10.2190/80EQ-90C0-LU49-3Y8A 80EQ90C0LU493Y8A 0 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUTCOMES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND TEACHERS' DECISIONAL PARTICIPATION STATE 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=80EQ90C0LU493Y8A 1 KATHRYN SHARP DUNLAP This study examined the relationship between the state of decisional participation of teachers and outcomes in collective bargaining. An initial survey of the independent school districts in Oklahoma provided information concerning bargaining practices in Oklahoma. Nine negotiating districts that had reached contract resolution were matched with nine negotiating districts that had not reached contract resolution in the last three years. A decisional participation instrument was administered to a random sample of teachers within these districts. Negotiated agreements were scored to determine contract strength. Findings indicated no significant relationship between the decisional participation states of teachers and bargaining outcomes. Teachers in districts with contract resolution were as decisionally deprived as teachers in districts without contract resolution. Measurements of the strength of the negotiated agreements varied greatly but were not significantly related to states of decisional participation of teachers.