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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789841003321

Autore

Clark Paul F. <1954->

Titolo

Building more effective unions [[electronic resource] /] / Paul F. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-5846-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

331.88

Soggetti

Labor unions - United States

Labor union members - United States - Attitudes

Labor unions - Organizing - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"ILR/Cornell paperbacks".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Union Acronyms -- 1. Behavioral Science and Union Effectiveness -- 2. Union Participation: A Model -- 3. Organizing and Retaining Members -- 4. Union Member Orientation and Socialization -- 5. Political Action -- 6. Grievance Procedures -- 7. Information and Communication Strategies -- 8. Union Image-Building -- 9. Union Culture -- 10. Union Leadership -- 11. Conclusion -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in behavioral science to make their organizations more effective and, in Building More Effective Unions, he offers an accessible and straightforward account of how they can do so. The second edition provides an updated discussion of important lessons behavioral science holds for labor organizations. It also provides new examples of how unions and their leaders have benefited from putting the principles outlined in the first edition into practice.