Trade Union Membership in Great Britain: An Individual-level Analysis

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Sayers Bain ◽  
Peter Elias
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Level Analysis

Institutional effects on the presence of trade unions at the workplace: Moderation in a multilevel setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Fazekas
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Institutional Effects ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Very High

Previous research has found that the presence of a union at a workplace is an important individual-level determinant of union membership. The present article, drawing on a multilevel analysis of 21 European countries, provides further evidence which nuances the conclusions of previous studies by introducing and testing institutional moderation effects. Thus, in countries with Ghent systems, having a union at workplace is less important, since probability of membership is already very high. Conversely, if there are extension mechanisms for collective agreements there is less incentive to join a trade union, and this is not compensated even when there is an active union at the workplace.

Social Customs and Trade Union Membership: A Multi-Level Analysis of Workplace Union Density Using Micro-Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lyhne Ibsen ◽  
Jonas Toubøl ◽  
Daniel Sparwath Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Micro Data ◽  
Social Customs ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals On the outside looking in? A micro-level analysis of insiders’ and outsiders’ trade union membership

2019 ◽  
pp. 0143831X1989013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giedo Jansen ◽  
Alex Lehr
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Interest Representation ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Level Analysis

Although studies have signaled a gap in trade union representation between workers with secure employment (i.e., ‘insiders’) and those without (i.e., ‘outsiders’), this gap has rarely been empirically analyzed at the micro-level. With recent micro-level data from the Netherlands, this study addresses two questions. First, to what extent do insiders and outsiders, measured through individuals’ employment status and self-perceived social risk, differ in their willingness/probability to join trade unions? Second, to what extent can these differences in trade union membership be explained as resulting from perceptions of interest representation and/or workplace social cohesion? The results suggests a clear insider–outsider gap in trade union membership related to employment status, but not to social risk. Furthermore, this gap can be explained by differences in perceptions of representation, but not workplace social cohesion.

scholarly journals How do union membership, union density and institutionalization affect perceptions of conflict between management and workers?

2020 ◽  
pp. 095968012096354
Author(s):  
Josef Ringqvist
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
International Social

This article contributes to debates about trade unions and conflict by studying how individuals’ perceptions of conflicts between management and workers relate to trade union membership, country-level trade union density and institutionalization (collective bargaining coverage, centralization and policy concertation). Hierarchical multi-level models are fitted to data from the International Social Survey Programme from 2009. The results show that union members tend to be more likely than non-members to perceive management–worker conflicts and that this appears not to vary substantially between countries. However, regardless of union membership, individuals in countries with higher trade union density and with policy concertation tend to be significantly less likely to perceive conflicts. These findings highlight the risk of atomic fallacies in research limited to the individual-level effects of union membership. Contrary to an argument often raised by pluralists, neither bargaining coverage nor centralization has significant effects. Overall, the results question depictions of trade unions as divisive organizations.

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.

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