Union Membership: Facet Satisfaction, and Intent to Leave: Further Evidence on the Voice Face of Unions

Abstract

This study examines the impact of union membership on employees’ intent to leave their jobs across a number of facets of satisfaction, as a further test of unions’ “voice face.” Among the findings are that there are significant relationships between intent to leave one’s job and five facets of satisfaction for non-union employees. In contrast, only the relationship between one facet of satisfaction and intent to leave is significant for union employees. Further, over the facets of satisfaction where one would expect unions to have the most influence, the relationship between intent to leave one’s job and satisfaction is greater for non-union employees than for union employees. These results provide support for the effect of unions’ voice face.