Union Membership and Perceived Powerlessness in Southern US Textiles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3138554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhonda Zingraff (Meredith College, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina), Jeffrey Leiter (Meredith College, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 112-140 |
| Publication date | 1993-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1993.tb02956.x |
| OpenAlex | W1973816919 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
Using Marxist, mass society, organizational, and social movements literatures, we distinguish alternative accounts of the relationship between union membership and perceived powerlessness. Then, we illustrate the distinctions with survey data on southern US textile workers. Logistic and ordinary least squares regression analyses suggest two interpretations for this group of workers: union membership influences perceived powerlessness by providing members a responsive organization that contrasts with their lack of control in the workplace; and perceived powerlessness, when combined with endorsement of collective strategies for change, encourages union membership. In the southern textile case, we find that race is associated with specific ideological leanings regarding collective strategies. The location of our sample, its particular position in the political economy of the US, and the relative immaturity of its union allow for instructive comparisons with other sociological treatments of work attitudes and collective action
Action (physics) · Collective action · Economics · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
What we say/what we do
The strategy of social protest
Power and the Structure of Society
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Power and Powerlessness
Class, race, and labor
Social conflict and social movements.
The decline of organized labor in the United States
The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925
The Affluent worker in the class structure
Like a Family
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
The class structure of the advanced societies.
Class inequality and political order
Habits of the heart
Continuities in the Study of Social Conflict
Readings in Attitude Theory and Measurement
The Visible Hand
Slavery Remembered
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Paternalism and Protest
Black Culture and Black Consciousness
The Logic of Collective Action
A personality correlate of social action1
Working Lives
Class, Race, and Worker Insurgency
Work and community life in a southern textile town
Attitudes versus Actions
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South
Rebel Voices
Attitudes are alive and well and gainfully employed in the sphere of action
Toward a General Theory of Action
Alienation, Membership, and Political Knowledge
Race, Political Orientation, and Participation
Organizations and Powerlessness
A Configurational Approach to Contingent Consistency in the Attitude-Behavior Relationship
Emergent Issues in the Attitude-Behavior Consistency Controversy
On the Personal Consequences of Alienation in Work
Participation and Integration
Equality, Success, and Social Justice in England and the United States
Mobilization and Participation
Ideological Beliefs on the Distribution of Power in the United States
Alienation and Freedom
Race, Class, and Consciousness
Rise Gonna Rise
On the Logic of Post-Factum Explanations
Social Bases of Class Consciousness
Reactions to Subordination
The Psychosocial Consequences of Natural and Alienated Labor
Continuity and Change in the Legitimation of Authority in Southern Mill Towns
Work Alienation in the Textile Industry
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
Alienation Studies
Race, Gender, Class Consciousness and Union Support
Sociological Research and the American Working Class
On the Interpretation of Class Consciousness
Attitudes of Textile Workers to Class Structure
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |