The predictability of grievance arbitration awards: Does arbitrator experience matter?

January 1, 1989

Synopsis By: Golick
Proceeding Author:
Robert J. Thornton, Perry A. Zirkel
 

The authors explore the preference of parties for experience arbitrators. Yet studies have shown that arbitration awards do not seem to vary appreciably according to the experience of the arbitrators. The authors consider the perceptions of labor and management as to the inclinations and/or unpredictability of inexperienced arbitrators.


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