Journal articles: 'Union participation'

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Hu, Enhua, Maolong Zhang, Hongmei Shan, Long Zhang, and Yaqing Yue. "Job satisfaction and union participation in China." Employee Relations 40, no. 6 (October 1, 2018): 964–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-10-2017-0245.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer empirical evidence on whether and how the work experiences of employees in China influence their union-related attitudes and behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed a mediated moderation model to examine how job satisfaction and labour relations climate interactively affect union participation and whether union commitment mediates the interactive effects. A total of 585 employees from enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian province of China were surveyed to verify the model. Findings Job satisfaction was negatively related to union participation and union commitment. Labour relations climate moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and union participation; the relationship was negative and stronger when employees perceived an adverse, rather than a favourable, labour relations climate. Further, the interactive effect of job satisfaction and labour relations climate on union participation was partly mediated by union commitment. Originality/value By empirically examining employees’ attitudes and behaviours towards unions in the Chinese context, this study confirms that unions could provide employees with alternative work resources to cope with job dissatisfaction, even in a country where unions play a “transmission belt” role between employees and employers. This study adds value to the existing base of knowledge on union practice and labour relations construction, both inside and outside of China.

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Glazzard, Dani. "Looking for people like me: The barriers and benefits to SU participation for working class students in an elite institution." Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change 3, no. 1 (September 18, 2017): 306. http://dx.doi.org/10.21100/jeipc.v3i1.643.

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In the context of a higher education widening participation agenda that seeks to ‘look beyond the point of entry’, this article investigates working-class students’ experiences of Students’ Unions. The article draws on a Bourdieusian conception of class to demonstrate how working-class students are discouraged from participating in Students’ Union activities on multiple fronts; economic barriers count them out of participation whilst social and cultural considerations lead them to count themselves out. However, the article also argues that, when the economic and social barriers to participation are removed, participation in Students’ Union activities can have a dramatic impact upon students’ wellbeing and personal development.

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Flood, Patrick C., Thomas Turner, and Paul Willman. "Union Presence, Union Service and Membership Participation." British Journal of Industrial Relations 34, no. 3 (September 1996): 415–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1996.tb00482.x.

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Cohen, Aaron. "An Empirical Assessment of the Multidimensionality of Union Participation." Journal of Management 19, no. 4 (August 1993): 749–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014920639301900402.

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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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Bertone, Santina, Gerard Griffin, and Roderick D. Iverson. "Immigrant Workers and Australian Trade Unions: Participation and Attitudes." International Migration Review 29, no. 3 (September 1995): 722–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839502900306.

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Most studies of unionized, immigrant workers have argued mat such workers have lower levels of participation in and hold different attitudes toward their unions than do nonimmigrant union members. Drawing on a questionnaire survey of members of six Australian trade unions, this article questions this consensus. We argue mat country of origin – in particular whether the union member was born in a non-English-speaking or an English-speaking country – does not, of itself, lead to different levels of union participation or different union attitudes. A closely related variable, the level of English language ability, does influence some elements of particpation and attitudes.

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Chawla, Ginni, Tripti Singh, and Rupali Singh. "Operationalizing the antecedents and outcomes of union participation in the Indian context." Journal of Indian Business Research 12, no. 4 (April 11, 2020): 481–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jibr-03-2019-0086.

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Purpose Unions and organizations interests are often seen to be in competition. However, union-voice hypothesis suggests that unions can provide a distinctive mechanism to lower organizational costs by reducing exit behavior, absence from work and conflict levels at work. This study aims to look at union participation as a form of voice which is affected by a number of antecedents and in turn has an effect upon the workers performance (i.e. worker behavior effectiveness [WBE]) in an organization. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on data from 340 permanent labors working in 19 manufacturing units across different regions of India to explore both the antecedents and outcomes of union participation. Hypotheses are tested using mediation analysis. Findings Results indicate statistically significant relationships between union participation, its antecedents and WBE, with union participation partially influencing the relationship between the constructs. Originality/value Uniqueness of the study lies in its findings which report positive relationship among union participation, its antecedents and behavior effectiveness. Contrary to the traditional belief that unions are detrimental to the health of any organization, the study suggests that workers decision to join and participate in unions should be viewed positively because only if a person is willing to stay with the organization, he/she seeks to resolve the issues/problems through collective mechanism of union participation and which in turn leads to enhanced performance, reduced absenteeism at the workplace.

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Hoyman, Michele M., and Lamont Stallworth. "Participation in Local Unions: A Comparison of Black and White Members." ILR Review 40, no. 3 (April 1987): 323–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979398704000301.

