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MGMT 329MGMT 329
UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING UNIONIZATION UNIONIZATION
DECISIONDECISION
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Different Aspects of UnionsDifferent Aspects of Unions
EconomicEconomicVoiceVoiceEquityEquityCountervailing PowerCountervailing PowerForced UnionismForced Unionism
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The Economic RationaleThe Economic Rationale
Traditional bread-and-butter Traditional bread-and-butter concernsconcerns
Getting a better dealGetting a better dealnegotiating higher wages and benefitsnegotiating higher wages and benefits
Taking wages out of competitionTaking wages out of competitionprotecting members from competitionprotecting members from competition““organizing to the extent of the market”organizing to the extent of the market”
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The Voice RationaleThe Voice Rationale
Exit and Voice TheoryExit and Voice TheoryDealing with dissatisfactionDealing with dissatisfaction
Benefits of worker voiceBenefits of worker voiceimprovement in job conditionsimprovement in job conditionsincreased productivityincreased productivity
union shock effectunion shock effect
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Fairness and EquityFairness and Equity
““sharing the pie”sharing the pie”Equity TheoryEquity Theory
equity within companyequity within companyequity within industryequity within industry
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Countervailing Power Countervailing Power RationaleRationale
Gaining control over conditions at workGaining control over conditions at workLobbying government and taking political Lobbying government and taking political
actionactionunions are the only lobby groupunions are the only lobby group
Increasing justice in the workplaceIncreasing justice in the workplacecollective agreementcollective agreementgrievance proceduregrievance procedure
Providing workers an opportunity for Providing workers an opportunity for participationparticipation
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Forced UnionismForced Unionism
Not all unionized workers choose to Not all unionized workers choose to be represented by a unionbe represented by a unionMajority rules!Majority rules!Union security arrangements Union security arrangements
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What Workers Actually Want What Workers Actually Want from Unionsfrom Unions
Survey by Godard (1995)Survey by Godard (1995)Traditional areasTraditional areas
protecting wages and benefitsprotecting wages and benefitsprotecting job securityprotecting job securitypursuing grievancespursuing grievancespushing for stronger organizing lawspushing for stronger organizing lawssupporting workers on strike supporting workers on strike
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What Workers Actually Want What Workers Actually Want from Unionsfrom Unions
What workers believe unions must What workers believe unions must dodoensuring workers have a say in union ensuring workers have a say in union
affairsaffairsensuring workers have a say in the ensuring workers have a say in the
workplaceworkplacefinding positive solutions to workplace-finding positive solutions to workplace-
based conflictsbased conflictsrepresenting workers’ interests to representing workers’ interests to
managementmanagement
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Unionization: Propensity and Unionization: Propensity and OpportunityOpportunity
Why do some workers join unions Why do some workers join unions while others do not?while others do not?
PropensityPropensityJob DissatisfactionJob DissatisfactionPerceived Union InstrumentalityPerceived Union InstrumentalityPreconceived Views About UnionsPreconceived Views About Unions
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Unionization: Propensity and Unionization: Propensity and OpportunityOpportunity
OpportunityOpportunityType of industry and location of Type of industry and location of
employmentemploymentThe nature of the union that traditionally The nature of the union that traditionally
organizes the particular industryorganizes the particular industryThe public-policy settingThe public-policy settingDegree and expression of employer Degree and expression of employer
oppositionopposition
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Process of UnionizationProcess of Unionization
Dissatisfaction with working conditionsDissatisfaction with working conditionsGap between workers’ expectations and Gap between workers’ expectations and
their achievementstheir achievementsInhibiting or facilitating conditionsInhibiting or facilitating conditions
Widening Expectation-Achievement Gap Widening Expectation-Achievement Gap Union Organizing PhaseUnion Organizing PhaseUnionizationUnionizationPost-Unionization Phase Post-Unionization Phase