Can union commitment be developed : an exploratory analysis

i i List of Tables and Figures v Introduction 1 Union Commitment 1 Consequences of Union Commitment 7 Antecedents of Union Commitment 11 I Conducting Training and Development 21 Training and Development in the Current Study 24 Research Questions 26 Correlates of Union Commitment 26 Method 28 Design 28 Workshop Participants 32 Survey Respondents 34 The Workshop 42 Questionnaire Content 43 Results 48 Data Analysis 48 Comparisons of Baselines 51 Correlates of the Union Commitment Scale 52 Union Commitment 67 Loyalty 67 Responsibility 68 Willingness to Work 68 Did the Workshop Produce Changes in the Other Constructs? 69