The rise, decline, resurrection, and growth of union commitment research

Patrick Horsman; Daniel G. Gallagher; E. Kevin Kelloway

Handbook of Employee Commitment

Research Handbooks in Business and Management series

Edited by John P. Meyer

A high level of employee commitment holds particular value for organizations owing to its impact on organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. This Handbook provides an up-to-date review of theory and research pertaining to employee commitment in the workplace, outlining its value for both employers and employees and identifying key factors in its development, maintenance or decline. Including chapters from leading theorists and researchers from around the world, this Handbook presents cumulated and cutting-edge research exploring what commitment is, the different forms it can take, and how it is distinct from related concepts such as employee engagement, work motivation, embeddedness, the psychological contract, and organizational identification.

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Published in print:: 28 Oct 2016

ISBN:: 9781784711733

eISBN:: 9781784711740

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784711740

Pages:: c 576

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Chapter 12: The rise, decline, resurrection, and growth of union commitment research

Patrick Horsman, Daniel G. Gallagher and E. Kevin Kelloway

Handbook Chapter

Published:: 28 October 2016

Category:: Handbook Chapter

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784711740.00023

Pages:: 165–177 (13 total)

Collection: Business 2016

Abstract

The nature and extent of members’ commitment to their labor union has been a topic of research interest for approximately 75 years. Although the rationale for studying member commitment has varied across the years, union commitment has emerged as a central variable in understanding union_member relations and, by extension, the process of unionization. The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) provide a brief review of the history and development of the construct of union commitment; (2) examine the current state of knowledge regarding the predictors, consequences, and correlates of union commitment; and (3) to re-evaluate the operational measures of union commitment and offer the outline of a research agenda that is intended to reinvigorate the study of union commitment.

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