IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecoind/v45y2024i1p246-278.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The union participation construct: A mixed-methods assessment

Author

Listed:
  • Linda Duxbury

    (Carleton University, Canada)

  • Christopher Smith

    (University of New Brunswick Saint John, Canada)

  • Michael Halinski

    (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

Abstract

Using interview and survey data, in this article the authors compare discrepancies between emic (how union members classify their union participation) and etic (how researchers classify union participation) conceptualizations of union participation. Interview data were used to create activity-level profiles that link how study participants labelled their level of union participation to the union activities they participated in. Survey data were used to determine the relationship between type of participation (i.e. active, passive) and generational cohort to how members view their level of union participation. Qualitative and quantitative findings are compared and implications drawn concerning how researchers/practitioners should conceptualize the union participation construct offered.

Suggested Citation

  • Linda Duxbury & Christopher Smith & Michael Halinski, 2024. "The union participation construct: A mixed-methods assessment," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 45(1), pages 246-278, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:45:y:2024:i:1:p:246-278
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X231160820
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X231160820
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0143831X231160820?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:45:y:2024:i:1:p:246-278. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ekhist.uu.se/english.htm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.