Models of Union Participation: A Summary of Literature
Published: 2019
Author(s) Name: Rashmi Maini |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad.
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Abstract
Present study unravels how and
why people join trade unions
and also what hinders them to
participate in unions activities.
It throws light on the various
types of union participation levels.
Further, it formulates different
types of participants (active
and passive). The paper focuses
on four union participation models.
First explains role of organizational
characteristics, personal
characteristic and perceptual
variables to predict trade
union participation. Second unveils
the reservation to join a
union. Third is based on ‘organization
support theory’ and
‘union support theory’. Fourth
is known as segmented model as
it separates five types of union
members, namely reluctant members,
card career, selective activists,
apolitical stalwarts and
ideological activists.
Keywords: N.A.
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