The Protestant Work Ethic, Voting Behaviour and Attitudes to the Trade Unions

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ID6344011
AuthorsA Furnham (0000-0001-7545-8532, University College London, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume32
Issue3
Pages420-436
Publication date1984-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.1984.tb01535.x
OpenAlexW2083100145
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

This study set out to determine the structure and determinants of people's attitudes towards trade unions in Britain. Over two hundred subjects completed two questionnaires, the first measuring the Protestant work ethic, and the second attitudes towards the unions. Although there were few age, sex, education or trade union membership differences as regards attitudes toward the unions, subjects' beliefs in the Protestant work ethic and voting behaviour were clearly and predictably linked to their attitudes. Factor analysis of the attitude to the union scale revealed a number of interpretable factors. The results are discussed in terms of the psychology of voting and social and political attitudes in general

Demographic economics · Economics · General Social Survey · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · Scale (ratio · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Trade union · Voting · Work (physics · Work ethic · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology

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