This study analytically assessed variables related to faculties' expressed preferences for collective bargaining. The variables identified for the purpose of this study were socio-economic, job satisfaction, perception of collective bargaining, perceptions of unions and union officers. Additional information analyzed faculties behavioral intentions with respect to voting in a representation election and support of an organization winning representation rights for the purpose of collective bargaining. A longitudinal study was also conducted on one campus to determine if, over time, the faculty of that university gave evidence of a change in support of collective bargaining for their campus.

Multiple discriminant analysis was used to determine those variables which distinguished between faculty who were in favor of collective bargaining and those opposed to collective bargaining. Those variables found to be statistically significant were used to construct a general profile for faculty who were in favor of or opposed to collective bargaining. The longitudinal study indicated that the faculty at the single university used for the study had shifted significantly from an anti-collective bargaining posture to a pro-collective bargaining posture. A majority of the respondents indicated they would vote in favor of collective bargaining if a representative election were held on their campus.