Academic unionism emerged during the 1960's for a variety of reasons. Higher education faculty are organizing for collective bargaining for professional advancement. To what factors are individual faculty members' attitudes toward collective bargaining attributable? This study's findings supported hypothesized relationships between sets of previously established attitudinal themes vis-a-vis collective bargaining, perceptions of the conditions of employment, and certain biographic/demographic variables. It identified a set of predictors useful for explaining individual attitudes. (Author)