Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2003 The Identification of Collective Bargaining Issues for the Korea Baseball Organization Jongmi Joo Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION THE IDENTIFICATION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUES FOR THE KOREA BASEBALL ORGANIZATION By JONGMI JOO A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Sport Management, Recreation Management, and Physical Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2003 The members of the Committee approved the dissertation of Jongmi Joo defended on August 25, 2003. Annie Clement Professor Directing Dissertation David Pargman Outside Committee Member Alvin Stauber Outside Committee Member Tom Ratliffe Committee Member Approved: Charles Imwold, Chair, Department of Sport Management, Recreation Management, and Physical Education The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii Dedicated to my father, Cheongon Joo, mother, Seonggu Lee, father in law, Dr. Donghee Choi, and mother in law, Yongjae Kim iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation might never be completed without the help of a number of individuals. I would like to thank Dr. Annie Clement, major professor, whose leadership, understanding, guidance, patience, and friendship have been a constant source of encouragement and motivation. I offer my sincere thanks to the other members of my committee, Dr. David Pargman, Dr. Alvin Stauber, and Dr. Tom Ratliffe for their excellent suggestions, which were instrumental in the completion of this study. I feel truly blessed to have had such a wonderful committee members. I would like to thank SooKyeong Cho, SunHee Kim, CheongGyun Kim, and Ian Haigler for your support and friendship. To my sister, SungSoon Joo, and her husband, MoonGi Jeong I wish to thank you for your support and love. Finally, to my husband, Dr. Junyoung Choi, and new born son, Jieuk Choi I wish to thank you profusely for your unfailing faith, sacrifice, and support. Thank you for walking through this doctoral process with me. I love you and look forward to the many challenges that lie before us as we continue to journey through life. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables...................................................................................................................vii Abstract.......................................................................................................................... viii 1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................01 Statement of the Purpose......................................................................................02 Significance of the Study .....................................................................................03 Research Questions..............................................................................................03 Assumption of the Study......................................................................................04 Limitations of the Study.......................................................................................04 Definition of Terms..............................................................................................04 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE.......................................................................................06 Labor-Management Relations in the United States and Korea ..............................06 Labor Movement in the United States and Korea......................................06 Labor Legislation in the United States and Korea .....................................09 Collective Bargaining System in the United States and Korea...................15 Labor-Management Relations in Professional Baseball ........................................19 Labor-Management Relations in the MLB................................................19 Labor-Management Relations in the KBO ................................................30 Delphi Method.....................................................................................................36 Definitions of the Delphi Technique .........................................................36 Feature of the Delphi Technique...............................................................37 Panel Selection.........................................................................................38 Delphi Procedure......................................................................................39 Reliability and Validity.............................................................................44 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Delphi Technique..................................45 3. METHOD....................................................................................................................48 Delphi Technique.................................................................................................48 Selection of Panelists................................................................................49 Iterations ..................................................................................................53 Data Collection.........................................................................................57 Data Analysis ...........................................................................................62 v Document Analysis..............................................................................................65 Qualitative Document Analysis ................................................................65 Process of Qualitative Document Analysis ...............................................66 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................69 5. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................85 Summary .............................................................................................................85 Conclusions .........................................................................................................90 Recommendations................................................................................................91 APPENDIX A. Request Letter of Nomination and Form of Nomination List ...................93 APPENDIX B. Approval of Human Subjects ..................................................................96 APPENDIX C. Invitation Letter ......................................................................................97 APPENDIX D. Survey Number One ...............................................................................99 APPENDIX E. Statistical Summary of Panelists’ Responses to Survey Number One......113 APPENDIX F. Panelists’ Comments from Survey Number One .....................................117 APPENDIX G. List of Panelists after Survey Number One.............................................124 APPENDIX H. Survey Items Changed after Survey Number One ..................................127 APPENDIX I. Survey Number Two ...............................................................................129 APPENDIX J. Demographic Characteristics of Panelists after Survey Number Two.......137 REFERENCES...............................................................................................................138 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ..........................................................................................151 vi LIST OF TABLES 1. History of the American Labor Legislation ................................................................12 2. History of Labor-Management Relations in the Major League Baseball.....................31 3. Size of Panel of Experts at the First Round ................................................................53 4. Size of Panel of Experts at the Second Round ............................................................56 5. Interquartile Range – Measure of Consensus..............................................................64 6. Median – Measure of Agreement of Acceptance........................................................64 7. Current Collective Bargaining Issues of the Korea Baseball Organization..................70 8. The Relevance of the Collective Bargaining Issues of the MLB in the Collective Bargaining Process of the KBO...........................................................74 9. Ranking of Important Bargaining Issues for KBO......................................................77 10. Comparisons between 1990 and 1997’s Basic Agreement of MLB ............................78 11. Comparisons between Bargaining Issues of KBO Perceived by Korean Experts and of MLB by Recent Agreements.........................................................83 12. Statistical Summary of Panelists’ Responses to Survey Number One ........................113 13. Ranking of Important Bargaining Issues between the Korean Professional Baseball Players and Clubs .................................................................................116 14. Survey Items Changed after Survey Number One .....................................................127 15. Demographic Characteristics of Panelists after Survey Number Two ........................137 vii ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify current collective bargaining issues facing the Korea