Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in behavioral science, and, in Building More Effective Unions, he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so. The second edition provides an updated discussion of important lessons behavioral science holds for labor organizations. It also provides new examples of how unions and their leaders have benefited from putting the principles outlined in the first edition into practice.
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"Paul Clark has taken years of behavioral science studies about unions and applied them to the modern-day challenges faced by organized labor. While I was the manager for the UniServ Program at the National Education Association (NEA) the book was an integral part of the training we provided for newly hired UniServ directors. It is an excellent resource on organizing issues, retaining members, building proper union culture, political action communication, and grievance procedures."-George Apaliski, National Education Association, retired
"Building More Effective Unions is full of first-rate, evidence-based, practical information on how to engage members in ways that build greater commitment and loyalty to the union. Every union would benefit from the ideas in this excellent book."-Mary Lehman MacDonald, Director AFT Healthcare
"I use the Paul Clark book every chance I get. It is an excellent account of what unions are doing to transform themselves. His approach delights students from various unions and backgrounds. I have used the book in over fifty courses and sections and will continue to use it often."-Greg Giebel, First Provost National Labor College
"We use Paul Clark's Building More Effective Unions as the text in our Member Mobilization Course during our Business Managers Leadership Academy. Paul Clark offers a lot of practical and commonsense advice for union officials who are looking for ways to get members interested and involved in their unions. LIUNA is committed to improving member involvement in our union, and we use Building More Effective Unions to teach techniques that work."-James M. Warren, Director, LIUNA (Laborers) Education Department
About the Author
Paul F. Clark is Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations at Pennsylvania State University. He has served as an education and research consultant for more than twenty-five national and numerous local unions. He is the author of of Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, and the United Steelworkers and coeditor of Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector, both from Cornell.
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Clear, concise and well-researched,
By Dr. Frank Tuttle (Denver) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building More Effective Unions (ILR Press books) (Paperback)
This text can be equally helpful in the field as well as the classroom. Dr. Clark's expertise and research in union building shows through in his logical and clear methods.
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This union was effectively built,
By Molly (Gettysburg) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Building More Effective Unions (ILR Press books) (Paperback)
A smart and savvy look at the way unions can help in managing our lives. Dr. Clark adds a touch of class to the usual ho-hum union research books. This one is a keeper and one that every student in labor studies and industrial relations should keep on their bedside for moments of clarity in which unionization becomes the clear answer in their lives.
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This review is from: Building More Effective Unions (Paperback)
What is it that motivates workers to join and be involved with unions?Is it something hardwired in their ideology? Is it their outlook on life? Is it a simple cost benefit analysis? Building more effective unions looks at how the development of behavioural sciences applies to labour movement. The book is full of ideas and insights on what union leaders and union organizers can do based on behavioural science. Jason Mann, Author: Promoting Your Union: Six strategies to get more organizing leads and union members
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