“…Following Martin's (1986) argument, differences in these ®nd-ings may be related to differences in the potential strike situations. However, our hypotheses were developed in conjunction with literature on strikes and strike propensity in several other countries beyond the United States (e.g., Barling et al, 1992b;Cohen, 1992;Ingram et al, 1993;Klandermans, 1984Klandermans, , 1986Ng, 1991;Paldam and Pedersen, 1982). Moreover, for the most part, our ®ndings are consistent with individual level studies in other countries, suggesting that our results would generalize to other settings, particularly for contract negotiations.…”