The influence of union membership status on workers’ willingness to participate in joint consultation
研究澳大利亚公共部门1456名员工发现，工会会员更看重联合协商委员会带来的工具性成果和集体谈判外议题讨论，非会员则更看重民主代表性，两者参与意愿受不同因素驱动。
This study investigates the willingness of workers in a unionized environment to participate in a joint consultation committee (JCC). It focuses on the differences between union members and non-members. We derived hypotheses from a consumer services theoretical approach to participation in collective activities. Using hierarchical regression, we analysed the survey responses of 1456 employees in a large Australian public sector organization. Members were more willing to participate in the JCC the more they expected instrumental outcomes and the more they valued discussion of issues that lay outside collective bargaining. They were less willing to participate the more they valued discussions about issues normally dealt with in union-based negotiations. Non-members were more willing to participate, the more they expected the JCC to result in democratic representation.