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Unions and Work Attitudes in the United States and Japan
Author(s) -
LINCOLN JAMES R.,
BOOTHE JOAN N.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1993.tb01025.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , promotion (chess) , job satisfaction , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , demographic economics , labour economics , social psychology , business , psychology , political science , economics , politics , mechanical engineering , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , law
Examining whether Japanese enterprise unions have a negative effect on employee job attitudes or whether they forge a stronger bond between the worker and the firm, our results indicate that union membership has no effect on Japanese employees' job satisfaction, but that there is some negative impact on company commitment. Much of the union effect on U.S. workers' job attitudes stems from lower job complexity, work autonomy, perceived promotion chances, and quality circle membership.