A Comparison of Union Consciousness in Centralized and Participatory Unions

0129920Durrenberger这项研究测试了集中式和非集中式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。使用基于三合一测试的共识分析，研究人员将检验这样一个假设，即在更分散的组织中，工会成员的工会意识将比在更集中的组织中更发达。研究结果将有助于我们更好地理解权力组织与认知结构的组织、组织结构与思维模式的关系。方法论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，将其与人种学知识联系起来。实际的贡献将是评估集中式组织和参与式组织之间的总体差异，并向工会通报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.