ABSTRACT

The conclusion will first summarize the main results of the research and then discuss its policy implications. The examination of approaches to union participation showed that researchers have in the past often looked at reasons for union participation in the case of men and obstacles to union participation in the case of women. Thus a different problem for sociological explanation was identified according to the sex of the workers being studied. This may indicate a serious flaw in research strategy, which a feminist perspective should correct. The study of union participation should not start from an assumption that women always have lower levels of union participation than men, and should avoid the twin dangers of ignoring the influence of men's gender roles and women's work roles on union participation (Feldberg and Glenn, 1979).