Building More Effective Unions

Paul F. Clark

ISBN 10: 0801475198 / ISBN 13: 9780801475191

Published by Cornell University Press, 2009

About this Item

Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 514. . 2009. 2 Rev ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building More Effective Unions
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801475198
• ISBN 13: 9780801475191
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Employers have long turned to behavioral science for guidance on making their organizations more effective. Labor scholar Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should also take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in this field, and he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so.

Much of the behavioral science research relevant to unions relies on complex statistical analyses and is disseminated through scholarly journals. This clearly written book makes the findings of behavioral science accessible to those committed to building a stronger labor movement. It describes behavioral science's understanding of such topics as organizational commitment and member participation and suggests how this knowledge can best be applied to unions.

Building More Effective Unions offers practical strategies unions can use to their advantage in a number of areas, including:
-Union participation
-Organization and retention
-Union orientation and socialization
-Political action
-Grievance procedures
-Information and communications
-Union image-building
-Union culture
-Union leadership

The book features examples of how unions and their leaders have benefited from putting the principles of behavioral science into practice.

About the Author

Paul F. Clark is Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations at Pennsylvania State University. He has served as an education and research consultant for more than twenty-five national and numerous local unions. He is coeditor of Forging a Union of Steel and Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector.