Two seemingly contradictory findings reported in the recent industrial relations literature are that union members are less satisfied with their jobs than are nonmembers and yet are less inclined to leave their jobs. Because those results are based on several national probability samples, the...

Two seemingly contradictory findings reported in the recent industrial relations literature are that union members are less satisfied with their jobs than are nonmembers and yet are less inclined to leave their jobs. Because those results are based on several national probability samples, the...

One criticism of final-offer arbitration has been that the theory underlying the technique is too complex to be understood by inexperienced negotiators. A laboratory experiment involving ninety undergraduate students playing the roles of labor and management negotiators was conducted to compare...