Abstract:
This study explores the relationship between various predictors of union participation namely;
union loyalty, union instrumentality, them and us attitude and workplace collectivism on
employees’ willingness to participate in union activities of public sector organizations in Sri
Lanka. A structured questionnaire was distributed among randomly selected sample of 254
unionized employees in seven large scale highly unionized public sector organizations. The
statistical results of the study revealed that member attitudes namely; union loyalty and union
instrumentality were positively associated with union participation. However, union loyalty was
the significant and most powerful predictor of union participation.
