Psychology & Psychiatry Journal, April 18, 2009, Saturday

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Psychology & Psychiatry Journal

April 18, 2009, Saturday

HEADLINE: APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY;

Researchers from Cornell University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of applied psychology

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According to recent research from the United States, "Analyses of union leadership roles show that union presidents should have both a within-union focus and an external focus. The authors combined multilevel survey data front 3,871 union members in 249 local teachers' unions with archival and field staff data to examine relationships between leadership and members' perceptions of union instrumentality and justice, union commitment, and participation."

"The results showed significant union-level effects on members' beliefs, about, and attitudes toward, their unions, attributable to the presidents' internal and external leadership, wage outcomes, and union characteristics. Relationships between internally focused leadership and members' loyalty and willingness to work for the union were partially mediated by perceptions of union instrumentality and justice," wrote T.H. Hammer and colleagues, Cornell University.

The researchers concluded: "These perceptions fully mediated the relationship between externally focused leader-ship and union loyalty."

Hammer and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Applied Psychology (Union Leadership and Member Attitudes: A Multi-Level Analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2009;94(2):392-410).

For additional information, contact T.H. Hammer, Cornell University, School Ind & Labor Relat, Dept. of Organization Behavioral, 146 Ives Hall E, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Applied Psychology is: American Psychological Association, 750 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA.

Keywords: United States, Ithaca, Life Sciences, Psychology, Mental Health, Journal of Applied Psychology, Cor-nell University.

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