Comparison of economic and noneconomic factors in predicting faculty vote preference in a union representation election.

Abstract

faction (Kemerer & Baldridge, 1975;Ladd & Lipset, 1978). The perceived impact of unionization on the conditions of work (specifically, on job security and salary) is generally a better predictor than are actual budgets, faculty turnover, and teaching and research support (Marcus & Zonia, 1982). The compensation distribution structure of an institution and the likely effect of unionization on wages have also influenced support for unionization (Farber & Saks, 1980). Collective bargaining in higher education is more likely to be supported by faculty who are at the bottom of the wage structure and who perceive themselves as economically deprived relative to their counterparts at other institutions.Research focusing on noneconomic issues in all types of institutions has included the structural characteristics of the institutions

To vote or not to vote: abstaining from voting in union representation elections

“…Items used a 7-point response scale (1 = extremely dissatisfied, 7 = extremely satisfied) and scores were obtained by calculating the average of responses to the items. Two items based on those used by Zalesny (1985) addressed respondents' union attitudes toward collective bargaining in acadetnic institutions, namely 'Collective bargaining for faculty is consistent with my professional values' and 'Collective bargaining is an appropriate form of representation for academics' To measure perceived union instrumentality, respondents indicated their agreement with the proposed union's ability to improve seven aspects of faculty employment: academic freedom, tenure procedures, salary, fringe benefits, relations between faculty and administration, faculty participation in university decision making procedures, and support systems. These items were based on those used by Bigoness and Tosi (1984).…”

“…We measured pay satisfaction by having respondents indicate their degree of satisfaction with their salary, their salary compared with salaries of other faculty at the same university, and with the salaries of faculty at other universities. These items were adapted from Zalesny (1985). Items used a 7-point response scale (1 = extremely dissatisfied, 7 = extremely satisfied) and scores were obtained by calculating the average of responses to the items.…”

“…Attitudes toward unions in an academic context were addressed using three items similar to those in Study 1 (e.g., 'Collective bargaining for graduate student TAs is consistent with my professional values.'). These items were adapted from Zalesny(1985).…”

Antecedentes del estudio en estudiantes universitarios: Validación de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales basado en la teoría del comportamiento interpersonal en Chile

“…Zalesny (1985) basado en la TCI comparo exitosamente los factores económicos y no económicos que predicen la preferencia de voto en un representante universitario. Por su parte, Lanken, Aarts, Knippenberg y Knippenberg (1994) compararon la actitud de un ciudadano en relación a su hábito al momento de seleccionar un tipo de vehículo para movilizarse, basados en la TCI sus resultados indican que tanto actitud como hábito predicen la selección, y además, a medida que la fuerza del hábito aumenta, la actitud pierde fuerza, y viceversa.…”

Implicação com o sindicato: O papel das percepções de suporte e de instrumentalidade

“…É, no entanto, importante notar que a percepção de suporte do sindicato parece estar mais ligada aos três factores da implicação com o sindicato (lealdade ao sindicato, responsabilidade para com o sindicato e vontade de trabalhar para o sindicato) do que a instrumentalidade do sindicato, e não apenas mais ligada ao factor lealdade ao sindicato como Shore et al (1994) Assim, e tal como sugerido por Zalesny (1985) e Shore et al (1994), para lá da ligação económica de um membro ao seu sindicato, parece existir ainda uma relação de troca social, em que o cumprimento desta relação é subjectivamente inferido. Esta relação de troca social parece ser mais preponderante para o desenvolvimento da implicação com o sindicato, do que a ligação económica.…”