Roads and roadblocks to dual commitment: similar and dissimilar antecedents of union and company commitment
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Dual commitment received wide attention during the 1950's and, after a waning of interest during the 1960s and 1970s, interest has grown anew. In this study of dual commitment we used a model of investment and returns, applied referent theory to it, and grounded the investigation in an industrial relations context at an airline carrier in order to examine both company and union commitment. We found that wages were a positive income elastic good with respect to company commitment, but they were a negative good with respect to union commitment. Information obtained from the firm or the union also resulted in divergencies in the commitments. External labor market variables were unrelated to union commitment, but they were related to company commitment. Finally, job influence and perceptions concerning a labor-management program were positive predictors of the two commitments; as such, they have implications for the way firms and unions may want to build commitment. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1989
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Wages, productivity, and costs in union and nonunion hospitals
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This paper considers the effects of labor unions on the economic performance of hospitals. Two data sets are considered. The first includes 275 hospitals from 13 urban areas; the second includes 114 hospitals from Ohio. The analysis is designed to determine whether or not union-induced productivity improvements occur within the rather noncompetitive hospital market and questions whether or not there are cost differences between union and nonunion hospitals. On the question of productivity, both data sets indicate that positive effects occur in the hospital sector. The answer to the second question is less clear. The primary data set indicates that unionized hospitals actually have lower costs that their nonunion counterparts, while the Ohio sample indicates that unionized hospital costs are lower, but not significantly so. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1988
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Variables related to patterns of union stewards' commitment
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The commitment of 192 union stewards (of an AFL-CIO affiliated local, midwestern, 10,000 member union) to their employers and unions is evaluated through questionnaires, to assess the level of commitment predictability by identical antecedent variables. These variables are tested for links to feelings of dual or unilateral commitment. The antecedent variables related to employer and union commitment include: any personal characteristics; two role-related expectations; job experiences; and organizational factors. Results indicate that predictors are primarily different, and there was a relationship between variables and stewards with feelings of dual commitment, and between elements with varying levels of unilateral commitment.
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1986
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