A Profile of Labor Arbitration

Abstract

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Arbitrator Characteristics and Arbitral Decisions

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VARIOUS FACTORS, including experience, education, occupation and visibility, have been identified as affecting the selection of arbitrators. Although studies such as those by Peterson and Rezler (1978), Warren and Bernstein (1951), Primeaux and Brannen (1975), and Briggs and Anderson (1980) differ in the arbitrator characteristics cited as significant, all agree that both labor and management prefer arbitrators with specific attributes. This would imply that, at least from the parties' perspective, there is a connection between arbitrators' characteristics and their decisions.

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