Political instrumentality perceptions and desires for union representation

Solidarity Revisited: Group-level Effects on Individual-level Union Voting

“…Predicting union certification elections has interested industrial relations researchers and industrial/organizational psychologists for decades (e.g., Getman et al 1976;Schriesheim 1978;Brief and Rude 1981;Hammer and Berman 1981;Youngblood et al 1984;Summers et al 1986;Fiorito 1987;Deshpande and Fiorito 1989;Montgomery 1989;Silverblatt and Amann 1991;Deshpande 1992;Cotton and McKenna 1994;Blader 2007). With regard to union certification elections, Barling et al (1992) identified four general categories of predictors: 1) demographic predictors (e.g.…”

Union authorization card signatures and union certification election vote

“…This variable is usually referred to as union instrumentality (e.g. Fiorito, 1987). As with union image, numerous findings suggest that an employee's decision to support or oppose unionization is based on the perception of the union's capacity to produce desired results.…”

Modeling Demand For Unionization With Nontraditional Data Analysis Methods

“…Union instrumentality perceptions are principal determinants of union support (e.g., Kochan, 1979;Decotiis and LeLouarn, 1981;Fiorito, 1987;Deshpande and Fiorito, 1989;Kelloway et al, 1998;Redman and Snape, 2005). Union instrumentality is the perception held by individuals about unions answering the question, ''what can it do for me?''…”

“…There is an abundance of research that has searched for causes of unionization (e.g., Kochan, 1979;Hirsch, 1980;DeCotiis and LeLouarn, 1981;Youngblood et al, 1984;Fiorito, 1987;Freeman and Rogers, 1999;Redman and Snape, 2005). This body of research has not been able to come to any definitive conclusions partly because of conflicting empirical findings (Redman and Snape, 2005).…”