ABSTRACT
The dependent variable is union member participation. Members participate in the union to the extent they provide their time, money and commitment to union affairs. This chapter examines zero-order correlations between the extent of involvement in each organization and the extent of union activism to see if they are related. Union participation could shape other organizational involvements. Established knowledge on social movements supports classifying union participation as an effect of organizational involvement and other structural and psychological factors. The main analytic concern is to discern whether independent variables help explain variation in individual participation. Significant regression coefficients are interpreted as showing independent effects of variables. The hypotheses are tested with the data on membership participation in the Tennessee State Employees Association. The model of union participation can be specified with resources, grievances and ideology variables, and constraints associated with membership in the union.
