Tracy F H Chang
Biographic Data
| ID | 5913722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tracy F H Chang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tracy F H |
| FAMILY NAME | Chang |
| SIGNATURE | CHANG T F H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2888-068X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Inner Engineering” for success—A complementary approach to positive education
The movement of positive education is growing globally. Positive education aims to balance academic skills with skills of wellbeing. This study introduces the “Inner Engineering” methodology and evaluates its impact on promoting wellbeing and flourishing for college students. Based on the science of yoga, the Inner Engineering methodology comprehensively addresses four major dimensions of human experiences—physiological, cognitive, affective, and…
Assessing Employee Support during Union Organizing Campaigns
Many labor unions assess support among prospective members to guide decision making during organizing campaigns, and to predict voting in representation elections. However, research on the actual practice of how unions make assessments is limited. We fill this void through a study that combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of the assessment activities. The quantitative portion involved a survey of eligible voters in the 2010 flight atten…
Popcorn and Politics”
Local Union Leaders' Conception and Ideology of Stewards' Roles
This study investigates the ways in which local union leaders define shop stewards' roles and the ideology that underlies their conception. Drawing on sociological theories, the author proposes three major role ideologies: conflict/activist, rationalization/bureaucratic, and functionalist/cooperative. Based on a survey of southern local union leaders, the study finds that "grievance handler" and "representative" are the most commonly identified r…
Pace International Union vs. Imerys Groupe
This paper analyzes a case study of a campaign in rural Alabama in 2000, when the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) organized against the French-based Imerys Groupe (the product of the 1999 merger of English China Clays and Imetal). Within days of the merger, Imerys withdrew recognition and implemented new terms and conditions of employment at the former Imetal plant where PACE had repre sented the w…
A structural model of race, gender, class, and attitudes toward labor unions
This paper develops a theoretical model that explains how race, gender, and class affect people’s attitudes toward labor unions. The model predicates that race and gender stratify people into social and economic classes and that race, gender, and class influence people’s attitudes toward labor unions directly and indirectly through their experience of economic hardship. The study uses data from the 1991 General Social Survey to test the model. Th…
Electoral Activities of Southern Local Unions in the 2000 Election
This paper examines the impact of environmental and organiza tional characteristics on the electoral mobilization activities of local unions in the 2000 presidential election. Based on a sample of 140 southern local unions, the study finds that, externally, the strength of the labor movement relative to competing political interests in the state, along with the organizing and political ac tivities of international unions, promotes the electoral a…
Corporations Go to Prisons
Over the last two decades, the U.S. prison population has qua drupled, with some 1.9 million people behind bars in federal and state prisons, and local jails by the year 2000. Corporations are seeking profit-making opportunities from this prison population. In this paper, we examine two major areas through which corpora tions are capitalizing on prison labor: prison privatization and prison industry. We briefly review key explanations of incarcer…
The Labour Vote in US National Elections, 1948–2000
Power at Work
Corporations Go to Prisons
Over the last two decades, the U.S. prison population has qua drupled, with some 1.9 million people behind bars in federal and state prisons, and local jails by the year 2000. Corporations are seeking profit-making opportunities from this prison population. In this paper, we examine two major areas through which corpora tions are capitalizing on prison labor: prison privatization and prison industry. We briefly review key explanations of incarcer…
A structural model of race, gender, class, and attitudes toward labor unions
This paper develops a theoretical model that explains how race, gender, and class affect people’s attitudes toward labor unions. The model predicates that race and gender stratify people into social and economic classes and that race, gender, and class influence people’s attitudes toward labor unions directly and indirectly through their experience of economic hardship. The study uses data from the 1991 General Social Survey to test the model. Th…
Local Union Leaders' Conception and Ideology of Stewards' Roles
This study investigates the ways in which local union leaders define shop stewards' roles and the ideology that underlies their conception. Drawing on sociological theories, the author proposes three major role ideologies: conflict/activist, rationalization/bureaucratic, and functionalist/cooperative. Based on a survey of southern local union leaders, the study finds that "grievance handler" and "representative" are the most commonly identified r…
Popcorn and Politics”
Electoral Activities of Southern Local Unions in the 2000 Election
This paper examines the impact of environmental and organiza tional characteristics on the electoral mobilization activities of local unions in the 2000 presidential election. Based on a sample of 140 southern local unions, the study finds that, externally, the strength of the labor movement relative to competing political interests in the state, along with the organizing and political ac tivities of international unions, promotes the electoral a…
The Labour Vote in US National Elections, 1948–2000
Power at Work
Power at Work
The Labour Vote in US National Elections, 1948–2000
Corporations Go to Prisons
Over the last two decades, the U.S. prison population has qua drupled, with some 1.9 million people behind bars in federal and state prisons, and local jails by the year 2000. Corporations are seeking profit-making opportunities from this prison population. In this paper, we examine two major areas through which corpora tions are capitalizing on prison labor: prison privatization and prison industry. We briefly review key explanations of incarcer…
A structural model of race, gender, class, and attitudes toward labor unions
This paper develops a theoretical model that explains how race, gender, and class affect people’s attitudes toward labor unions. The model predicates that race and gender stratify people into social and economic classes and that race, gender, and class influence people’s attitudes toward labor unions directly and indirectly through their experience of economic hardship. The study uses data from the 1991 General Social Survey to test the model. Th…
Electoral Activities of Southern Local Unions in the 2000 Election
This paper examines the impact of environmental and organiza tional characteristics on the electoral mobilization activities of local unions in the 2000 presidential election. Based on a sample of 140 southern local unions, the study finds that, externally, the strength of the labor movement relative to competing political interests in the state, along with the organizing and political ac tivities of international unions, promotes the electoral a…
Pace International Union vs. Imerys Groupe
This paper analyzes a case study of a campaign in rural Alabama in 2000, when the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) organized against the French-based Imerys Groupe (the product of the 1999 merger of English China Clays and Imetal). Within days of the merger, Imerys withdrew recognition and implemented new terms and conditions of employment at the former Imetal plant where PACE had repre sented the w…
Local Union Leaders' Conception and Ideology of Stewards' Roles
This study investigates the ways in which local union leaders define shop stewards' roles and the ideology that underlies their conception. Drawing on sociological theories, the author proposes three major role ideologies: conflict/activist, rationalization/bureaucratic, and functionalist/cooperative. Based on a survey of southern local union leaders, the study finds that "grievance handler" and "representative" are the most commonly identified r…
Popcorn and Politics”
Assessing Employee Support during Union Organizing Campaigns
Many labor unions assess support among prospective members to guide decision making during organizing campaigns, and to predict voting in representation elections. However, research on the actual practice of how unions make assessments is limited. We fill this void through a study that combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of the assessment activities. The quantitative portion involved a survey of eligible voters in the 2010 flight atten…
“Inner Engineering” for success—A complementary approach to positive education
The movement of positive education is growing globally. Positive education aims to balance academic skills with skills of wellbeing. This study introduces the “Inner Engineering” methodology and evaluates its impact on promoting wellbeing and flourishing for college students. Based on the science of yoga, the Inner Engineering methodology comprehensively addresses four major dimensions of human experiences—physiological, cognitive, affective, and…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)