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  • 1.  Union Attitudes among students

    Posted 12-07-2015 17:02

    Apologies if you are on both listservs but I wanted to send this out to as many as possible.

     

    A number of years ago (wish I could remember), 2 Canadians won a best case at the Academy of Management meeting for a case that sounds somewhat like the following.

     

    1.       A faculty member (other than the instructor for the course) enters the class room.

    2.       Tells the students that their instructor has been removed from the course for violations of policy regarding grading

    3.       Says that the way the instructor had graded before will be significantly revised (Note: about 40% of the work had already been done in the course).  All past work will no longer count, and new assignments will be given out.

    4.       After this announcement, a "student organizer" comes in and discusses wanting to start a "student union" that will protect students from "capricious" activities of the faculty and administration.

    5.       This confederate then passes a sign-up sheet around the room for students to join in the petition for a student union.

    6.       The instructor for the course returns and asks students to contemporaneously write down their thoughts about the benefits and drawbacks of unions.

     

    Wish I could remember more, but if anyone knows this case, can the please let me know where to find it?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Scott

     

     

    Scott Jeffrey, Ph.D.

    Department of Management and Decision Sciences

    Leon Hess Business School

    Monmouth University

    (732) 263-5519 (x5519 on campus)

     

    http://drscottjeffrey.com

    sjeffrey@monmouth.edu

     

     



  • 2.  Union Attitudes among students

    Posted 12-07-2015 20:46
    I think that might be piers steel's work. Published in the British journal of industrial relations around 2007 - Taras and steel I think.
    Piers is currently at U of Calgary
    Kevin

    Sent from my iPad

    On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:32 PM, Jeffrey, Scott <0000005c764d771e-dmarc-request@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> wrote:

    A faculty member (other than the instructor for the course) enters the class room.

    Tells the students that their instructor has been removed from the course for violations of policy regarding grading

    Says that the way the instructor had graded before will be significantly revised (Note: about 40% of the work had already been done in the course).  All past work will no longer count, and new assignments will be given out.

    After this announcement, a "student organizer" comes in and discusses wanting to start a "student union" that will protect students from "capricious" activities of the faculty and administration.

    This confederate then passes a sign-up sheet around the room for students to join in the petition for a student union.

    The instructor for the course returns and asks students to contemporaneously write down their thoughts about the benefits and drawbacks of unions.

     

    Wish I could remember more, but if anyone knows this case, can the please let me know where to find it?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Scott

     

     

    Scott Jeffrey, Ph.D.

    Department of Management and Decision Sciences

    Leon Hess Business School

    Monmouth University

    (732) 263-5519 (x5519 on campus)

     

    http://drscottjeffrey.com

    sjeffrey@monmouth.edu

     

     



  • 3.  Union Attitudes among students

    Posted 12-08-2015 00:40
    Hi Scott,

    I have attached a copy of the paper.

    Cheers,
    Celeste

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    Celeste Brotheridge, Professeure titulaire
    ESG-UQAM, Montreal

    From: Kevin Kelloway <Kevin.Kelloway@SMU.CA>
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 7:45 PM
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Union Attitudes among students

    I think that might be piers steel's work. Published in the British journal of industrial relations around 2007 - Taras and steel I think.
    Piers is currently at U of Calgary
    Kevin

    Sent from my iPad



    On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:32 PM, Jeffrey, Scott <0000005c764d771e-dmarc-request@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> wrote:

    Apologies if you are on both listservs but I wanted to send this out to as many as possible.
     
    A number of years ago (wish I could remember), 2 Canadians won a best case at the Academy of Management meeting for a case that sounds somewhat like the following.
     
    1.       A faculty member (other than the instructor for the course) enters the class room.
    2.       Tells the students that their instructor has been removed from the course for violations of policy regarding grading
    3.       Says that the way the instructor had graded before will be significantly revised (Note: about 40% of the work had already been done in the course).  All past work will no longer count, and new assignments will be given out.
    4.       After this announcement, a "student organizer" comes in and discusses wanting to start a "student union" that will protect students from "capricious" activities of the faculty and administration.
    5.       This confederate then passes a sign-up sheet around the room for students to join in the petition for a student union.
    6.       The instructor for the course returns and asks students to contemporaneously write down their thoughts about the benefits and drawbacks of unions.
     
    Wish I could remember more, but if anyone knows this case, can the please let me know where to find it?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Scott
     
     
    Scott Jeffrey, Ph.D.
    Department of Management and Decision Sciences
    Leon Hess Business School
    Monmouth University
    (732) 263-5519 (x5519 on campus)