Record Details

THE DETERMINANTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN MALAYSIA

International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title THE DETERMINANTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN MALAYSIA
 
Creator Said, Fatimah; Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (e-mail: g2timah@umcsd.um. edu.my)
Zakaria, Roza Hazli; Department of Analytical Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Said, Saad Mohd.; Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
Description A new model of trade union membership growth in Malaysia for the period 1970-2000 is proposed. In the model we incorporate not only the economic factors but also the political factors as the explanatory variables. We find that increases in prices, rate of growth of gross domestic products and union density enhance union growth, while future increases in the unemployment rate and unfavorable political climate tend to inhibit membership growth.JEL classification: J5Key words: Trade union growth, Labor economics, Industrial relations
 
Publisher Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2013-02-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/80
 
Source International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting; Vol 10, No 2 (2002)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/80/63