The effects of national culture on unionization

Abstract

Trade unions are essentially social institutions and are not, just like every other institution, independent of the national culture of which they are a part. The four sub dimensions of Hofstede that constitute national culture are power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism and feminity/masculinity. All these sub dimensions have an impact on the system of all these industrial relations and thus on unionization, on the process of being a union member, the public perception of unionization, trade union participation, unionization rates, wage bargaining strategies, etc. Therefore, the introduction of national cultures by the State will enable positive recognition of industrial systems and unionization.