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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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Martens, Deborah, Annelien Gansemans, Jan Orbie, and Marijke D'Haese. "Trade Unions in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: What Shapes Their Participation?" Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 20, 2018): 4295. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114295.

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There is a growing concern about the extent to which multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), designed to improve social and environmental sustainability in global supply chains, give a meaningful voice to less powerful stakeholders. Trade unions are one particular civil society group whose participation in MSIs has received little scholarly attention so far. The objective of this paper is to examine the determinants that enable and constrain trade union participation in MSIs. Based on interviews, focus groups, observations and document analysis we determine local trade union participation in three MSIs, operating at company, national and transnational level respectively, in the Costa Rican pineapple industry. To explain the limited encountered trade union participation, an analytical framework is developed combining structural and agency dimensions, namely the MSI design and trade union’s power resources. The findings show shortcomings in the representativeness, procedural fairness and consensual orientation in the design and implementation of the MSIs. These are, however, not sufficient to explain weak trade union participation as trade union power resources also have an influence. Strong network embeddedness and improved infrastructural resources had a positive effect, whereas the lack of internal solidarity and unfavourable narrative resources constrained the unions’ participation.

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Chawla, Ginni, Tripti Singh, Rupali Singh, and Sonal Agarwal. "Worker participation in union activities: a conceptual review." Personnel Review 47, no. 1 (February 5, 2018): 206–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pr-09-2016-0253.

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Purpose Viewed in the context of liberalization, privatization and globalization, the socio-economic and legal environment facing the unions have changed, throwing them into clutches of adversity and destitution. The purpose of this paper is to identify the reasons (i.e. antecedents) behind workers’ participation in union activities (such as strikes, rallies, demonstrations) in today’s scenario, and to understand how these participation tactics influence workers’ performance (i.e. worker behavior effectiveness) at work. Design/methodology/approach A range of published sources is drawn on, including quantitative, survey based and qualitative, case-study and other evidence for building the conceptual review. Findings The investigation clearly indicates that contemporary challenges facing unions in the present scenario prompt industrial actions. Only specific and genuine grievances and justifiable demands motivate workers to form a strong emotional attachment to their unions and engage in union participation activities such as strike activity (Darlington, 2006; Bean and Stoney, 1986). Originality/value Contrary to the traditional view, which sights unions as detrimental to worker productivity, turnover, and attendance at work (via restrictive work rules, featherbedding and disruptive strikes or other adversarial tactics), the investigation, through extensive review of literature proposes that unions positively influence worker behavior at work. The model, however, requires empirical testing to validate the proposed relationships.

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Snape, Ed, and Andy W. Chan. "Union commitment and participation in China: does enterprise type matter?" Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management 9, no. 1 (May 14, 2018): 45–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jchrm-05-2017-0009.

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Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the suggestion that the antecedents of union commitment and participation may differ between foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China based on the view that SOE unions will focus more strongly on the traditional dual role, emphasising on managerial functions and employee welfare. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on employee surveys in two enterprises in Shanghai, one FIE and one SOE. Employee attitudes towards the union and enterprise were measured using a self-completion questionnaire, and data were analysed using structural equation modelling. Findings Findings suggest that pro-union attitudes were more salient in the FIE context. In contrast, SOE workers’ allegiance to the union appeared to be a less reflection of pro-union attitudes and was more narrowly instrumental. Practical implications The findings suggest that FIEs workers’ union allegiances are more likely to reflect a pro-union orientation, with SOE workers more likely to see their union allegiances in narrowly instrumental terms. In FIEs, with a profit-oriented and privately managed enterprise, union allegiances may be closer to those of Western market economies, whilst in SOEs, the “dual role” model persists, with unions a service provider rather than an independent employee representative. Originality/value The findings in this paper provide an initial test of the potential differences in the antecedents of union commitment and participation across FIEs and SOEs. Future research is needed to build on these findings, in particular, adopting multi-enterprise study designs across different enterprise types.

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Wiegand, Justin P., and Robert Bruno. "Job Satisfaction and Union Participation: The Role of Fit." Labor Studies Journal 43, no. 4 (July 26, 2018): 297–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160449x18787052.

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Job satisfaction’s role as an antecedent to union participation has often been proposed as a negative relationship, but empirical support is lacking. To clarify boundary conditions of this relationship, we turn to the exit-voice tradeoff and the attraction-selection-attrition framework. We suggest a negative job satisfaction–union participation relationship exists only among workers lacking fit with their colleagues (“person-workgroup fit”). We employed a distance-based measure of person-workgroup fit to analyze data from 777 workers across three unions (90 percent public sector) located in a large Midwestern city. Results indicate fit’s moderating role—relatively high fit workers participate in union activities irrespective of their job satisfaction, but workers with relatively low fit participate more when dissatisfied with their jobs. Our findings inform theory on antecedents of union participation and the strategic choices unions face in organizing and reinvigorating lay activism.

