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Why Do Non–union Employees Want to Unionize? Evidence from Britain

Author(s) -

Charlwood Andy

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

british journal of industrial relations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1467-8543

pISSN - 0007-1080

DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00243

Subject(s) - join (topology) , trade union , sample (material) , union density , political science , demographic economics , psychology , social psychology , labour economics , economics , collective bargaining , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , combinatorics

This paper assesses the determinants of the level of support for union membership among non–union employees. Using data from a representative sample of non–union employees in Great Britain, the research confirms the importance of job dissatisfaction, left–wing views and perceived union instrumentality as predictors of willingness to join a trade union, union instrumentality being the most significant.

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