Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 2004

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 2004

Une regulation sociale de l'entreprise mondialisee?(towards social regulation of the global firm)
January 1, 2004... Introduction Les entreprises multinationales representent a la fois le moteur et la courrole de transmission de l'internationalisation des relations economiques et sociales. Le developpement economique--voire meme la prosperite--de la...

La responsabilite sociale de l'entreprise: menace ou opportunite pour le droit du travail?(social responsibilty of firms and the effect on labor law)
January 1, 2004... Largement dominant a l'epoque de la production industrielle dans l'entreprise hierarchisee, le contrat de travail a duree indeterminee comme mode de regulation des relations de travail est aujourd'hui doublement fragilise par l'organisation des...

La declaration de l'OIT relative aux droits fondamentaux au travail: une nouvelle forme de regulation efficace?(ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and globalization)
January 1, 2004... Cet article explore l'efficacite de la Declaration relative aux principes et droits fondamentaux au travail en tant que reponse aux defis poses par une mondialisation consideree essentiellement sur le plan economique. La Declaration a ete...

Responsabilite sociale et regulation de l'entreprise mondialisee.(social responsibilty and the regulation of the global firm)
January 1, 2004... Cet article analyse le potentiel regulatoire de la responsabilite sociale dans un contexte de mondialisation economique a partir d' une distinction entre ses trois dimensions : les pratiques, le discours et le questionnement. Sans comprendre la...

Corporate voluntarism and human rights: the adequacy and effectiveness of voluntary self-regulation regimes.
January 1, 2004... In response to increasing public concern over the accountability of transnational corporations (TNCs) for violations of human rights in the states in which they operate, governments, corporations and NGOs have promoted the development and...

Pension fund corporate engagement: the fifth stage of capitalism.
January 1, 2004... Pension fund capitalism is a new, albeit evolving, stage of Anglo-American capital market development. It is marked by the ability of pension funds to aggregate the widely disbursed ownership of beneficiaries and therefore act as single...

Codes of conduct and standard setting in the forest sector: constructing markets for democracy?
January 1, 2004... In an age of globalization, there is a growing perception that state regulatory instruments may be an inadequate means of regulating firm conduct. Increasingly, scholars are evaluating how corporate codes of conduct may operate as regulatory...

Le droit de l'emploi au Quebec, [2.sup.e] edition.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Le droit de l'emploi au Quebec, [2.sup.e] edition par Fernand MORIN et Jean-Yves BRIERE, Montreal : Wilson & Lafleur, 2003, 1636 p., ISBN 2-89127-590-X. L'objectif de l'ouvrage est double. D'une part, les auteurs proposent de faire une >...

Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Unions in the Time of Revolution: Government Restructuring in Alberta and Ontario by Yonatan RESHEF and Sandra RASTIN, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003, 279 pp., ISBN 0-8020-8753-1. Although the contours of public sector labour...

La convention collective au Quebec.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... La convention collective au Quebec par Gerard HEBERT, Reynald BOURQUE, Anthony GILES, Michel GRANT, Patrice JALETTE, Gilles TRUDEAU et Guylaine VALLEE, Boucherville : Gaetan Morin editeur, 2003, 432 p., ISBN 2-89105-833-X. Bien que redige...

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements by Dan CLAWSON, Ithaca: ILR Press, 2003, 256 pp., ISBN 0-8014-8870-2. The Next Upsurge contributes to the literature of social-movement unionism; it argues that the future of unions...

Building Chaos: An International Comparison of Deregulation in the Construction Industry.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Building Chaos: An International Comparison of Deregulation in the Construction Industry sous la direction de Gerhard BOSCH et Peter PHILLIPS, London : Routledge, 2003, 256 p., ISBN 0-4152-6090-6. Cet ouvrage est le fruit de la...

Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective: Parallel or Converging Tracks?(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... This is a sprawling collection trying to cover a sprawling reality: the interaction between recent and projected trends in the labour markets of the industrialized countries and current and anticipated changes in the existing systems of social...

La relation de service: opportunites et questions nouvelles pour l'ergonomie.(2001 seminar on the idea of 'service' from economic, social, psychological and economic viewpoints organized by the University of Paris)
January 1, 2004... Cet ouvrage regroupe differentes presentations faites dans le cadre d'un seminaire organise par le departement Ergonomie et Ecologie humaine de l'universite Paris 1. Chaque annee, chercheurs, universitaires et praticiens d'horizons...

Innovation and knowledge creation in an open economy: Canadian industry and international implications.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Cette compilation ne peut faire l'objet d'un compte rendu exhaustif, tant son contenu est riche en donnees quantitatives et en conclusions qualitatives. Il s'agit d'une vaste typologie classant a partir d'une taxinomie dynamique les espaces...

Recent publications.
January 1, 2004... Publications recentes Theorie et methodologie en relations industrielles Theory and Methodology in Industrial Relations Special Issue: Collective Actors in Industrial Relations: Which Future?, edited by Thomas A. Kochan and Walther...

Books received.
January 1, 2004... Livres recus BERNATCHEZ, Jean-Claude, L'appreciation des performances au travail : de l'individu a l'equipe, Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2003, 190 p. CANTIN, Isabelle et Jean-Maurice CANTIN, Politiques...