A Union Contract-Level Analysis of the Impact of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions on Wage Bargaining Outcomes

Results of this study indicate that business combinations which augment market share and those which affect backward (or upstream) vertical integration have a more positive impact on union bargaining outcomes than do those transactions which affect greater product diversification. Mergers or acquisitions which lead to greater forward (or downstream) vertical integration appear to have the most negative impact on outcomes of collective bargaining.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Labor and Industrial Relations

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Blumenfeld, Stephen Bernard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hendricks, Wallace

• Business Administration, Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9737054

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87486