Replies to Melville Dalton's comments on an article about local union-management relationship. Basis for development of general theoretical framework for study of union-management relations; Comparison of relationships; Improvement of method of mass data collection. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

A variety of approaches to the study of union-management relationships--the historical, the case study, and the survey method, to mention several--have been attempted by students of industrial and labor relations. The authors of this article are identified with the first major attempt to extend...

Focuses on study of union-management relations. Probing of the bargaining process; Components of union-management relationships; Environmental factors affecting union-management relations. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)