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Mückenberger, Ulrich. "Trade Union Difficulties with Participation." International Journal of Political Economy 25, no. 3 (September 1995): 20–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08911916.1995.11643904.

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McSHANE, STEVEN L. "The multidimensionality of union participation." Journal of Occupational Psychology 59, no. 3 (September 1986): 177–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1986.tb00223.x.

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Kirton, Gill. "Anatomy of women’s participation in small professional unions." Economic and Industrial Democracy 39, no. 1 (October 13, 2015): 151–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831x15606981.

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This article brings the neglected topic of small professional unions into the women and unions literature. In addition to an overview of women’s representation and gender equality strategies in small professional UK unions, it offers a contextually grounded analysis of barriers and enablers of women’s participation in Napo – the union representing professional workers in the probation service. The article identifies several enablers: healthy levels of women’s representation over a long period of time; presence and longevity of gender equality strategies; a strong occupational identity; occupational values that complement those of unionism. However, a highly pressured work environment and hostile industrial relations climate create lived insecurities, work–life imbalance and time poverty, which have constrained women professionals’ union participation.

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Markowitz, Linda. "Union Presentation of Self and Worker Participation in Organizing Campaigns." Sociological Perspectives 38, no. 3 (September 1995): 437–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1389436.

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Worker participation, or lack thereof, in union organizing campaigns has mainly been explained by workers' individual characteristics. This article takes a broader perspective: It postulates that union characteristics, and most importantly, the manner in which the union presents itself, are crucial in individuals' decisions to participate. The article shows, through analyses of interviews with workers collected after a union organizing campaign, that potential participants act in accordance with symbols the union presents to them. In the case examined here, the union presented itself as a business with a product to sell. This business presentation of self precluded participation because workers perceived that dues payment was all that was required to complete the business transaction. Political and economic hostility has been correctly blamed for the decrease in union strength. However, by acknowledging that the union's presentation has important ramifications for employee behavior, unions may gain more control over their own fate.

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Turner, Thomas, Lorraine Ryan, and Michelle O’Sullivan. "Does union membership matter? Political participation, attachment to democracy and generational change." European Journal of Industrial Relations 26, no. 3 (April 23, 2019): 279–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680119844926.

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We examine whether trade union membership enhances political activism and beliefs in the democratic system, and argue that trade unions and union membership are more likely to develop workers’ capacities to participate as citizens in the democratic process. Union members are more likely to engage in political activities and hold more positive attitudes towards democracy than non-union respondents across 11 stable European democracies with varying levels of union density and collective bargaining coverage. A notable trend is the decline over generations of the positive gap in political participation levels between union and non-union workers. It appears that the effects of union membership for political participation and attitudes to democracy, though still significant, are less salient for the 1980s generation.

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Iverson, Roderick D., and Donna M. Buttigieg. "Union Commitment: Implications for Union Participation and Exit-voice." Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work 6, no. 3 (October 1995): 95–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10301763.1995.10669146.

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Suryani, Suryani, and Ana Sabhana Azmy. "Partisipasi politik buruh perempuan." Yinyang: Jurnal Studi Islam Gender dan Anak 15, no. 1 (May 12, 2020): 19–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.24090/yinyang.v15i1.3544.

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This study discusses the political participation of women workers in The Chemical, Energy and Mining Trade Unions of the All Indonesia Workers Union (SP KEP-SPSI). Using qualitative methods, this paper uses theories of women’s political participation, understanding sex and gender, and explaining socialist feminism as bases of analysis. This research tries to answer two issues namely how the involvement of women workers in the union in the SP KEP-SPSI and why the involvement of women in the union is important. The conclusion of this study is that the political participation of women workers in SP KEP-SPSI has not been actively involved enough in trade unions. Their membership is still very minimal with the indicator that there are only 4 female workers from 46 officials in the structure. However, SP KEP-SPSI has tried to facilitate the involvement of women workers with an indication of the inclusion of a clause on the involvement of women in the Statutes / Statutes of the Union. The involvement of women workers is important in unions, because it signifies a form of active political participation of citizens and is related to the struggle for the rights of women workers.

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Gall, Gregor, and Jack Fiorito. "Toward better theory on the relationship between commitment, participation and leadership in unions." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 33, no. 8 (October 26, 2012): 715–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437731211280794.

