Determinants of labor union members' satisfaction with their unions

dc.contributor.authorHimarios, Jane Smithen
dc.contributor.committeechairTideman, Nicolausen
dc.contributor.committeememberOrr, Daniel D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMann, Barbara S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAshley, Richard A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLowenstein, Marken
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T13:35:07Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-24T13:35:07Zen
dc.date.issued1988en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the determinants of union members' satisfaction with their unions. Two theories of member satisfaction are formulated. In the first, satisfaction is hypothesized to be a function of specific union performances. The second theory relates satisfaction to the relationship between unions and their members. Constitutional procedures, in addition to performance, are the predicted determinants of satisfaction. A set of variables measuring union performance in various areas thought to be important to union members is constructed to test the first theory. In the second theory, labor union constitutions are viewed as explicit contracts between unions and their members, and various constitutional provisions are quantified and used as a set of satisfaction determinants. Performance variables are found to be the primary determinants of satisfaction, explaining the majority of the measured variation in satisfaction. The constitutional variables cannot be ignored, however, because when they are combined with performance variables they do contribute significantly, in a statistical sense, to the explanatory power of the union satisfaction model. It appears that constitutional "contracts" which specify officer removal and officer election procedures do help to solve union members' agency problems and thus increase their satisfaction with their unions.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 72 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53531en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18265305en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1988.H552en
dc.subject.lcshLabor unionsen
dc.subject.lcshDeterminantsen
dc.titleDeterminants of labor union members' satisfaction with their unionsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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