Building more effective unions / Paul F. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Paul F., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States.

Labor unions.

Labor union members--United States--Attitudes.

Labor union members.

Labor unions--Organizing--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

"ILR/Cornell paperbacks".

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

ISBN:

0-8014-5846-3

OCLC:

764556577