An opportunity to participate in the study on the relationship between unions and the wellbeing of teachers.

Please see below an opportunity to participate in a study on the relationship between unions and the wellbeing of teachers, which has proven itself a timely research topic. A number of principals expressed reasonable concerns about workload and timing. This survey will be open until the end of August.

Cian Sutherland is a psychology student at the University of Waikato, studying under the supervision of Professor Nicola Starkey. Despite the pivotal role that labour unions have played in the development of labour laws across the world, there has been very little research about them. For her master’s thesis she is hoping to elucidate the relationship between unionization and wellbeing, and to see what kinds of people do and do not tend to unionize.

To answer these questions, she has chosen to survey academic staff - not professional staff - at secondary and tertiary schools in NZ and Australia. To understand the impact of unions by making comparisons, she will need both current union and non-union academic staff to complete her anonymous survey. Those who do so can follow the link below to provide their email to get a summary of our results and/or go in the draw to win a voucher. The more responses she gets, the more vouchers she will offer! Everyone who takes this survey will be asked questions about their wellbeing, personality, and political beliefs. Union members will also be asked additional questions about their experiences with and feelings toward unions, while non-union members will be asked why they haven’t unionized. We expect the survey will take about 30 minutes to complete. The survey will be open until the end of August, so there's no rush to complete it; we understand that everyone is very busy at the moment.

She is aiming for a minimum of 500 unionized and 500 non-unionized educators in NZ and Australia each, for a total of 2000 participants, but the more, the merrier. This survey cannot be found on Google and is not being distributed on any website, meaning your sharing of it is the only way they can successfully conduct their study; she would appreciate your help! If you want any more information about the study or answer questions answered please contact Cian Sutherland on: cs236@students.waikato.ac.nz

Here is the survey link: 

https://waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HiZXxIh11A0RLM