Why do people join trade unions? The impact of workplace union density on union recruitment
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Why do people join trade unions? The impact of workplace union density on union recruitment. / Toubøl, Jonas; Jensen, Carsten Strøby.
2013. Paper præsenteret ved European ILERA Conference, Amsterdam, Holland.Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning
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TY - CONF
T1 - Why do people join trade unions?
AU - Toubøl, Jonas
AU - Jensen, Carsten Strøby
N1 - Conference code: 10
PY - 2013/6/20
Y1 - 2013/6/20
N2 - In this study the reasons for joining a trade union are analyzed statistically using high quality data from Statistics Denmark comprising the entire Danish workforce combined with European Social Survey data from rounds 1-3. These data enables measuring the effect of union density at the workplace level on union recruitment, which is not done before. Workplace union density is taken to measure the strength of the workplace’s custom of being union member creating an instrumental incentive to join the union. Self-placement on a political left-right scale measures political attitude taken to be a value rational motive. The statistical results indicate that the most important predictor of joining the union is workplace union density and only in a secondary manner does political attitude matter. It is concluded that the normative pressure of one’s colleagues is the dominating reason for joining a trade union.
AB - In this study the reasons for joining a trade union are analyzed statistically using high quality data from Statistics Denmark comprising the entire Danish workforce combined with European Social Survey data from rounds 1-3. These data enables measuring the effect of union density at the workplace level on union recruitment, which is not done before. Workplace union density is taken to measure the strength of the workplace’s custom of being union member creating an instrumental incentive to join the union. Self-placement on a political left-right scale measures political attitude taken to be a value rational motive. The statistical results indicate that the most important predictor of joining the union is workplace union density and only in a secondary manner does political attitude matter. It is concluded that the normative pressure of one’s colleagues is the dominating reason for joining a trade union.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Union recruitment
KW - union density
KW - social custom theory
KW - political attitude
KW - rational choice
KW - value rationality
KW - European Social Survey
M3 - Paper
Y2 - 20 June 2013 through 22 June 2013
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