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22 Lab. Stud. J. 66 (1997-1998)
Union Commitment Types and Union Activist Involvement: Lessons for Union Organizers and Labor Educators

handle is hein.journals/labstuj22 and id is 150 raw text is: Union Commitment Types and Union Activist Involvement: Lessons for Union Organizers and Labor Educators? Brian Heshizer and John Lund A sample of union members was used to investigate the relationship between normative (ideologically based) commitment and instrumental (reward based) commitment and different types of union participation and involvement. Union members with high levels of normative commitment were more involved in the union and were more willing to engage in union activities requiring personal sacrifice and time than were members with high instrumental levels of union commitment. Implications for union organizers and labor educators as well as further research issues are dis- cussed. Index terms: Labor education, psychology; Organizing; Rand and file, attitudes; Union conunitment. Do attitudes held by union members have a relationship to their union participation and involvement? Research conducted since the early 1980s has focused on identifying factors associated with union participation with much emphasis on union commitment as a variable related to union partici- pation. (Gallagher and Clark, 1989; Fullager 1986; Thacker, Fields and Tetrick 1989; Friedman and Harvey 1986). The harsh economic and political environment confronting unions together with more specific concerns about union organizing success and member involvement has shown unionists and labor educators the value of understanding how member attachment to their Brian Heshizer is an associate professor, Department of Management and Labor Rela- tions, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. John Lund is a professor, School for Workers, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, Wisconsin.

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