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Union Effectiveness

Union Effectiveness is a theoretical construct within the field of labor relations that denotes the capacity of a labor union to achieve its instrumental, representative, and voice-related objectives for its members, differentiated from related organizational outcomes by its focus on the union’s success in securing collective bargaining advantages, grievance resolution, member participation, and workplace influence relative to its organizational goals and structural context.

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22.3K

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679

Authors

369

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2017–2026

30

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Publications

530

Job Satisfaction, Wages, and Unions

George J. Borjas · The Journal of Human Resources · 1979 · 385 citations

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Trade Unions in the Production Process

Charles Brown, James L. Medoff · Journal of Political Economy · 1978 · 385 citations

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Employee Participation Programs, Group-Based Incentives, and Company Performance: A Union-Nonunion Comparison

William N. Cooke · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 1994 · 322 citations

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Union Effects on Productivity, Profits, and Growth: Has the Long Run Arrived?

John T. Addison, Barry T. Hirsch · Journal of Labor Economics · 1989 · 275 citations

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What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta‐Analysis

Hristos Doucouliagos, Patrice Laroche · Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society · 2003 · 255 citations

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Authors

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  1. JF
    Jack Fiorito

    Florida State University, United States

    19 publications · 681 citations

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  2. AB
    Alex Bryson

    National Institute of Economic and Social Research, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 664 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. SG
    Steven G. Allen

    North Carolina State University, United States

    10 publications · 423 citations

    10

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  4. BT
    Barry T. Hirsch

    Georgia State University, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

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  5. ME
    Michael E. Gordon

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    8 publications · 348 citations

    8

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Institutions

369

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations

    Ithaca, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    801 citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    600 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    634 citations

  5. National Institute of Economic and Social Research

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    836 citations

  6. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    770 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    483 citations

  8. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    279 citations

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Venues

  1. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    101 publications · 4.5K citations

    41

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  2. British Journal of Industrial Relations

    35 publications · 1.3K citations

    24

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  3. 23

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  4. Journal of Labor Research

    46 publications · 1.5K citations

    21

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  5. Journal of Applied Psychology

    15 publications · 673 citations

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