Individual unionization decisions: a multilevel model of cost-benefit influences.

Full Abstract

An important part of the unionization process is predicting the individual's vote for or against union representation. We proposed and tested a multilevel model based on the relative importance of costs and benefits of representation. Regression statistics from within-person analyses were used to show the influence of perceived costs and benefits on judgment policies about intent to vote in a representation election. Using these statistics as outcome variables, between--person analyses were used to show the influence of decision frame on cost-benefit influences, in which framing a vote as one for or against the union was conceived as a contextual variable in an election. Results were used to extend prior unionization research and to suggest how employers and unions may attend to framing effects in an election.

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Author information

Author/s: Mellor, Steven (S); Holzworth, R James (RJ); Conway, James M (JM);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1020, USA. mellor(-atsign-)uconnvm.uconn.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Experimental psychology (Exp Psychol), published in Germany. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-; vol 50 (issue 2) : pp 142-54

Dates: Created 2003/04/15; Completed 2003/07/03; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12693199, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Individuality
Labor Unions - economics
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Politics

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