Bessa, I orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-746X, Charlwood, A orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-194X and Valizade, D orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-2277 (2021) Do Unions Cause Job Dissatisfaction? Evidence from a Quasi‐Experiment in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59 (2). pp. 251-278. ISSN 0007-1080
Abstract
Unionized workers tend to be less satisfied with their jobs than their non‐union counterparts. Despite 40 years of research that has sought to explain this phenomenon, the causes of this relationship are not fully understood. Drawing on nationally representative panel data from the UK, this study uses quasi‐experimental methods to compare how the job satisfaction of union members and their non‐union counterparts changes in response to an exogenous event. Results suggest that working conditions rather than the behaviour of unions are the more likely cause of union member job dissatisfaction.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Industrial Relations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2020 10:59 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2022 15:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjir.12543 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159440 |