A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT DUAL COMMITMENT - AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY

North American scholars have had an historical interest in the extent to which workers can be committed to both their employer and their uni on. This is particularly relevant given the recent emphasis on greater labor-management cooperation as part of a competitive strategy. This paper reviewed the correlational literature concerning the relationshi p between company and union commitment. Meta-analysis procedures were applied to the results of 76 samples involving a total of 15,699 respo ndents and found a mean corrected effect size of .42. The extended ana lyses included multiple studies from Canada, Japan, Sweden, and the Un ited States. A system-level moderator, adversarial, or consensual appr oach to industrial relations, was found. While further moderator analy sis was warranted, studies lacked sufficient information for coding. C onceptual and practical implications from the findings are drawn.