Jeffrey H Keefe
Biographic Data
| ID | 974472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey H Keefe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey H |
| FAMILY NAME | Keefe |
| SIGNATURE | KEEFE J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What Teachers’ Unions Do for Teachers When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited
Our research examines the relationship between teachers’ unions, teacher compensation, employment conditions, and turnover in Southern US states that prohibit the collective bargaining of public school teachers. We assess union strength by meet-and-confer status and the teacher union density of districts and estimate union impact using propensity score matching. We find that teachers’ unions are positively associated with teacher compensation and…
Teachers’ Unions
This research investigates whether teachers’ unions influence student academic achievement in Southern states that prohibit collective bargaining. Our data are from the School and Staffing Survey and the Stanford Education Data Archive. We measure the strength of teachers’ unions by union membership rate and meet-and-confer status of a district and employ a multilevel mixed-effects model to control for unobservable common characteristics of distr…
Technical Dissonance
Are Public Employees Overpaid
The research reported in this article shows that public employees, both state and local government employees, are not overpaid and may be slightly undercompensated. Comparisons with the private-sector employees that control for education, experience, hours of work, organizational size, gender, race, ethnicity, and disability indicate that the public-employment compensation (wages and benefits) penalty is relatively small. On average there is a 3.…
The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments
Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated public employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-private sector pay and benefit relationships, the effects of unions on public employee pay, the effectiveness of employment dispute resolution proce…
Is Digital Technology Reshaping Employment Systems in U.S. Telecommunications Network Services
The four major telecommunications local networks and network services—fixed wire line, wireless, cable television, and the Internet—are undergoing transformations propelled by network digitalization, service competition, and corporate consolidations. Using data from surveys conducted in 1998 and 2003, together with field interviews, site visits at major telecommunications firms, and discussions with industry experts, regulators, and analysts, the…
The Revitalization of the CWA
This case study of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) demonstrates the value of resource dependence and contingency organizational theories-two branches of organization theory, which has most commonly been used to interpret firm behavior-for analyzing union revitalization. Consistent with predictions of those theories, the CWA responded to a changed environment by abandoning strategies that no longer achieved organizational objectives, b…
Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace
Employee Voice, Human Resource Practices, and Quit Rates
The authors draw on strategic human resource and industrial relations theories to identify the sets of employee voice mechanisms and human resource practices that are likely to predict firm-level quit rates, then empirically evaluate the predictive power of these variables using data from a 1998 establishment-level survey in the telecommunications industry. With respect to alternative voice mechanisms, they find that union representation predicts…
The Impact of Quality of Work Life Programs and Grievance System Effectiveness on Union Commitment
Based on an analysis of data from a 1987 survey of four different bargaining units within the same local union, the authors conclude that union members who participated in Quality of Work Life (QWL) programs were less likely than nonparticipants to view QWL as a threat to the union, and also more loyal to the union. Another finding, however, is that the perceived effectiveness of the grievance procedure was a much stronger determinant of attitude…
U.S. Labor Relations 1945-1989
Numerically Controlled Machine Tools and Worker Skills
This study investigates the impact of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools on the average skill level of workers in the nonelectrical machinery industry in the United States. Analyzing data from the Industry Wage Surveys of Machinery Manufacturers to trace changes in the skill levels of 57 machining jobs, the author finds that 30 years of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools has resulted in either a very small (1%) red…
Do Unions Influence the Diffusion of Technology
This study examines how unions affect the diffusion of manufacturing process technologies. Analyzing information from the 1983 Industry Wage Survey of the Nonelectrical Machinery Industry, which provides establishment-level data on union status and the use of seven advanced manufacturing process technologies, the author finds that unionized plants were more likely than nonunion plants to be using advanced technology. This pattern, however, appare…
Beyond Industrial Dualism
Employee Voice, Human Resource Practices, and Quit Rates
The authors draw on strategic human resource and industrial relations theories to identify the sets of employee voice mechanisms and human resource practices that are likely to predict firm-level quit rates, then empirically evaluate the predictive power of these variables using data from a 1998 establishment-level survey in the telecommunications industry. With respect to alternative voice mechanisms, they find that union representation predicts…
The Revitalization of the CWA
This case study of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) demonstrates the value of resource dependence and contingency organizational theories-two branches of organization theory, which has most commonly been used to interpret firm behavior-for analyzing union revitalization. Consistent with predictions of those theories, the CWA responded to a changed environment by abandoning strategies that no longer achieved organizational objectives, b…
The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments
Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated public employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-private sector pay and benefit relationships, the effects of unions on public employee pay, the effectiveness of employment dispute resolution proce…
Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace
Numerically Controlled Machine Tools and Worker Skills
This study investigates the impact of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools on the average skill level of workers in the nonelectrical machinery industry in the United States. Analyzing data from the Industry Wage Surveys of Machinery Manufacturers to trace changes in the skill levels of 57 machining jobs, the author finds that 30 years of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools has resulted in either a very small (1%) red…
Are Public Employees Overpaid
