Determinants of Union Participation of Public Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka
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Determinants of Union Participation of Public Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka
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Gamage, Prasadini N; Senior Lecturer University of Kelaniya Hewagama, Gayani V.; Senior Lecturer University of Kelaniya |
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This study explores the relationship between various predictors of union participation namely;union loyalty, union instrumentality, them and us attitude and workplace collectivism onemployees’ willingness to participate in union activities of public sector organizations in SriLanka. A structured questionnaire was distributed among randomly selected sample of 254unionized employees in seven large scale highly unionized public sector organizations. Thestatistical results of the study revealed that member attitudes namely; union loyalty and unioninstrumentality were positively associated with union participation. However, union loyalty wasthe significant and most powerful predictor of union participation.Key Words: Union Participation, Union Loyalty, Union Instrumentality, Them and Us attitude,Workplace Collectivism
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University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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2012-02-02
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/sljhrm/article/view/153
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Sri Lankan Journal of Human Resource Management; Vol 3, No 1 (2012)
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eng
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http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/sljhrm/article/view/153/61
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