Job Insecurity, Union Involvement and Union Activism (Paperback, 1)

Contents: Does job insecurity affect the Union attitudes of workers and their participation in Unions? Introduction to this volume, Hans De Witte; Job insecurity, temporary work and Trade Union membership in Finland 1977-2003, Jouko Natti, Mika Happonen, Ulla Kinnunen and Saija Mauno; The insecure middle class and Unionisation: an empirical investigation of class, job insecurity and union membership, Bram Steijn; Job insecurity and works council participation, Peter Kerkhof, Annemieke Winder and Bert Klandermans; Job insecurity, union participation and the need for (new) Union services, Sjoerd Goslinga; Union involvement during downsizing and its relation to attitudes and distress among workers, Kerstin Isaksson, Johnny Hellgren and Par Pettersson; The union side of downsizing: investigating members' union attitudes, Johnny Hellgren, Magnus Sverke and Caroline Stjernstrom; We get by with a little help from our Unions: psychological contract violations and downsizing, Magnus Sverke, Johnny Hellgren and Katharina Naswall; Responses to downsizing under different adjustment regimes: a two-country comparison, Axel van den Berg and Anthony Masi; Job insecurity, Union attitudes and workers' Union participation: Conclusions and suggestions for practice and research, Hans De Witte; Index.