A Comparison of Union Consciousness in Centralized and Participatory Unions

0129920 Durrenberger这项研究测试了集中与分散组织对代表芝加哥和宾夕法尼亚州卫生保健工作者的工会当地人的影响。 使用基于三合会测试的共识分析，研究人员将测试的假设，工会意识将在更分散的组织比在更集中的组织中的工会成员之间更发达。 研究结果将促进我们对权力组织与认知结构组织之间关系、组织结构与思维模式之间关系的理解。方法论的贡献将是进一步发展共识作为一种社会科学测量技术，将其与人种学知识。 实际贡献将是评估中央集权和参与性组织之间的一般差异，并告知工会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.