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The Effect of Interpersonal Trust And Participativeness on Union Member Commitment
Journal of Business and Psychology
  • Robert C. Hoell, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2004
DOI
10.1007/s10869-004-0546-6
Abstract

Unionized employees have their commitment courted by both their employer and union. They can form a commitment to both, or only one, or neither. It is difficult to predict which commitment might form. It is hypothesized that interpersonal trust and participation attitudes will explain the levels of union commitment formed by union officials. Multiple regression equations and a structural equation model were used to test these hypotheses. Interpersonal trust had a positive yet non-significant effect on union commitment. Participation attitudes had a significant, negative effect on union commitment, opposite that of the hypothesized relationship. The hypotheses are only partially supported.

Citation Information
Robert C. Hoell. "The Effect of Interpersonal Trust And Participativeness on Union Member Commitment" Journal of Business and Psychology Vol. 19 Iss. 2 (2004) p. 161 - 177
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert_c_hoell/68/