Divided we stand: Reasons for and against strike participation in Amazon's German distribution centres
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In: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, Vol. 13, No. 1, 01.01.2019, p. 172-189.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Divided we stand
T2 - Reasons for and against strike participation in Amazon's German distribution centres
AU - Apicella, Sabrina
AU - Hildebrandt, Helmut
N1 - Sabrina Apicella is a PhD Student in the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization at Leuphana University of Lüneburg
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Little attention has been devoted to the individual motivations behind strike participation - particularly in minority strikes, such as the labour struggle affecting Amazon's German distribution centres. This study surveyed 223 Amazon employees asking questions relating to strike participation, income, reliance on trade unions, work dissatisfaction, employment status, professional backgroUnd and demographic backgroUnd. Our results, based on logistic regression analysis, evidenced that work dissatisfaction, reliance on trade unions, and having temporary or permanent positions predicted decisions visàvis strike participation with 92% accuracy. The union's main goal, improving workers' income, did not play a major role.
AB - Little attention has been devoted to the individual motivations behind strike participation - particularly in minority strikes, such as the labour struggle affecting Amazon's German distribution centres. This study surveyed 223 Amazon employees asking questions relating to strike participation, income, reliance on trade unions, work dissatisfaction, employment status, professional backgroUnd and demographic backgroUnd. Our results, based on logistic regression analysis, evidenced that work dissatisfaction, reliance on trade unions, and having temporary or permanent positions predicted decisions visàvis strike participation with 92% accuracy. The union's main goal, improving workers' income, did not play a major role.
KW - Amazon
KW - Strike behaviour
KW - Trade union confidence
KW - Working conditions
KW - Sociology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068693282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.1.0172
DO - 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.1.0172
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85068693282
VL - 13
SP - 172
EP - 189
JO - Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
JF - Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
SN - 1745-641X
IS - 1
ER -