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to give a critique of the extant literature on union commitment and participation in order to develop remedies to identified weaknessesDesign/methodology/approachThe paper uses a critical assessment of extant literature.FindingsA number of critical deficiencies exist in the literature to which remedies are proposed.Research limitations/implicationsThe remedies need testing through empirical research.Practical implicationsFuture research needs to have different research foci and questions.Social implicationsWith a reorientation of future research on union commitment, participation and leadership, unions may be better able to benefit from academic research in the area.Originality/valueThe paper suggests that a reorientation of future research on union commitment, participation and leadership will allow more incisive and more robust contributions to be made to understanding unions as complex social organisms.

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Yu, Kyoung-Hee. "Organizational Contexts for Union Renewal." Articles 69, no. 3 (October 8, 2014): 501–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1026756ar.

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SummaryThis article seeks to identify organizational structures and processes that contribute to incorporating immigrant identities and fostering democratic participation in unions. Empirical analysis is based on ethnographic observations conducted in four local branches within the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of the USA that underwent the Justice for Janitors campaign. Despite the fact that all four local unions experienced external revitalization owing to the campaign, internal renewal was most successful in Los Angeles, least in Washington DC, and somewhat successful in Boston and Houston. For each of the cases, I examine the connection between external dimensions of revitalization—initial mobilizing efforts, bargaining power, and political power—and organizational contexts for renewal—formal and informal structures for participation, and the engagement of immigrant members in union activities. While the union revitalization literature has argued that internal union renewal facilitates external revitalization, how external revitalization affects sustained internal renewal has not yet been examined thoroughly. Most studies examining the relationship between internal and external revitalization have had a relatively narrow window of observation ending typically with successful union recognition; thus, we lacked an understanding of the dynamic relationship between internal and external revitalization over time. The present findings suggest that external revitalization can assist internal renewal. However, building a powerful union did not automatically guarantee democratic participation, and acquiring more economic power through the merging of local unions weakened representational structures. The present results confirm the importance of studying revitalization as a process instead of an outcome, an argument which has been advanced by scholars, yet rarely practiced.

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Uddin, Nasir. "Empowerment through participation in local governance: the case of Union Parishad in Bangladesh." Public Administration and Policy 22, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 40–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pap-10-2018-0002.

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Purpose The traditional concept of people’s participation through their representatives is changing to the mechanism of direct participation of community people in the local governing process. In coupling with these, the Constitution of Bangladesh and the local government acts guarantee to foster the direct participation of people in the formation of local bodies and development programs. The purpose of this paper is to explore the avenues of people’s participation in local government, particularly the Union Parishad (UP) in Bangladesh, and to evaluate the empowerment of marginalized community through those avenues. Design/methodology/approach Using a broad descriptive and analytical approach, this paper evaluates the relationship between participation and empowerment of local community based on the review of secondary sources of information. Findings The local government institutions, particularly UP, has existed many mechanisms through which people participate in decision-making process. It is also believed that participation of community people in local government institutions is not only an opportunity for them but also an apparatus of empowerment. Hence, the process of empowerment is entrenched in the notion of participation. It is evident that the people at grass root level have been participating in UP in diverse arrangements, but the effectiveness of these participations in terms of empowerment is still meager and even lack. Originality/value Though a long time has passed after introducing these participatory mechanisms, very few studies have undertaken to assess the people’s participation in local government. Additionally, no single initiative was undertaken to assess how empowerment of marginalized people happened through these initiatives as empowering community people is the key objective of it.

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Wood, Geoffrey, and Pauline Dibben. "The Challenges Facing the South African Labour Movement." Articles 63, no. 4 (December 10, 2008): 671–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/019542ar.

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There is a growing body of literature on the role and impact of unions in the developing world, and on their ability to mobilize members against a background of neo-liberal reforms. The South African trade union movement represents a source of inspiration to organized labour worldwide, but has faced many challenges over the years. This article engages with debates on union solidarity and worker democracy, and draws on the findings of a nationwide survey of members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) to explore the extent of fragmentation according to gender, age, skill level and ethnicity. The survey reveals regular participation in union affairs, democratic accountability, participation in collective action, and a strong commitment to the labour movement, but variation in levels of engagement between categories of union members indicates significant implications for union policy and practice.

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Flood, Patrick, Thomas Turner, and Paul Willman. "A Segmented Model of Union Participation." Industrial Relations 39, no. 1 (January 2000): 108–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0019-8676.00155.

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Chaison, Gary, Magnus Sverke, and Anders Sjöberg. "How union mergers affect membership participation." Journal of Labor Research 22, no. 2 (June 2001): 355–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12122-001-1039-2.

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Catano, Victor M., Grace M. H. Pretty, Robert R. Southwell, and Greg K. Cole. "Sense of Community and Union Participation." Psychological Reports 72, no. 1 (February 1993): 333–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1993.72.1.333.

