The GSS is a nationally-representative survey conducted every two years. In 2022, they sampled 3544 people.

They ask a lot of questions. Some of them are related to employees’ beliefs about their employer, their satisfaction at work, and their support for a union.

Distributions

Let’s take a look at some items.

Ideology

think of self as liberal or conservative (1 = Extremely Liberal to 7 = Extremely Conservative)

Respect

r treated with respect at work (1 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree)

Trust in management

r trusts management at work (1 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree)

Worker safety

worker safety priority at work (1 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree)

Pride in work

r proud to work for employer (1 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree)

Union support

workers need strong unions (1 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree)

Worker freedom

a lot of freedom to decide how to do job (1 = Not at all True to 4 = Very True)

Supervisor care

supervisor concerned about welfare (1 = Not at all True to 4 = Very True)

Management-Employee Relationship

relations between management and employees (1 = Very bad to 5 = Very good)

Fair compensation

how fair is what r earns on the job (1 = Much less than you deserve to 5 = Much more than you deserve)

Analysis

Correlation plot

Let’s see raw correlations between these variables.

Models

Let’s run some models.

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DV: Union support

Predictor	\(b\)	95% CI	\(t\)	\(\mathit{df}\)	\(p\)
Intercept	3.79	[3.54, 4.05]	29.61	1664	< .001
Respect	0.03	[-0.05, 0.11]	0.73	1664	.466
Trustman	0.01	[-0.07, 0.08]	0.18	1664	.855
Safetywk	-0.06	[-0.13, 0.01]	-1.56	1664	.120
Proudemp	-0.01	[-0.09, 0.06]	-0.31	1664	.754
Wkfreedm	-0.04	[-0.09, 0.02]	-1.30	1664	.195
Supcares	0.00	[-0.06, 0.05]	-0.16	1664	.875
Manvsemp	-0.03	[-0.09, 0.02]	-1.12	1664	.263
Fairearn	-0.05	[-0.10, 0.00]	-2.12	1664	.034
Ideo	-0.16	[-0.18, -0.13]	-12.57	1664	< .001

Without ideology

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