The research reported in this article shows that public employees, both state and local government employees, are not overpaid and may be slightly undercompensated. Comparisons with the private-sector employees that control for education, experience, hours of work, organizational size, gender, race, ethnicity, and disability indicate that the public-employment compensation (wages and benefits) penalty is relatively small. On average there is a 3.…
The Impact of Quality of Work Life Programs and Grievance System Effectiveness on Union Commitment
Based on an analysis of data from a 1987 survey of four different bargaining units within the same local union, the authors conclude that union members who participated in Quality of Work Life (QWL) programs were less likely than nonparticipants to view QWL as a threat to the union, and also more loyal to the union. Another finding, however, is that the perceived effectiveness of the grievance procedure was a much stronger determinant of attitude…
What Teachers’ Unions Do for Teachers When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited
Our research examines the relationship between teachers’ unions, teacher compensation, employment conditions, and turnover in Southern US states that prohibit the collective bargaining of public school teachers. We assess union strength by meet-and-confer status and the teacher union density of districts and estimate union impact using propensity score matching. We find that teachers’ unions are positively associated with teacher compensation and…
Do Unions Influence the Diffusion of Technology
This study examines how unions affect the diffusion of manufacturing process technologies. Analyzing information from the 1983 Industry Wage Survey of the Nonelectrical Machinery Industry, which provides establishment-level data on union status and the use of seven advanced manufacturing process technologies, the author finds that unionized plants were more likely than nonunion plants to be using advanced technology. This pattern, however, appare…
Beyond Industrial Dualism
U.S. Labor Relations 1945-1989
Numerically Controlled Machine Tools and Worker Skills
This study investigates the impact of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools on the average skill level of workers in the nonelectrical machinery industry in the United States. Analyzing data from the Industry Wage Surveys of Machinery Manufacturers to trace changes in the skill levels of 57 machining jobs, the author finds that 30 years of the spread of numerically controlled machine tools has resulted in either a very small (1%) red…
Do Unions Influence the Diffusion of Technology
This study examines how unions affect the diffusion of manufacturing process technologies. Analyzing information from the 1983 Industry Wage Survey of the Nonelectrical Machinery Industry, which provides establishment-level data on union status and the use of seven advanced manufacturing process technologies, the author finds that unionized plants were more likely than nonunion plants to be using advanced technology. This pattern, however, appare…
The Impact of Quality of Work Life Programs and Grievance System Effectiveness on Union Commitment
Based on an analysis of data from a 1987 survey of four different bargaining units within the same local union, the authors conclude that union members who participated in Quality of Work Life (QWL) programs were less likely than nonparticipants to view QWL as a threat to the union, and also more loyal to the union. Another finding, however, is that the perceived effectiveness of the grievance procedure was a much stronger determinant of attitude…
Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace
Employee Voice, Human Resource Practices, and Quit Rates
The authors draw on strategic human resource and industrial relations theories to identify the sets of employee voice mechanisms and human resource practices that are likely to predict firm-level quit rates, then empirically evaluate the predictive power of these variables using data from a 1998 establishment-level survey in the telecommunications industry. With respect to alternative voice mechanisms, they find that union representation predicts…
The Revitalization of the CWA
This case study of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) demonstrates the value of resource dependence and contingency organizational theories-two branches of organization theory, which has most commonly been used to interpret firm behavior-for analyzing union revitalization. Consistent with predictions of those theories, the CWA responded to a changed environment by abandoning strategies that no longer achieved organizational objectives, b…
Is Digital Technology Reshaping Employment Systems in U.S. Telecommunications Network Services
The four major telecommunications local networks and network services—fixed wire line, wireless, cable television, and the Internet—are undergoing transformations propelled by network digitalization, service competition, and corporate consolidations. Using data from surveys conducted in 1998 and 2003, together with field interviews, site visits at major telecommunications firms, and discussions with industry experts, regulators, and analysts, the…
Are Public Employees Overpaid
The research reported in this article shows that public employees, both state and local government employees, are not overpaid and may be slightly undercompensated. Comparisons with the private-sector employees that control for education, experience, hours of work, organizational size, gender, race, ethnicity, and disability indicate that the public-employment compensation (wages and benefits) penalty is relatively small. On average there is a 3.…
The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments
Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated public employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-private sector pay and benefit relationships, the effects of unions on public employee pay, the effectiveness of employment dispute resolution proce…
Technical Dissonance
Teachers’ Unions
This research investigates whether teachers’ unions influence student academic achievement in Southern states that prohibit collective bargaining. Our data are from the School and Staffing Survey and the Stanford Education Data Archive. We measure the strength of teachers’ unions by union membership rate and meet-and-confer status of a district and employ a multilevel mixed-effects model to control for unobservable common characteristics of distr…
What Teachers’ Unions Do for Teachers When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited
Our research examines the relationship between teachers’ unions, teacher compensation, employment conditions, and turnover in Southern US states that prohibit the collective bargaining of public school teachers. We assess union strength by meet-and-confer status and the teacher union density of districts and estimate union impact using propensity score matching. We find that teachers’ unions are positively associated with teacher compensation and…
Economics (11 works) · Labour economics (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (8 works) · Collective bargaining (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)