title: NLRB rule making. The impact of regulatory reform on hospital unionization.
abstract: Many hospital executives feared that the National Labor Relations Board's 1991 decision to recognize eight hospital employee bargaining units would lead to increased union activity. However, this study shows that union activity actually decreased after that decision.
authors.affiliation: College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kantack
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D017008:Negotiating; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States