Decision-Maker and Context Effects in Employment Arbitration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3138239
AutoresMark D Gough (0000-0002-0455-3601), Alexander J S Colvin (0009-0003-5221-3067, Mark D. Gough is an Assistant Professor at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University. Alexander J. S. Colvin is the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Martin F. Scheinman Professor of Conflict Resolution at the ILR School, Cornell University)
Año2020
Volumen73
Número2
Páginas479-497
Fecha de publicación2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0019793919886578
OpenAlexW2764020392
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

Using a novel survey of 274 employment arbitrators, this study investigates how decision-maker characteristics and the context of the arbitration proceeding affect employee outcomes. The authors analyze the predictors of settlement before an arbitrator award and, if no settlement is reached, the likelihood that an employee will receive a favorable verdict after a full hearing. Findings show that pre-arbitration dispute resolution procedures, such as mediation, have significant effects on settlement behavior and employee outcomes. The characteristics of the presiding arbitrator as well as the structure of the arbitration proceeding also influence employee outcomes at trial. This study contributes to the existing literature by describing the characteristics of employment arbitrators-an underexplored actor in industrial relations. In addition, it analyzes case outcomes, including settlements, across multiple arbitration forums and with more rigorous controls than those applied in existing data sets

Affect (linguistics) · Arbitration · Business · Context (archaeology) · Decision maker · Dispute resolution · Economics · Geography · Human settlement · Law and economics · Management science · Mediation · Political science · Public relations · Settlement (finance) · Verdict · Engineering · Finance · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Psychology · Regulation and Compliance Studies