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Using data from 925 union members, this study reviewed psychological sense of community as a predictor of several criterion measures of union participation. While sense of community did not predict positive actions toward the union, a lack of it did predict filing a grievance against the organization. The results are discussed from the perspective of community psychology.

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Hunter, Larry W. "Can Strategic Participation Be Institutionalized? Union Representation on American Corporate Boards." ILR Review 51, no. 4 (July 1998): 557–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399805100401.

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This paper, drawing on interviews conducted in 1989 and 1990 with directors nominated by unions to American corporate boards of directors, shows that union choices in the establishment of board representation in the 1980s reflected union strategy and structure. Those choices, in turn, established conditions that affected the ways in which representation influenced governance. The institutional environment strongly militated against the emergence of interest representation in the boardroom; only an unusual constellation of choices was likely to lead to such pluralist deliberation. The strategic choices of unions were more likely to leave undisturbed the board's traditional function as a vehicle for overseeing shareholders' investment. The effectiveness of the oversight depended further on unions' choices in the establishment of board representation plans, selection of directors, and level of support for directors.

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Tetrick, Lois E., Lynn M. Shore, Lucy Newton McClurg, and Robert J. Vandenberg. "A model of union participation: The impact of perceived union support, union instrumentality, and union loyalty." Journal of Applied Psychology 92, no. 3 (2007): 820–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.820.

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Frelick, Kathryn M., Glenn S. Bartlett, Linden F. Frelick, and Phyllis A. Malek. "Staff Participation in Administrative Decision-Making." Healthcare Management Forum 6, no. 3 (October 1993): 43–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0840-4704(10)61105-2.

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Victoria Hospital Corporation in London has adopted a collaborative management model that involves the participation of medical, union and non-union staff in the administrative decision-making process within predetermined parameters. Reactions have been favourable from all sides — positive feedback from the groups involved and minimal negative public response to the sensitive decisions made concerning downsizing. Early indicators suggest increasing further the participation of union and non-union staff in decision-making on multiple levels, but with clearly defined “boundaries of responsibility.”

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Goldey, Gregory, Eric Swank, Constance Hardesty, and Randall Swain. "Union Professors: Framing Processes, Mobilizing Structures, and Participation in Faculty Unions*." Sociological Inquiry 80, no. 3 (July 12, 2010): 331–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.2010.00337.x.

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Quental, Carlos, and Luis Borges Gouveia. "Web Platform for Public E-Participation Management." International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change 1, no. 1 (January 2014): 60–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2014010105.

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The e-participation can be considered an area under constant focus. This paper presents a brief analysis of e-participation and e-democracy, and proposes a platform for electronic participation based on social media principles, designed to gather teachers and unions in a shared deliberative space. Interaction and collaboration are supported through questions, answers, suggestions, comments, votes, surveys and live debates. This proposal is intended to narrow the communication gap between teachers and unions and encourage teachers to become involved and participate in educational debates and important topics about the profession. The platform presented enables effective participation in formal and informal decision-making processes via the Internet, either as standalone or widgets with full integration into any Website. It is under constant development and will be improved along with this project. The actors in this study were chosen from the National Federation of Teachers due to its representativeness regarding associate teachers and provide an opportunity to assess the platform potential to support participation in a union context. The platform will be used in a trade union linked to teachers of several grade levels to understand their participation in this organization.

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Quental, Carlos, and Luis Borges Gouveia. "Web Platform for Public E-Participation Management." International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change 1, no. 2 (April 2014): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2014040101.

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The e-participation can be considered an area under constant focus. This paper presents a brief analysis of e-participation and e-democracy, and proposes a platform for electronic participation based on social media principles, designed to gather teachers and unions in a shared deliberative space. Interaction and collaboration are supported through questions, answers, suggestions, comments, votes, surveys and live debates. This proposal is intended to narrow the communication gap between teachers and unions and encourage teachers to become involved and participate in educational debates and important topics about the profession. The platform presented enables effective participation in formal and informal decision-making processes via the Internet, either as standalone or widgets with full integration into any Website. It is under constant development and will be improved along with this project. The actors in this study were chosen from the National Federation of Teachers due to its representativeness regarding associate teachers and provide an opportunity to assess the platform potential to support participation in a union context. The platform will be used in a trade union linked to teachers of several grade levels to understand their participation in this organization.

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Spaven, Malcolm, and Chris Wright. "The Role Dilemma of Safety Representatives in the UK Oil and Gas Industry." NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 8, no. 2 (August 1998): 253–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/g1u3-bwaa-u3l8-bugf.

