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Unionized Professionals and the Scope of Bargaining: A Study of Nurses

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This study examines the common assumption that unionized professionals will seek to expand the scope of negotiations to include issues reflecting distinctly professional concerns. Two questions are posed: Do professionals distinguish professional collective bargaining goals from more traditional bargaining objectives and, if so, do they view these professional goals as more or less important than the traditional ones? The author asked a sample of unionized registered nurses to appraise in a mail questionnaire an array of collective bargaining goals. Half the goals reflected traditional objectives subsumed under wages, hours, and working conditions; the other half reflected professional concerns, such as inservice education. The results show that these nurses differentiated professional from traditional goals and attached more importance to the former. The practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

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  • Allen M. Ponak, 1981. "Unionized Professionals and the Scope of Bargaining: A Study of Nurses," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 34(3), pages 396-407, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:34:y:1981:i:3:p:396-407
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    1. Nick Krachler & Jennie Auffenberg & Luigi Wolf, 2021. "The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(3), pages 643-668, September.

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