CORRELATES OF GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION AWARDS

Based on a sample of 601 published grievance arbitration awards, this study revealed that commonly identified arbitrator and case characteri stics, such as gender of the arbitrator and gender of the grievant, di d not make a statistically significant difference with regard to the u ltimate outcome, or award. The only exception was the issue on the mer its, with discipline/discharge cases marked by a significantly higher proportion of compromise awards and with contract interpretation cases marked by a significantly higher proportion of grievances upheld.