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The tension is noted between trade union activism and involvement in employee participation schemes. It is shown why, in the United Kingdom's offshore oil and gas industry, a participation scheme—the safety representative system—may be expected to promote union activism in an industry which has resisted union encroachment. It is explained why and how safety representatives have, nevertheless, tended to deny unions a role in the system by reference to the conditions in which representatives acquire their definition of their function. This leads to a categorization of safety representative motivation and role performance and a clarification of how those definitions which associate the representative with management functions rather than union activism receive institutional support.

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Turner, Lowell. "Globalization and the Logic of Participation: Unions and the Politics of Coalition Building." Journal of Industrial Relations 48, no. 1 (February 2006): 83–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185606059315.

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Global liberalization is driving a ‘logic of participation’, for firms and unions alike. Economic pressures drive managers to innovate across a range of possibilities, from outsourcing and union busting to work reorganization and labor-management partnership. Those same pressures, reflected largely through the strategic choices of employers, also force unions to innovate - from concession bargaining and cooperation to coalition building and international solidarity. Because employers are increasingly tempted by strategies that seek to weaken or marginalize unions, sustained participation for unions arguably requires a new period of activist mobilization. This article explores one significant component of renewed labor mobilization: union coalition building. Based on a case study of coalition efforts in the United States between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club from 1999-2004, concepts and causal linkages are suggested for broader analysis. Research findings presented here indicate the following causal processes at work: union strategies, defining moments and spillover combine to drive coalition building processes that include events, campaigns and institution building - ranging from local to national and global levels. Beyond this US-based case, a framework for cross-national comparative analysis is also suggested.

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MURSALOVA, Khalima N., Bakytgul A. AINAKANOVA, Aigul S. KAZKENOVA, Nurgul ZHALELKANOVA, and Ozay OZPENCE. "Analysis of Problems of Kazakhstan’s Economic Integration in the EAEU." Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics 11, no. 4 (June 15, 2020): 1218. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v11.4(50).18.

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At the present stage, to ensure economic security at different levels (both national and regional), for economic growth and sustainable development, one of the important factors is integration processes. At present, integration unions, which include several member states, are acting quite effectively. One of such unions is the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), in comparison other integration unions such as the EU (European Union), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and some other, EAEU is quite young. However, this union of countries can be called one of the dynamically developing, and nevertheless, in the interaction within the union, a certain imbalance between the member states can be noted, which can be called a serious internal challenge for the EAEU. It is worth noting the economic context of the imbalances in the Union: there is no correlation in macroeconomic indicators (for the majority) between the countries – members of the Union. One of the leading participants in the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as one of the founders is Kazakhstan. It was with at the behest of Kazakhstan that the implementation of this union began. But, after 5.5 years of the functioning of this integration association, the effectiveness of this association gives rise to certain disputes, especially the effectiveness of the union, which calls into question the advisability of Kazakhstan in the composition of this union. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems of economic integration of Kazakhstan in the Eurasian Economic Union and the possibility of solving them. In the framework of the study of the problem, a scientific approach was used using general scientific methods that were also special, in particular, systematization, theoretical generalization and the method of comparison with the use of statistical analysis. The study defines the concept of integration, reveals the understanding of economic integration from the perspective of different economic schools, using various approaches to understanding this category, defines forms of economic integration and factors defining the integration process, gives a brief disclosure of the essence of the Eurasian Economic Union. The participation of Kazakhstan in the EAEU relative to other participating countries is considered and the main problems are identified, some prospects for Kazakhstan’s participation in the EAEU are considered. The prospects for further research are due to further study of the EAEU problems with respect to the participating countries, for their subsequent study and search for solutions. The instrumental value of the material lies in the possibility of studying problematic issues for further sustainable and effective interaction.

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Fenwick, Rudy, and Jon Olson. "Support for Worker Participation: Attitudes Among Union and Non-Union Workers." American Sociological Review 51, no. 4 (August 1986): 505. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2095584.

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Mallik, D. C. V. "India’s participation in IAU over the years." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 13, S349 (December 2018): 214–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921319000334.

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AbstractIndia was still a British colony when the International Astronomical Union was born in 1919. India did not have a national science academy nor a national research council at the time. The Royal Society, London, which was the adhering body of Great Britain to IAU, handled matters of the colony too. India formally joined the IAU in 1948 as an independent nation through an initiative taken by the Government of India. In 1968, the National Institute of Sciences of India (NISI) became the adhering organisation to the IAU, as did the other affiliate Unions of ICSU. Soon after, its name was changed to Indian National Science Academy (INSA).Till the nineteen-sixties, individual Indian membership in the IAU grew rather tardily but the situation changed with the rapid growth of astronomical activities in the country. In 1967, M.K. Vainu Bappu, the then Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, was elected a Vice-President of the Union. In 1979, he was elected the President of IAU for the triennium 1979–1982, and during the same period, V. Radhakrishnan and Govind Swarup were elected Presidents respectively of the Commisions 34 and 40. In 1985, the General Assembly of the Union was held in New Delhi. It was dedicated to the memory of Vainu Bappu who had initiated the process of inviting the Union to hold its GA in India. A few years later the Sixth Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting was held in Pune. A number of IAU symposia and colloquia have also been held in the country. During the last three decades, the engagement of the Indian astronomers with IAU has increased a great deal with a large number of them taking on important official roles in the IAU. Currently, India has close to 300 individual members.

