLain
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Global Database ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Performance

While union membership has been in decline in recent decades, still 11% of the US workforce belong to unions. The job attitudes of both union and non-union employees are important to organizational success. Various studies suggest that union employees are as satisfied as non-union employees with benefits, wages, and job security. Non-union employees have more favorable attitudes toward the type of work they’re asked to do, autonomy, opportunities for advancement, and supervision. But job attitudes for both union and non-union employees vary widely by the team they are on, according to a summary of Gallup’s employee engagement global database. In this chapter, the authors summarize opinions from within highly unionized organizations, including 239,459 union-member and 42,053 non-union-member employees. They outline key challenges in engaging unionized employees and practical advice compiled from the study of successful organizations across industries.

Answering Skeptics

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-145
Author(s):  
David Madland
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Union Density ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bargaining Unit ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
The Us ◽  
Labor System ◽  
New System

This chapter considers whether the new labor system could work as intended in the United States and whether alternative policies could better address the country's economic and political problems. It reviews some of the likely implementation challenges the new system would face, including determining the appropriate bargaining unit in a broad-based system and relationship friction between national and local unions, and finds, based on the US historical experience, that the challenges are likely manageable. It also reviews alternatives to the new labor system and argues that while most would be helpful, all have limitations. Other strategies to strengthen labor, such as increased organizing by unions and banning right-to-work laws, are necessary but on their own would not sufficiently increase union density or dramatically increase collective bargaining coverage. Non-union policies — from increased training to a jobs guarantee to campaign finance reform — would do less to raise wages, reduce inequality, or increase political voice. These often rely on strong labor unions to work best. All told, the new labor system is practical and necessary.

scholarly journals Does the Union Make Us Strong? Labor-Union Membership, Self-Rated Health, and Mental Illness: A Parametric G-Formula Approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot ◽  
Stephen J Mooney ◽  
Wendy E Barrington ◽  
Anjum Hajat
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Labor Union ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Union members enjoy better wages, benefits, and power than non-members, which can improve health. However, the longitudinal union-health relationship remains uncertain, partially because of healthy-worker bias, which cannot be addressed without high-quality data and methods that account for exposure-confounder feedback and structural non-positivity. Applying one such method, the parametric g-formula, to United-States-based Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data, we analyzed the longitudinal relationships between union membership, poor/fair self-rated health (SRH), and moderate mental illness (Kessler-K6>5). The SRH analyses included 16,719 respondents followed from 1985-2017, while the mental-illness analyses included 5,813 respondents followed from 2001-2017. Using the parametric g-formula, we contrasted cumulative incidence of the outcomes under two scenarios, one in which we set all employed-person-years to union-member employed-person-years (union scenario), and one in which we set no employed-person-years to union-member employed-person-years (non-union scenario). We also examined whether the contrast varied by gender, gender-race, and gender-education. Overall, the union scenario did not reduce incidence of poor/fair SRH (RR: 1.01, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.09; RD: 0.01, 95% CI: -0.03, 0.04) or moderate mental illness (RR: 1.02, 95% CI: 0.92, 1.12; RD: 0.01, 95% CI: -0.04, 0.06) relative to the non-union scenario. These associations largely did not vary by subgroup.

scholarly journals Labor Unions and American Poverty

ILR Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 001979392110148
Author(s):  
Tom VanHeuvelen ◽  
David Brady
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
State Level ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Data Incorporate ◽  
American Poverty

American poverty research largely neglects labor unions. The authors use individual-level panel data, incorporate both household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both working poverty and working-aged poverty (among households led by 18- to 64-year-olds). They estimate three-way fixed effects (person, year, and state) and fixed-effects individual slopes models on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 1976–2015. They exploit the higher quality income data in the Cross-National Equivalent File—an extension of the PSID—to measure relative (<50% of median in current year) and anchored (<50% of median in 1976) poverty. Both union membership and state union density have statistically and substantively significant negative relationships with relative and anchored working and working-aged poverty. Household union membership and state union density significantly negatively interact, augmenting the poverty-reducing effects of each. Higher state union density spills over to reduce poverty among non-union households, and there is no evidence that higher state union density worsens poverty for non-union households or undermines employment.

scholarly journals Evidence on Trade Union Members’ Dissatisfaction with Inequalities at a Scottish University

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Dr. Theresa Marie Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Union Member ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The University

The present paper includes insights on trade union members’ perceptions of job dissatisfaction related to inequalities at a Scottish university. Research spanning more than five decades has consistently shown that trade union member employees report higher levels of job dissatisfaction than non-union employees, although industrial relations scholars have been unable to agree on as to why that is the case. Prior research of trade union membership and its link to job dissatisfaction has largely been quantitative. The present study therefore added much needed, individual-level insights to the industrial relations literature through its use of a qualitative approach that included interviews with 23 individuals. This research is part of a wider project in which trade union membership and job dissatisfaction were explored, and that led to the author being awarded a PhD from the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom.

