Nigel NICHLOSON, Gill URSELL : The Dynamics of White Collar Unionism : A Study of Local Union Participation. London, Academic Press, 1981, 268 pp., ISBN 0-12-518020-9

This article compares the participation of black and white union members in their local unions. Using more detailed measures of union participation than those employed in earlier studies, and focusing on members, not just leaders, the authors find little difference between the extent of participation by blacks and that by whites. This surprising result, which contradicts the finding of previous studies that blacks participate in unions less than whites, holds even with controls for gender, salary, education, number of years as a member, the presence of friends in the union, the strength of a sense of efficacy, confidence in the ability to gain local union office, and the liberalness of attitudes about civil rights.

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An Empirical Assessment of the Multidimensionality of Union Participation

Journal of Management ◽

10.1177/014920639301900402 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 749-773 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Aaron Cohen

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Structural Model ◽

Social Background ◽

White Collar ◽

Future Research ◽

Union Commitment ◽

The Social ◽

Union Participation ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Fundamental Direction

The purpose of this article is to explore empirically some similarities and differences among six forms of union participation: union commitment, participation in decision making, participation in union activities, attitudinal militancy, serving in elected offices and the propensity to strike. The study examines five models of union participation: the social background model, the work dissatisfaction model, the economic model, the structural model, and the socialization model. The research sample consisted of 603 employees from white collar occupations, members of local unions in Israel. The findings demonstrate that the forms of union participation are independent constructs. They also show that different theoretical explanations apply to different forms of participation. The conclusions indicate that a fundamental direction for future research should be to develop and test hypotheses that refer to specific forms of union participation.

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Local Union Participation: A Re-examination

Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society ◽

10.1111/j.1468-232x.1979.tb00951.x ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 18-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JOHN C. ANDERSON

Keyword(s):

Local Union ◽

Union Participation

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Intelligence: Nature, Determinants and Consequences. By E. B Brody and N. Brody. Pp x + 241. (Academic Press, New York, 1976.) Price £9.80.

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000006131 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 12 (02) ◽

Author(s):

James Maxwell

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Academic Press

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European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.17.2.98 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 98-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anders Sjöberg ◽

Magnus Sverke

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Temporal Stability ◽

Strong Support ◽

Internal Consistency Reliability ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Model Parameters ◽

Longitudinal Assessment ◽

Union Commitment ◽

Union Participation

Summary: Previous research has identified instrumentality and ideology as important aspects of member attachment to labor unions. The present study evaluated the construct validity of a scale designed to reflect the two dimensions of instrumental and ideological union commitment using a sample of 1170 Swedish blue-collar union members. Longitudinal data were used to test seven propositions referring to the dimensionality, internal consistency reliability, and temporal stability of the scale as well as postulated group differences in union participation to which the scale should be sensitive. Support for the hypothesized factor structure of the scale and for adequate reliabilities of the dimensions was obtained and was also replicated 18 months later. Tests for equality of measurement model parameters and test-retest correlations indicated support for the temporal stability of the scale. In addition, the results were consistent with most of the predicted differences between groups characterized by different patterns of change/stability in union participation status. The study provides strong support for the construct validity of the scale and indicates that it can be used in future theory testing on instrumental and ideological union commitment.

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