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- Title
Fear of Reprisal for Disclosing Union Interest: Assessing the Effectiveness of Perceived Anti-Unionism.
- Authors
Mellor, Steven; Kath, Lisa
- Abstract
We modeled a macro-level relationship at a micro-level level to examine the effectiveness of anti-unionism in psychological terms. We reasoned that fear of reprisal for disclosing union interest in the work environment was an affective response to perceived anti-unionism and hypothesized that fear of reprisal would disrupt the prediction of expression of this interest among nonunion employees ( N = 1,010). With financial strain as a predictor of interest and fear of reprisal as a moderator, disruption was found. The results of the model are discussed in terms of the unintended consequences of anti-unionism, which, we argue, can include stress effects among employees and healthcare cost effects among employers.
- Subjects
NONUNION employees; WORK environment; EMPLOYEE rights; LABOR unions; INDUSTRIAL relations; HUMAN behavior models; REPRISALS (International relations)
- Publication
Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
0892-7545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10672-010-9154-y