10.2190/BE05-EGB8-EUCW-EXQ6 BE05EGB8EUCWEXQ6 4 Occupational Therapy Clinicians' Attitudes Toward Collective Bargaining in New South Wales, Australia 41 53 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 BE05EGB8EUCWEXQ6.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=BE05EGB8EUCWEXQ6 1 Susan Griffin University of Sydney, Australia This article presents the results of an investigation of the attitudes of New South Wales occupational therapy clinicians toward collective bargaining for themselves and occupational therapy academics. Data were collected using a mailed survey instrument that included scales measuring attitudes toward collective bargaining and collecting demographic data. New South Wales clinicians are supportive of collective bargaining in general for both themselves and academic occupational therapists. They are, however, not supportive of strike action for themselves even over serious professional issues. Level of education was found to correlate with scores on the clinical collective bargaining subscale. S. D. Griffin, Short Bed Stays: Their Effect on Occupational Therapy Services in Teaching Hospitals, <i>Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 74</i>:10, pp. 1087-1090, 1993. D. Poulden and L. E. Oke, discussion paper, Occupational Therapy in Australia—Where are We Going and How Do We Get There?, <i>Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 37</i>:3, pp. 147-150, 1990. J. Graham and E. Timewell, The Perceived Status of Occupational Therapy: Myth versus Reality, <i>Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 37</i>:1, pp. 50-56, 1990. D. Poulden, Personal communication, 1992. G. L. Davis and J. E. Bordieri, Perceived Autonomy and Job Satisfaction in Occupational Therapists, <i>American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42</i>:9, pp. 591-595, 1988. M. C. McColl and C. Miles-Tapping, Professional Representation and Conflict in the Work Place, <i>Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 53</i>:3, pp. 133-139, 1986. M. M. Brockett, Professionalism or Unionism: The Therapists' Dilemma, <i>Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52</i>:1, pp. 10-14, 1985. J. Benson and G. Griffin, Gender Differences in Union Attitudes, Participation, and Priorities, <i>Journal of Industrial Relations, 30</i>:2, pp. 203-214, 1988. P. A. Bailey, Factors in Academia and Service that Influence Baccalaureate Graduates' Membership in the American Nurses' Association, <i>Journal of Nursing Education</i>, January 25-29, 1987. S. D. Griffin, Australian Occupational Therapy Academics' Attitudes to Collective Bargaining, <i>Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 2</i>:1, pp. 29-37, 1993-94. P. E. Crisci, M. L. Fisher, S. L. Blixt, and A. M. Brewer, Nursing Faculty Attitudes toward Collective Bargaining for Nursing Faculty and for Nurses in the Service Setting, <i>Journal of Collective Negotiations, 19</i>:1, pp. 29-48, 1990.