Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes

Dubé, Arindrajit; Kaplan, Ethan; Thompson, Owen

doi:10.1177/0019793916644251

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“…has replaced unionization as a means of advocating for worker interests (Kleiner 2013). 1 For nurse unions, it is important to resolve tensions between unionization and professionalization because research has associated nurse unionization with improvements in health outcomes such as lower mortality rates (Seago and Ash 2002) and fewer hospital-acquired illnesses (Dube et al 2016). Moreover, research has associated overly burdensome registered nurse (RN) workloads with poor health outcomes (Aiken et al 2012;Cook et al 2012).…”

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The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany

Krachler

Auffenberg²,

Wolf³

2020

Brit J Industrial Rel

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Scholars have intensely debated the conditions under which trade unions can successfully mobilize professionals. We explore an internationally comparative perspective on mobilizing professionals by asking how two nurse unions in the United States and Germany successfully limited management's prerogative over staffing levels. We found that German national institutions had little influence over the bargaining process; instead, factors at the level of organizations and their environment (leadership support, organizational restructuring, coalitionbuilding with supportive stakeholders and framing) enabled mobilization. Based on a power resources perspective, we conclude that unions can mobilize professionals using militancy, even without much support from national institutions.In response to declining densities, trade unions in the Global North have adopted militant tactics such as protests, one-to-one organizing and strikes. In the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, trade union confederations have since the 1980s created training institutions to promote organizing (Heery 2002). Since the early 2000s, German unions have also adopted organizing in Germany's coordinated, macro-institutional context (Greer 2008;Nachtwey and Wolf 2013). Moreover, Change to Win's European Organising Centre has greatly supported new strategies across Europe, including organizing in hospitals (Givan and Eaton Forthcoming).At the same time, national average densities have continued to decline (Ibsen and Tapia 2017). In the meantime, professionalization processes such as licensing have increased, perhaps indicating that such professionalization

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The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany

Krachler

Auffenberg²,

Wolf³

2020

Brit J Industrial Rel

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“…Several studies have used methods including the difference-in-difference approach and regression discontinuity analysis to identify union effects. See, e.g.,DiNardo and Lee (2004),Lee and Mas (2012), Frandsen (2013, 2014,Dube, Kaplan, and Thompson (2014),Sojourner et al (2014), andHart and Sojourner (2015).5 SeeSchmitz (2005) and Alder, Lagakos, and Ohanian (2015) on the potential effects of unions on firms and the economy. These effects are likely to be amplified when unions are concentrated in larger and more productive manufacturing plants.6 Taschereau-Dumouchel (2015) analyzed the welfare effects of this threat Farber (2005).…”

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What Businesses Attract Unions? Unionization over the Life Cycle of U.S. Establishments

Dinlersoz¹,

Greenwood²,

Hyatt

2016

ILR Review

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What types of businesses attract unions? The study develops a theory of union learning and organizing to provide an answer to this question. A union monitors the productivity of establishments in an industry and uses this information to decide which ones to organize. An establishment becomes unionized if the union wins a certification election, the outcome of which can be influenced by costly actions taken by the two parties. The model offers predictions on the nature of union selection, which are examined empirically. Data on union certification elections, matched with data on establishment characteristics, are used to explore where union activity is concentrated.

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“…On the other hand, international unions of nurses have always followed the demands of nurses 1 . The participants' experiences showed the connection of diplomacy with international organizations and the subsequent use of their support to increase the bargaining power of domestic unions.…”

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“…In the past 30 years, the healthcare system has witnessed a steady increase in membership. The healthcare labor has prioritized membership in trade unions and professional organizations to achieve their rights despite the increased membership dues, showing the effectiveness of such organizations and individuals' trust in the professional organizations in the health system 1,2 . Nurses are an important part of the healthcare system and predominantly involved in direct patient care.…”

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Diplomatic activities of Iranian Nursing Organization: A qualitative study

Sharafi

Cheraghi²,

Nasiri

et al. 2021

Nursing Forum

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Background Nursing organizations play an important role in fulfilling the professional demands of nurses. The Iranian Nursing Organization (INO) is also using diplomatic activities in this direction. Aim This study was conducted to explain the diplomatic activities of INO. Methods A descriptive qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis. A purposive sampling approach was used. Data were collected via in‐depth, unstructured, face‐to‐face interviews with 21 nurses at various INOs in different cities from March to July 2020. The data collection process continued until data saturation. Interviews were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman's (2004) guidelines. The MAXQDA software (v. 10) was used. Finding The results showed that the diplomatic activities of INO comprise professional (three categories), social (two categories), and diplomacy in power network (two categories). Conclusion INO carries out diplomatic activities at organizational, national and international levels and pursues its professional nursing goals through diplomacy. INO also uses social diplomacy and political diplomacy to influence decision‐makers in the community and network of power.

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Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes

Cited by 20 publications

References 39 publications

The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany

The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany

What Businesses Attract Unions? Unionization over the Life Cycle of U.S. Establishments

Diplomatic activities of Iranian Nursing Organization: A qualitative study

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