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A Factorial Study of Labor Arbitration Cases
Author(s) -
DREWES DONALD W.,
BLANCHARD ROBERT E.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1959.tb00812.x
Subject(s) - grievance , arbitration , psychology , sample (material) , job security , social psychology , law , political science , chemistry , polarization (electrochemistry) , chromatography
Summary A F actor analysis of issues involved in labor arbitration cases was undertaken in order to determine if seemingly independent grievance issues may, in fact, be related to more basic underlying factors. A sample of 120 arbitration cases was drawn from those appearing in the Prentice‐Hall arbitration series. Two judges independently classified the issues involved in each case according to 17 grievance categories. These 17 grievance categories were intercorrelated and factored by use of the centroid method. Five grievance factors were extracted and identified as (A) Economic Security , (B) Control of Job Environment , (C) Job Status and Recognition , (D) Union Security , and (E) Power Relations. It was concluded that the grievance cases considered in this study resulted from dissatisfactions which could be classified by these five grievance factors. This seems to suggest that the numerous grievance factors generally associated with arbitrations are indeed superfluous and, in fact, may be represented by only five factors, the most important of which seems to be Economic Security.