title: Individual unionization decisions: a multilevel model of cost-benefit influences.
abstract: An important part of the unionization process is predicting the individual's vote for or against union representation. We proposed and tested a multilevel model based on the relative importance of costs and benefits of representation. Regression statistics from within-person analyses were used to show the influence of perceived costs and benefits on judgment policies about intent to vote in a representation election. Using these statistics as outcome variables, between--person analyses were used to show the influence of decision frame on cost-benefit influences, in which framing a vote as one for or against the union was conceived as a contextual variable in an election. Results were used to extend prior unionization research and to suggest how employers and unions may attend to framing effects in an election.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1020, USA. mellor@uconnvm.uconn.edu
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: R James
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Holzworth
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Conway
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000191:economics*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011057:Politics