Union representation, collective voice and job quality: An analysis of a survey of union members in the UK finance sector. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoque, Kim; Earls, John; Conway, Neil; Bacon, Nick
• Is Part Of: Economic and industrial democracy. Volume 38:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 50
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: Collective voice -- finance sector -- job quality -- trade unions -- union representative; Management -- Employee participation -- Periodicals; 331.0112
• DOI: 10.1177/0143831X14555707
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-831X

Abstract

This article seeks to identify whether employee perceptions of job quality are better in instances where an onsite union representative is present. It also seeks to identify whether the relationship between onsite representative presence and job quality is explained by employee perceptions of union collective voice. The analysis, based on a survey of union members in the UK finance sector, demonstrates that employee perceptions of several dimensions of job quality are better where an onsite representative is present, and that this can be explained by the higher perceptions of union collective voice that onsite representatives engender.