Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles

Recent articles from Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2009... As you have surely noticed, RI/IR has a new look as of the beginning of 2009, in terms of both its presentation and its content. RI/IR's new style is modern, spare and distinctive. It highlights the content of each issue and the bilingual nature of the journal, which is part of what makes...

Organizational trust and social exchange: what if taking good care of employees were profitable?/La confiance organisationnelle au coeur de l'echange social: et si bien traiter ses employes etait payant?/La confianza organizacional al centro del intercambio social: y si tartar bien sus empleados fuera rentable?
January 1, 2009... SUMMARY Several studies show a decrease in employees' trust toward their organization; in parallel, organizations want to develop a long-term employment relationship to remain competitive in a context of employee shortage (Robinson and Rousseau, 1994). How can organizations develop a...

Sustaining management commitment to workplace health programs: the case of participatory ergonomics/L'implication soutenue de la direction a l'endroit des interventions en matiere de sante et de securite au travail: le cas d'une ergonomie particioative/Sustentar el compromiso de la gerencia respecto a los programas de la salud en el lugar de trabajo: el caso de la ergonomia participativa.
January 1, 2009... This article investigates management commitment to workplace health and safety through an analysis of the implementation of participatory ergonomic (PE) interventions in three worksites. The PE programs were established to address the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Drawing...

International labour regulation: what have we really learnt so far?/Le droit international du travail: qu'avons-nous vraiment appris jusqu'ici?/Regulacion internacional del trabajo: ?que hemos realmente aprendido hasta ahora?
January 1, 2009... Can soft regulatory approaches and corporate social responsibility ever be substitute methods for pursuing meaningfully across the globe violations of labour standards? Out analysis shows the limits of country, government, and hard-law based international labour regulation, but also the...

The difficult legal framework of self-employed workers in precarious situations: the case of taxi drivers who rent their vehicles/Le difficile encadrement juridique des travailleurs autonomes en situation precaire : le cas des chauffeurs locataires de taxi/El dificil marco juridico de los trabajadores autonomos en situacion precaria : el caso de choferes de taxi contractuales.
January 1, 2009... SUMMARY Self-employed workers account for 15.4% of the workforce. They form a heterogeneous group that the law merges into a single legal category, that of independent contractors. Such a categorization postulates that these workers have the capacity to protect themselves and to strike a...