The effects on union membership of race and immigration status: focusing on Asian Americans
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This study empirically examined the relationship between individuals' race and their union membership status, with particular emphasis on Asian Americans. Using a data set drawn from 14,178 respondents in March 1996 Current Population Survey, the authors evaluated the predictions of three competing theoretical perspectives - the segmented labor market model, the assimilation model, and the self-protection model - on the union status of Asian Americans. Probit regression results showed that Asians are more likely to join unions than whites. Contrasted to the cases of blacks and whites, immigration-related variables (e.g., length of stay in the United States, naturalized citizens, and foreign nationals) were found to be more significant determinants of union status for Asians than the conventional explanatory variables of union status (e.g., earnings and age). These results are more compatible with the assimilation and the self-protection models than the segmented labor market model. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1997
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Problems with research by organizational scholars on issues of race and ethnicity
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Despite a growing need for knowledge about the effects of race and ethnicity in organizations, relatively little research on these issues has been performed and few research reports have been published in the major management journals. A literature review and a survey of authors in the field indicate that factors responsible for this problem fall into two categories: factors limiting the amount of work done on these issues, and factors hindering the publication of completed work. Underlying many of these factors is the tendency for the effects of personal biases among authors, reviewers, and editors to be especially severe with respect to this topic. Moreover, issues of racioethnic relations and heterogeneity, including the problem of racism, have never really been resolved in American society generally. Following an analysis of the problems, suggestions are provided to aid scholars in effectively conducting and evaluating research on this topic. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1990
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Problems with research by organizational scholars on issues of race and ethnicity
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The need for knowledge about the effects of race and ethnicity in organizations is growing but it is described that only little research is performed and published in management journals. The issues and obstacles that have hindered the development of research on race and ethnicity are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 2004
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