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Pulliam, Mark S. – Government Union Review, 1984
Any legitimate theory of employment rights must be founded on the premise that employment is a voluntary relationship governed by mutual consent; an employment right does not exist apart from contract. Analyzes the legal aspects of public sector employment. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Court Litigation, Employer Employee Relationship
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Robson, Donald L.; Davis, Marlene E. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1983
Examines the effects on school administrators' influence of the formal relationships established by collective bargaining and of administrators' leadership styles. A survey conducted in 20 Chicago-area high schools measures as a dependent variable teachers'"professional zone of acceptance" or psychological contract. (MCG)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, High Schools, Leadership
Goldschmidt, Steven M.; And Others – 1984
This report examines the extent of policy bargaining, as well as factors that might explain variation in its extent. Results of interviews in 6 districts with over 15,000 enrollment indicate that bargaining is more extensive than predicted in the curriculum, student placement, and teacher selection areas. States without the teacher strike option…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglas, Joel M.; Sandorfy, Michael – 1992
This publication is a status report on faculty contracts and bargaining agents in higher education in the United States for 1991. An introduction summarizes activity across the nation including agents elected, independent agents, decertification, strikes, legislation, first contracts signed, and demographic analysis. A table of faculty contracts…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education
Lehr, S. Terry – 1984
This study examines the effect in Pennsylvania of the increasing use of consultants in public-sector collective bargaining on the bargaining process itself. Following a detailed review of research on both the positive and negative aspects of consultant use in collective bargaining, this paper describes the study's major hypotheses, its school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, Consultants
Cresswell, Anthony M.; Gerdin, Carolyn N. – 1985
This study tests the fit of competing models of strike causes on a sample of public school districts in New York. The models are based on differing assumptions. One is that strikes are the result of mistakes or imperfect information; the other is that strikes are rational choices made in expectation of gain. The differences in these views are…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1984
This is the seventh in a series of Educational Research Service (ERS) monographs designed to summarize judicial decisions on elementary and secondary education issues by state and federal courts. These cases, dating from June 30, 1983 to June 30, 1984, were selected on the basis of their relevance to contemporary problems in public schools, their…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Compliance (Legal)