An employee’s best friend? How AI can boost employee engagement and performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron Smith
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
End User ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Performance

Purpose How to keep employees engaged, rewarded and retained to improve the end-user and customer experience. Design/methodology/approach This study provides practical advice on how a business can attract, recruit, retain and develop talented employees to improve customer service, using the author’s experience at Genesys. Findings This study explores various research findings including Coleman Parks to establish the challenges organizations face when trying to ensure employees are engaged with their own business. Originality/value This is my viewpoint on the situation; I have researched various areas of employee engagement to understand why organizations are facing challenges, and I can provide unique insight as we work with world-leading brands to use technology that will solve these problems in some way at the least.

scholarly journals Labor Unions and American Poverty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom VanHeuvelen ◽  
David Brady
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
State Level ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Data Incorporate ◽  
American Poverty

American poverty research largely neglects labor unions. We use individual-level panel data, incorporate both household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both working and working-aged poverty. We estimate three-way fixed-effects (person, year, and state) and fixed-effects individual slopes models on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) 1976-2015. We exploit the Cross-National Equivalent File’s – an extension of the PSID – higher quality income data to measure relative and anchored poverty. Both union membership and state union density have statistically and substantively significant negative relationships with relative and anchored working and working-aged poverty. Household union membership and state union density significantly negatively interact, augmenting the poverty-reducing effects of each. Higher state union density spills over to reduce poverty among non-union households, and there is no evidence that higher state union density worsens poverty for non-union households or undermines employment.

Relation of Statistically Significant, Abnormal, and Typical WAIS-R VIQ-PIQ Discrepancies to Full Scale IQs

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis M. Hsu ◽  
Judy Hayman ◽  
Judith Koch ◽  
Debbie Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Method ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
True Score ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Normative Population ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Quadratic Models

Summary: In the United States' normative population for the WAIS-R, differences (Ds) between persons' verbal and performance IQs (VIQs and PIQs) tend to increase with an increase in full scale IQs (FSIQs). This suggests that norm-referenced interpretations of Ds should take FSIQs into account. Two new graphs are presented to facilitate this type of interpretation. One of these graphs estimates the mean of absolute values of D (called typical D) at each FSIQ level of the US normative population. The other graph estimates the absolute value of D that is exceeded only 5% of the time (called abnormal D) at each FSIQ level of this population. A graph for the identification of conventional “statistically significant Ds” (also called “reliable Ds”) is also presented. A reliable D is defined in the context of classical true score theory as an absolute D that is unlikely (p < .05) to be exceeded by a person whose true VIQ and PIQ are equal. As conventionally defined reliable Ds do not depend on the FSIQ. The graphs of typical and abnormal Ds are based on quadratic models of the relation of sizes of Ds to FSIQs. These models are generalizations of models described in Hsu (1996) . The new graphical method of identifying Abnormal Ds is compared to the conventional Payne-Jones method of identifying these Ds. Implications of the three juxtaposed graphs for the interpretation of VIQ-PIQ differences are discussed.

Sanctions of the USA and the Policy of Bank of Russia:double Blow to the National Economy

2014 ◽  
pp. 13-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Glazyev
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Capital Flight ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
The Us ◽  
Monetary Authorities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Simultaneous Adoption ◽  
The Eu

This article examines fundamental questions of monetary policy in the context of challenges to the national security of Russia in connection with the imposition of economic sanctions by the US and the EU. It is proved that the policy of the Russian monetary authorities, particularly the Central Bank, artificially limiting the money supply in the domestic market and pandering to the export of capital, compounds the effects of economic sanctions and plunges the economy into depression. The article presents practical advice on the transition from external to domestic sources of long-term credit with the simultaneous adoption of measures to prevent capital flight.

Trade Union Membership and Job Satisfaction

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Bluen ◽  
Caroline van Zwam
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The relationship between union membership and job satisfaction, and the moderating role of race and sex is considered in this study. Results show that both race and sex interact with union membership in predicting job satisfaction. A significant 2 × 2 × 2 (union membership × race × sex) interaction showed that white, non-unionized females were less satisfied with their work than black, non-unionized females. In addition, sex moderated the relationship between union membership and co-worker satisfaction: Whereas unionized males were more satisfied with their co-workers than unionized females, the opposite was true for the non-unionized subjects. Finally, union members and non-members differed regarding promotion opportunities: Union members were more satisfied with their promotion opportunities than non-union members. On the basis of the findings, implications and future research priorities are discussed.

Global policy convergence through “distributed governance”? The emergence of “national” education standards in the US and Germany

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Hartong
Keyword(s):  
Core Curriculum ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
Policy Convergence ◽  
National Education ◽  
Policy Sector ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Performance ◽  
National Education Standards

This article focuses on the discussion of global policy convergence through the implementation of “distributed governance” within the education policy sector. Here, the focus is directed at the emergence of national education standards (NES) as a simultaneous instrument of fair school control and performance increase. Both the US and Germany show a high traditional resistance to nationally centralised educational control, but experienced a massive transformation in this direction by the recent implementation of a national core curriculum initiative (National Education Standardsin Germany andCommon Core State Standardsin the US). This article will rely on global governance and distributed governance research, focusing on the concept of “heterarchies”, to analyse the interplay of global and national contexts in the case of the rise of NES in the US and Germany, ultimately showing the concepts' contributions (and limits) to explain policy convergence.

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