The Theory of Union Growth
- 1 August 1941
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 55 (4) , 611-637
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1884120
Abstract
I. Conditions favorable to union growth: unions as defensive organizations, 611; the “prosperity theory,” 614; union growth and price movements, 617. — Preliminary formulation of a theory of union growth, 619. — II. Booms in union growth, 620. — The influence of wars, 622. — Inertia, 623. — Employer opposition, 624. — The “welfare” approach, 625. — III. The importance of leadership, 625. — IV. The influence of industrialization, 628. — V. Conclusion: expansion of the preliminary theory of union growth, 632.Keywords
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