Unions as justice-promoting organizations: The interactive effect of ethnicity, gender, and perceived union effectiveness (original) (raw)

Un iversity of Conn ecticu t Je ffrey M. Stan to n Bo w ling G reen State Un iversity This study explo red the in teractive effect of m embers' ethnicity, gen der, an d perceived unio n effectiveness in prom otin g fairn ess on form al unio n participatio n. Research on unio n particip atio n suggests that form al particip atio n is lo w est am ong ethnic m in ority an d w om en m em bers. It w as predicted an d found that the relatio nship betw een perceived unio n effectiveness an d form al particip atio n is jo in tly m oderated by ethnicity an d gen der. The natu re of the trip le in teractio n w as such that the relatio nship betw een perceived effectiveness an d form al p articip atio n w as stro ngest for ethnic m in ority wom en (n 5 102), next strongest fo r nonethnic m in ority w om en (n 5 300) an d nonethnic m in ority m en (n 5 734), an d w eakest for ethnic m in ority m en (n 5 82).