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Benson, John, and Gerry Griffin. "Gender Differences in Union Attitudes, Participation and Priorities." Journal of Industrial Relations 30, no. 2 (June 1988): 203–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002218568803000201.

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Much of the literature on the relationship between trade union members and their union assumes that the gender of the member influences this relationship in a number of ways. Using survey data of members of one white-collar union, we test this proposition, focusing specifically on the impact of gender on attitudes towards trade unionism. participation in trade union activities, and priorities for trade union action. We conclude that, with the exception of relative weightings of priorities, gender is not a significant influence on these variables.

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Eaton, Adrienne E. "The Survival of Employee Participation Programs in Unionized Settings." ILR Review 47, no. 3 (April 1994): 371–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399404700301.

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Data from two surveys are analyzed to identify determinants of the survival of participative programs in unionized settings. The first survey responses were collected in 1987 from local union representatives of 86 bargaining units involved in a participation program; the second were collected from 66 of those same representatives, as well as 49 of their management counterparts, three years later. A surprisingly low failure rate of approximately 20–30% was reported. The results indicate that the perspectives of managers and union representatives differed sharply. For example, union representatives, but not managers, often ascribed program failure to poor labor-management relations and concessionary bargaining; and union respondents were considerably more likely than management respondents to perceive a program as defunct.

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Deutsch, Steven. "New Technology, Union Strategies and Worker Participation." Economic and Industrial Democracy 7, no. 4 (November 1986): 529–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831x8674006.

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Laroche, Mélanie, and Mélanie Dufour-Poirier. "Revitalizing Union Representation through Labor Education Initiatives: A Close Examination of Two Trade Unions in Quebec." Labor Studies Journal 42, no. 2 (March 20, 2017): 99–123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160449x17697442.

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This article aims to explain whether and to what extent formal and informal labor education and training initiatives help increase union participation among young members. Between 2009 and 2014, twenty-two interviews were conducted with ten national union leaders and twelve young leaders in two trade union organizations operating in the public and private sectors in Quebec. To complement these data, fifty-three focus group discussions were held, involving more than four hundred thirty young members (under the age of thirty). Our results reveal the presence of three areas of tension associated with the internal functioning of these unions. They also point out some factors that may boost the participation of young workers, internally.

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Wever, Kirsten R. "Toward a Structural Account of Union Participation in Management: The Case of Western Airlines." ILR Review 42, no. 4 (July 1989): 600–609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979398904200409.

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In 1983 and 1984 four unions at Western Airlines agreed to wage cuts, work rule changes, two-tier wage plans, and other concessions in return for seats on the board of directors, a Health Services Program, financial information sharing, and an Employee Involvement program. The author uses data from interviews conducted with all parties between 1983 and 1987 to argue that meaningful and lasting employee participation occurred only when the union had enough power to induce management to forgo some of its traditional prerogatives (a structural factor); the union and management shared a vision of how participation could serve both parties interests (a cognitive factor); and the union had substantial institutional security (a second structural factor).

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Leicht, Kevin T. "Unions, Plants, Jobs, and Workers: An Analysis of Union Satisfaction and Participation." Sociological Quarterly 30, no. 2 (June 1, 1989): 331–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1989.tb01525.x.

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Redman, Tom, and Ed Snape. "The antecedents of union commitment and participation: evaluating moderation effects across unions." Industrial Relations Journal 45, no. 6 (October 21, 2014): 486–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irj.12073.

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Markey, Raymond. "Non-Union Employee Representation in Australia." Journal of Industrial Relations 49, no. 2 (April 2007): 187–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185607074918.

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Non-union representative employee participation recently has attracted increasing international attention in employment relations due to the growing representation gap in many countries as union membership declines, and mounting evidence of the benefits of representative employee participation for enterprise flexibility and efficiency. However, relatively little is known about Australian experiments in employee participation, although it is essential to learn from Australian experience in order to develop effective public policy. This case study represents a contribution to this larger project. SMEC is a non-union employee representative body that has adopted a European works council organizational model. The case study evaluates SMEC's effectiveness as a non-union form of representative employee participation. It concludes that the opportunities for the formation of genuinely independent works council style organs of employee participation remain severely constrained by the current Australian regulatory environment, which tends to encourage a union substitution role.

