The union image: Concept, programs and analysis

Craft, James A.; Abboushi, Suhail

doi:10.1007/bf02685338

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“…Among them are union instrumentality, or "the degree to which unions are perceived as being both effective and powerful institutions," and Zeudership, or "public perceptions of persons filling the top administrative and operating positions in labor organizations." 12 But how are these attitudes formed? Research across a number of fields, including mass communication, indicates that personal experience, mediated experiences, or a combination of both, potentially play a role in the formation of such attitudes.…”

Section: Examining Publicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Media Effects on Public Opinion about a Newspaper Strike

Moy

McCoy²,

Spratt³

et al. 2003

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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This study examines antecedents of public involvement in and support for a strike by newspaper journalists in a two-newspaper metropolitan area. Specifically, we focus on the role that perceptions of journalists and the news media, as well as mediated and direct experience, play in shaping involvement and support for the strike. Using data from a probability sample of 456 respondents, we find differential effects of the specific newspaper read by respondents as well as attention paid to newspaper and television news. Results indicate that direct experience, attention to newspaper news, and knowledge of local politics have an impact on strike involvement. Perceptions of news organizations as profit-driven and views of local media drive perceptions of the legitimacy of striking journalists' concerns.As a key democratic institution, the news media perform crucial functions in America today, including surveying and analyzing the political environment for audience members, providing a platform for political debate, and acting as a watchdog against governmental abuse and corruption.'As another democratic institution, labor unions perform similar advocacy and empowerment functions for workers. StepanNorris states that "the raison d'etre of labor unions is to democratize labor relations, that is, to give ordinary workers a voice in determining the conditions that shape their work lives."2 Specifically, organized labor has secured better wages and benefits and stronger protection for workers against management abuses3While one body of research has focused on journalists and the news media, and another on unions, little research has intersected to explore journalists in their roles as union members. Against this backdrop, we examine how public support for journalists as union members is influenced by perceptions of the news media and journalists themselves. Specifically, we use survey data collected in the context of a newspaper strike to explore the impact of such perceptions.

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Section: Examining Publicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Media Effects on Public Opinion about a Newspaper Strike

Moy

McCoy²,

Spratt³

et al. 2003

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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“…Early studies had identified two dimensions of union instrumentality as economic and non economic (Youngblood, William, & Angelo, 1982). Later, it was conceptualized as union leadership and external power (Craft & Suhail, 1983), of which external power dimension closely coincides with political instrumentality.…”

Section: Political Instrumentalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Union politicization in Sri Lanka: dimensions and measurement

2014

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Abstract:-Through trade unions are mostly viewed as employee organizations protecting employee"s interests, they have political dimension too. Politicization of employee unions has added an extra complexity not only to their behavior, but also to their impact on organizations in industrial relations. Therefore, this political dimension of employee unions has to be taken into account in studies on unions.Researchers have identified two dimensions of union politicization namely political instrumentality and political ideology. Measurement of union politicization should incorporate both the political instrumentality and political ideology dimensions of union politicization. However, past researches have used either the political instrumentality or political ideology in measuring union politicization depending on their research context. The aim of this study is to test the goodness of measure of the union politicization in Sri Lankan Context. Dhammika, K.A.S., Ahmad, F.B., Sam, T.L. Wayamba Journal of Management 3 (2) 61 Data was collected from 136 public sector employee selected using stratified random sampling. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability testing were applied for testing the validity and reliability of the measurement. It was found that both political instrumentality and political belief dimensions are validly and reliably held in explaining the union politicization in Sri Lankan context. Further, results and implications are discussed so that it can be used for future research on union politicization.

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“…Yet the former can have major implications for unions and public policy initiatives (Craft and Abboushi, 1983), perhaps even more than the latter. Moreover, the use of subjective data allows a more systematic analysis not only of what unions appear to do, but also of what they should do.…”

Section: Five Roles Of Unions (In Theory)mentioning

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Beliefs about unions and what they should do: A survey of employed canadians

Godard

1997

J Labor Res

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I use IR theory to identify five roles that have been associated with unions in North America and then report the findings from a 1995 survey of employed Canadians, asking them their beliefs about the amount of effort unions place on each of twentyfour activities associated with these roles, the amount of effort unions should place on each, and the amount of success unions have on each. Basically, Canadians want unions to continue to perform their traditional activities, and they view unions as having an important conflict role, but they also want unions to place more effort into more consensual workplace democratization and participation activities. These results are consistent with the notion of "adversary participation," and are interpreted as suggesting a new "model" of unions, one which enables workers to have greater control over their working lives.

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The union image: Concept, programs and analysis

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Media Effects on Public Opinion about a Newspaper Strike

Media Effects on Public Opinion about a Newspaper Strike

Union politicization in Sri Lanka: dimensions and measurement

Beliefs about unions and what they should do: A survey of employed canadians

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