Research has shown that a firm's reputation influences the amount investors are willing to pay for that firm's securities. Therefore, securities of firms with a good reputation should be valued higher than firms with a poor reputation, ceteris paribus. In this study, we use event study...

The decline of unions in the U.S. is a salient issue for workers, and a number of studies have demonstrated the relationships between worker attitudes and unionization. The vast majority of this research pertains to workers' attitudes toward the union as an organization, but little has examined...

Abstract This study examined 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 were that there were significant relationships between job, compensation, benefits, working...

Institutional theories of organizational behavior consistently implicate the professions in explaining the diffusion of new organizational practices, yet there has been little empirical study of precisely what role the professions play. We address that issue by exploring the role of the...