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Explaining union membership of temporary workers in Spain: the role of local representatives and workers’ participative potential
Author(s) -
Sánchez David Llorente
Publication year - 2007
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.1468-2338.2007.00435.x
Subject(s) - constraint (computer aided design) , trade union , workforce , sample (material) , politics , perspective (graphical) , labour economics , demographic economics , political science , economics , law , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
It has been widely assumed that type‐of‐contract segmentation represents a strong structural constraint on trade union growth. The analysis of a sample of the Spanish workforce shows, however, that the effect of contract type on union membership is not statistically significant once the availability and performance of local union representatives are introduced in the explanatory model. Additionally, the worker’s participative potential, as indicated by his/her social and political capital, is also found to be a major explanatory factor. These findings are placed in comparative perspective and discussed in relation to possible union revitalisation strategies.