A Comparison of Union Consciousness in Centralized and Participatory Unions

本研究测试了集中式组织和分散式组织对代表芝加哥和宾夕法尼亚州卫生保健工作者的当地工会的影响。利用基于三联测试的共识分析，研究人员将验证一个假设，即在更分散的组织中，工会成员的工会意识比在更集中的组织中更发达。研究结果将有助于我们理解权力组织与认知结构组织之间的关系，以及组织结构与思维模式之间的关系。方法上的贡献将是进一步发展共识作为一种社会科学测量技术，将其与民族志知识联系起来。实际的贡献将是评估一般的集中式组织和参与式组织之间的差异，并使工会了解这些结构对其成员的影响。

0129920Durrenberger This research tests the consequences of centralized vs. de-centralized organizations on union locals that represent health care workers in Chicago and in Pennsylvania. Using consensus analysis based on triads tests the researchers will test the hypothesis that union consciousness will be more developed among union members in more de-centralized organizations than in the more centralized ones. The results will advance our understanding of the relationship between the organization of power and the organization of cognitive structures, the relationship between organization structures and patterns of thought. The methodological contributions will be to further the development of consensus as a social science measurement technique, to relate it to ethnographic knowledge. The practical contributions will be to assess the differences between centralized and participatory organizations in general, and to inform unions about the implications for their members of these structures.