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The Consequences of Dual and Unilateral Commitment to the Organisation And Union

Snape, E.; Redman, T.

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Authors

E. Snape

T. Redman



Abstract

This article examines the pattern and consequences of commitment to organisation and union amongst union members in a UK National Health Service Trust. Those who perceived the industrial relations climate as positive were more likely to be dually committed to both organisation and union. As anticipated, union commitment predicted union citizenship behaviours and intent to quit the union. However, organisational commitment predicted intent to quit the organisation but not organisational citizenship behaviour, which was predicted by union commitment. Findings suggest that those with a unilateral commitment to the union are more likely than the dually committed to engage in citizenship behaviours aimed at helping fellow members and colleagues, perhaps because they feel unconstrained by any strong loyalty to the organisation.

Citation

Snape, E., & Redman, T. (2016). The Consequences of Dual and Unilateral Commitment to the Organisation And Union. Human Resource Management Journal, 26(1), 63-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12093

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 18, 2015
Online Publication Date Jan 28, 2016
Publication Date Jan 28, 2016
Deposit Date Nov 20, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jan 28, 2018
Journal Human Resource Management Journal
Print ISSN 0954-5395
Electronic ISSN 1748-8583
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 1
Pages 63-83
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12093
Keywords Dual commitment, Union commitment, Organisational commitment, Union citizenship behaviour, Organisational citizenship behaviour.

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Redman, T., and Snape, E. (2016) The consequences of dual and unilateral commitment to the organisation and union. Human Resource Management Journal, 26(1): 63-83, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12093. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.




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