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Chacko, Thomas I. "Member participation in union activities: Perceptions of union priorities, performance, and satisfaction." Journal of Labor Research 6, no. 4 (December 1985): 363–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02685492.

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Valkenburg, Ben. "Activation and trade unions: confronting the dilemma." Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 10, no. 4 (November 2004): 588–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/102425890401000410.

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Active employment strategies raise complex questions and considerations for trade unions. This is especially true for activation. If unions oppose activation it will be hard for them to play a relevant role in the contemporary debate. If they agree with current activation policies they will share responsibility for the risks attached to them. This article tries to find a way out of this dilemma. It explores the central issue of what constitutes an adequate stance for trade unions with regard to activation, in a situation where full employment is not a realistic aim. A possible way out of the dilemma is formulated from two perspectives. The first is a reciprocal, client-oriented approach to benefit claimants elaborated in terms of rights and duties that are defendable from a trade union point of view. The second is a broader concept of social participation, in which participation is not limited to paid employment on the regular labour market. Formulating these ideas only makes sense if the unions are also prepared and able to back them up with union power. The final section of the article addresses the question of how unions can back up their position on activation with union power.

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Strassfeld, Natasha M., and Robert N. Strassfeld. "After Janus: Teachers’ Unions, Walkouts, and Social Justice Unionism." International Journal of Educational Reform 29, no. 4 (June 4, 2020): 334–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1056787920918601.

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Recent union-supported teachers’ walkouts and strikes across several U.S. states and cities highlighted union-led and grassroots efforts to amplify teachers’ voices. Yet, the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, provides a strength test for teachers’ unions and members engaging in social justice/equity work within a post- Janus landscape. This article first explores traditional functions of teachers’ unions. Next, it examines Janus and potential consequences for union participation, teachers’ advocacy, and civil rights. Using a social justice lens, the article discusses how and why unions may need to consider strengthening “social justice unionism” by building on walkouts and strikes.

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Green, Eva G. T., and Fanja Auer. "How Social Dominance Orientation Affects Union Participation: The Role of Union Identification and Perceived Union Instrumentality." Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 23, no. 2 (March 27, 2012): 143–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2111.

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BRICKNER, RACHEL K. "Feminist Activism, Union Democracy and Gender Equity Rights in Mexico." Journal of Latin American Studies 42, no. 4 (November 2010): 749–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x10001355.

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AbstractBeyond competitive elections, democratisation should include a transformation of the institutions of state and civil society into spaces that recognise the rights of citizens and allow for their participation. This study explores the question of how Mexican labour unions are transformed into institutions with a commitment to the rights and participation of women workers. Drawing on evidence from five unions, the paper shows that compared to their corporatist counterparts, unions with a ‘democratic ethos’ provide a context within which gender equity rights are more readily recognised. However, recognition of gender equity is primarily dependent on feminist activism and union leadership. The paper argues that women's efforts to transform their unions into spaces that reflect and advocate for gender equity rights are critical to strengthening democratic citizenship in Mexico.

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Balasubramanian, Girish, and Santanu Sarkar. "Organising experience of informal sector workers – a road less travelled." Employee Relations: The International Journal 42, no. 3 (March 17, 2020): 798–817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-03-2019-0162.

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PurposeThis paper uses the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) framework of Zomeren et al. (2008) to explain the organising experiences of the informal sector workers engaged in large number in the world's largest shipbreaking industry located in the western Indian town of Alang.Design/methodology/approachA single case study approach was adopted to understand the participation of shipbreaking workers in their trade union and factors that influence their participation.FindingsSense of cohesive collective identity and injustice alongside efficacy considerations have shaped the organising experiences and affected the participation of informal sector workers in their union. The trade union was able to overcome the scourge of invisibility that has been one of the dominant features of informal sector employment.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper treated union participation as unidimensional. Besides, the subjective conceptualization of strengths of perceptions of injustice, identities and efficacy considerations could be a limitation. The paper does acknowledge the gendered nature of shipbreaking but have not actively pursued it as a part of our research.Practical implicationsThe findings of our study are an exemplar for those who intend to organise informal sector workers, especially precarious workers. The empirical findings allude to the role of trade unions in combating the invisibility, which is one of the defining features of informal sector workers through a distinctive, cohesive identity inculcated in those workers.Originality/valueThis paper has borrowed the SIMCA framework to explore union participation. Organising experiences of precarious workers from the developing world provides a contextual and an empirical novelty to our study.

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