Local Religiosity Culture and Managerial Response to Organized Labor
研究发现地方宗教文化会影响企业与工会的集体谈判结果，宗教性越强，工业行动越少，且文化背景在塑造管理-劳工互动中起重要作用。
ABSTRACT We provide evidence that local religiosity affects collective bargaining outcomes between firms and unions. Drawing on social norms theory and social identity theory, we hypothesize that religiosity is negatively associated with industrial action. Our findings support the latter explanation, where we find stronger effects when the likelihood of shared identity is higher. Analyses of negotiated outcomes following union shareholder activism mitigate concerns that employee preferences alone drive these results. Further evidence indicates that higher local religiosity reduces firms' use of strategic mechanisms designed to enhance management's leverage over unions, highlighting the broader role of cultural context in shaping management–labor interactions.