PREDICTING UNION ATTITUDES IN STUDENT PART-TIME WORKERS

We examined the predictors of general union attitudes in a sample of 8 4 high school and 42 first year university students (M age = 17 years) who were employed part-time. In addition to two aspects of family soc ialization towards unions (parents' perceived union attitudes and pare nts' perceived union activities), we also assessed students' job quali ty and satisfaction with both co-workers and supervisors as predictors of their own general union attitudes. Only respondents' perception of their parents' general union attitudes was significantly associated w ith their own general union attitudes. Neither job quality, nor superv isory or co-worker satisfaction were associated with respondents' unio n attitudes.