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The importance of gender for participation in and attitudes to trade unionism
Author(s) -
Sinclair Diane M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00772.x
Subject(s) - trade union , differential (mechanical device) , political science , economics , labour economics , engineering , aerospace engineering
This article attempts to establish the main determinants of an employee's involvement in trade unionism, and to explain the male/female differential in union participation. Women, especially parttime workers, are less likely to participate in union meetings than men, which seems largely attributable to women's lower favourability to trade unions, although women are as likely as men to believe in the principles of trade unionism.