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- Title
Race Differences in Motivations for Joining Unions: The Role of Prosocial Beliefs.
- Authors
Gumber, Clayton; Padavic, Irene
- Abstract
Objective: This article investigates whether a prosocial orientation—which stresses unions' concern for all working people—might differentially influence whites' and African Americans' decisions to join unions. Methods: Logistic regression using data from the 2005 AFL‐CIO Union Message Survey. Results: African Americans' odds of voting "yes" in a hypothetical union election are nearly two times greater than whites' odds, and prosocial beliefs partially mediate this effect. Conclusion: A model of unionism that seeks political goals beyond narrow workplace ones (i.e., that capitalizes on the prosocial orientation documented here) may increase unions' success in attracting African‐American members, thereby improving African Americans' labor market experience and revitalizing the labor movement.
- Subjects
RACIAL differences; LABOR union elections; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PROSOCIAL behavior; LABOR movement
- Publication
Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 2020, Vol 101, Issue 2, p490
- ISSN
0038-4941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ssqu.12772