Third-party support for strike action

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kelloway, E. Kevin; Francis, Lori; Catano, Victor A.; Dupre, Kathryne E.
• 署名单位: Saint Marys University - Canada; Saint Marys University - Canada; Memorial University Newfoundland
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.4.806
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 806-817
• 关键词: strikes; unions; union attitudes; JUSTICE; INSTRUMENTALITY

摘要

Labor strikes are often seen as battles for public support. Members of the public are asked to show respect for a strike by refusing to cross the picket line or by joining strikers on the picket line. Such public support may affect the morale of strikers and influence the strike's duration. Despite the perceived importance of the public in labor disputes, members of third parties have not been considered in previous strike research. In 2 studies, the authors show that a new measure of third-party strike support is unidimensional and highly reliable. In both cases, union attitudes and perceptions of distributive justice were significant predictors of support for strike action. Those who are more supportive of unions in general and believe that the contract offered to the strikers was unfair were more likely to support the strike by engaging in such actions as conversing with strikers, writing letters, and refusing to cross the picket line.