A Switch or a Process? Disentangling the Effects of Union Membership on Political Attitudes in Switzerland and the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21334417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hadziabdic (0000-0001-5025-7515, Gesellschaft für Klinische Forschung, corresponding author), Lucio Baccaro (0000-0001-6410-6179, Gesellschaft für Klinische Forschung, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 466-499 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-8676 • E-ISSN: 1468-232X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/irel.12264 |
| OpenAlex | W3047096363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 73 |
The paper examines the effects of union membership on individual political attitudes using panel data for Swiss and British workers. Considering union membership as an on/off switch (member vs. non‐member), as it is often done, it is only possible to distinguish between a selection effect (unions attract like‐minded individuals) and a molding effect (the experience of membership has a transformational impact on the individual). Exploiting the longitudinal structure of the data reveals that union membership is best characterized not as a switch, but as a dynamic process involving anticipation effects (which start well before becoming affiliated) and maturation effects (which become noticeable only after a certain duration of membership and may not dissipate after leaving the union). Empirically, the selection effect appears the most important in the two countries we focus on, while the molding effect is less pronounced. Anticipation and maturation effects are also non‐negligible and hitherto unexplored
Anticipation (artificial intelligence) · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Transformational leadership · Computer Science · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |