Academic Senates and Faculty Collective Bargaining

Baldridge, J. Victor; Kemerer, Frank R.

doi:10.1080/00221546.1976.11774063

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“…According to a 1974 survey, presidents and union chairpersons tend to agree that unions focus their attention on economic issues such as faculty salaries, promotions, and some working conditions, whereas senates retain control over academic issues such as degree requirements and curriculum (Baldridge and Kemerer 1976). Results of this survey and a similar survey of SUNY representatives (Hedgepeth 1974) indicated that both university administration and union personnel believe that senates and unions have taken control of mutually exclusive university issues.…”

Section: University Governancementioning

confidence: 73%

“…For faculty unions, there is a gray area of issues that falls somewhere between the realm of union control and the realm of senate control. According to Baldridge and Kemerer (1976), senates and unions shared a joint influence over personnel issues such as faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure policy, and neither senates nor unions had any input over departmental budgets or long-range planning. However, in order for unions to sustain and expand the support of their membership, they must expand the scope of their bargaining.…”

Section: University Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

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The organizational impact of university labor unions

Wickens

2008

High Educ

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The current review presents both postulated and empirically tested consequences of university unionization and labor strikes on the North American institution's administration, faculty, and students. The review explores the impact of collective bargaining on employee working conditions including job security, academic freedom, university governance, and due process. More importantly, this review examines the much neglected issue of organizational work relationships in a unionized academic environment. The relationships discussed include those between faculty members, between the faculty and administration, between the faculty and the university as an institution, and between the faculty and their union. The threat of unionization and labor strikes to the professorstudent or mentor-mentee relationship has been a central concern of those opposed to graduate student unions, and this issue is also addressed here. The text concludes with the identification of potential areas for future research.

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Section: University Governancementioning

confidence: 73%

Section: University Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

The organizational impact of university labor unions

Wickens

2008

High Educ

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“…Research on faculty unionization suggests that dissatisfaction with working conditions and a perceived lack of influence in changing those conditions led to faculty support to unionize (Brett, 1980;Bornheimer, 1985;Carr & Van Eyck, 1973;Baldridge & Kemerer, 1977). Although dissatisfaction with economic factors (salary and benefits, facilities, and equipment) have been identified as primary issues of faculty concern, Baldridge and Kemerer (1977) found that the growth of collective bargaining was also a result of faculty dissatisfaction with collegial mechanisms.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Faculty Support For Unionizationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Unionization and Perceived Control Among Community College Faculty

Linville

Antony

Hayden

2011

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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“…It had authority to make recommendations, and executive power in emergencies, but no legislative power (BLEWETT, 1938;MORTIMER, 1971). Begin (1974Begin ( , 1978, Aussieker (1975), Moore (1975), Kemerer and Baldridge (1975), Baldridge and Kemerer (1976), and Lee (1979), by analyzing the negotiation processes within university senates, discover another important interest group with great influence on decisional processes: trade associations, which exert great influence on decision-making for the defense of their interests.…”

Section: University Governance: the Role Of University Senatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another weakness of these structures is academics' low participation. Many of them show little interest in political issues and prefer to devote themselves to their research activities and/or professorships (LASER, 1967;KEMERER, 1976;SELTZER, 1974). Although they do not want to spend time in the management or discussions of university policies, they insist on the creation of spaces which allow them to express their opinions formally or informally, and thus try to stop any development which threatens their position in the institution (TOURAINE, 1974;KENEN;KENEN, 1978).…”

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confidence: 99%

Análisis sincrónico de la gobernanza universitaria: una mirada teórica a los años sesenta y setenta

2016

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The study of the perspectives in the field of university governance has had increasing prominence, especially taking into account the unquestionable need to advance towards more efficient organizations, connected with the expectations that society has about them. Given this scenario, this work's central purpose was to conduct a synchronous analysis of the concept of governance and the constitution of university governments. As for methodology, we used secondary sources: a review of papers published mainly in English-language journals. The study focuses on the sixties and seventies and addresses the roots of the concept of university governance, delineating the actors in university governments, and the power relations between them. Among the key findings, it can be highlighted that the academic stratum, since the start of universities, has played an almost plenipotentiary role in university governments and, as a result, in the course of university development, and, as organizational complexity increased, it was necessary to incorporate new actors into management systems; all the above considering that two elements have been fundamental for the survival of these institutions: the legitimacy granted by society and the beginning of strategies in the management area. KeywordsOrganizations -University -University governance -Participation. Palabras claveOrganizaciones -Universidad -Gobernanza universitaria -Participación.

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Academic Senates and Faculty Collective Bargaining

Cited by 20 publications

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The organizational impact of university labor unions

The organizational impact of university labor unions

Unionization and Perceived Control Among Community College Faculty

Análisis sincrónico de la gobernanza universitaria: una mirada teórica a los años sesenta y setenta

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