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Job status and white‐collar members' union activity
Author(s) -
BLYTON PAUL,
NICHOLSON NIGEL,
URSELL GILL
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1981.tb00042.x
Subject(s) - grievance , collar , psychology , competence (human resources) , social psychology , industrial relations , political science , demographic economics , business , economics , law , finance
The study looks at membership activity and intra‐union relations in one branch of NALGO, the local government union, organizing across all job levels of the white‐collar hierarchy, including managerial grades. From the findings of research on small‐group behaviour and studies of blue‐collar unions, it was hypothesized that members' job status in the managerial system would be positively related to their union activity, and that status would also moderate the predictability of grievance‐raising behaviour from attitudes. The results broadly support these expectations and are discussed in terms of transfer between management and union systems of competence, commitment and influence