NURSING FACULTY ATTITUDES TOWARD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR NURSING FACULTY AND FOR NURSES IN THE SERVICE SETTING

PAT E. CRISCI, MARY L. FISHER, SONYA L. BLIXT, AND AMANDA M. BREWER

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DOI: 10.2190/LG77-JNJC-V51T-T3UT

Abstract

This study examined attitudes of nursing faculty toward collective bargaining for nursing faculty and for practicing nurses. The sample of nurses studied were found to be in agreement with collective bargaining for nursing faculty; they, however, had more favorable attitudes toward collective bargaining for practicing nurses than they did for themselves. The greatest support for collective bargaining for nursing faculty was found among unionized institutions. The favorable attitudes of nursing faculty toward union action, including strike activity under certain circumstances, may be due in part to the academic status of the respondents. They, nevertheless, did not feel that the most effective way to have meaningful influence over decisions was to negotiate via collective bargaining.

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