Conditions influencing faculty voting in collective bargaining elections
DG Bornheimer - Research in Higher Education, 1985 - Springer
DG Bornheimer
Research in Higher Education, 1985•SpringerThis research examines the factors that influenced voting behavior in two faculty union
defeats at New York University. Faculty members' and librarians' demographic and
professional characteristics referred to in previous research on collective bargaining were
not good predictors of how they voted in these elections. However, their satisfaction with
conditions at NYU, especially satisfaction with participation in governance, was a strong
predictor of how they voted. Furthermore, faculty characteristics were found to influence their …
defeats at New York University. Faculty members' and librarians' demographic and
professional characteristics referred to in previous research on collective bargaining were
not good predictors of how they voted in these elections. However, their satisfaction with
conditions at NYU, especially satisfaction with participation in governance, was a strong
predictor of how they voted. Furthermore, faculty characteristics were found to influence their …
Abstract
This research examines the factors that influenced voting behavior in two faculty union defeats at New York University. Faculty members' and librarians' demographic and professional characteristics referred to in previous research on collective bargaining were not good predictors of how they voted in these elections. However, their satisfaction with conditions at NYU, especially satisfaction with participation in governance, was a strong predictor of how they voted. Furthermore, faculty characteristics were found to influence their satisfaction with conditions. This paper also discusses the importance of the swing votes cast in a run-off election by the members of a previously defeated third party and the influence on the election outcomes of an independent group of faculty members opposed to unionization.
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