Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 2005

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 2005

Reflexions croisees sur la gestion des competences en France et en Amerique du Nord/Intersecting reflections on competency management in France and in North America/Reflexiones entrecruzadas sobre la gestion de competencias en Francia y en America del Norte.(competency management style in North America and in France )
January 1, 2005... Si la gestion des competences est encore un sujet d'actualite a la fois pour les gestionnaires de ressources humaines et pour bon nombre de responsables d'entreprise, c'est que l'objet meme de cette gestion ne cesse de prendre de l'importante...

Non-standard work and benefits has anything changed since the Wallace report?/Trabajo atipico y beneficios: ha cambiado algo despues del Informe Wallace?/Travail atypique et avantages sociaux: y a-t-il eu des changements depuis le Rapport Wallace?
January 1, 2005... This paper examines whether there has been improvement in benefits coverage for non-standard workers since the Wallace Report in 1983. This study uses Statistics Canada's Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) 1999 data. Results show significant...

Le statut d'emploi: un element constitutif de la condition sociale?/El estatuto del empleo: un elemento constitutivo de la condicion social?(employment status under section 10 of Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms )
January 1, 2005... Le travail atypique se caracterise par d'importantes disparites de traitements entre les personnes effectuant, au sein d'une meme entreprise, des taches semblables mais ayant des statuts d'emploi differents. Le present article tente d'etablir...

Union networks and global unionism in maritime shipping/Reseaux syndicaux et syndiealisme international dans le transport maritime/Redes sindicales y sindicalismo mundial en la navegacion maritima.(Flag of Convenience campaign)
January 1, 2005... Under the auspices of the International Transport Workers' Federation's (ITF) Flag of Convenience campaign, maritime unions have developed transnational global structures exploiting interdependencies in transportation production chains. The...

La mesure du contrat psychologique dans un contexte de travail francophone/Measurement of the psychological contract in a French work context/La medida del contrato sicologico en un contexto de trabajo francofono.
January 1, 2005... Si le concept de > est desormais largement repandu dans la litterature, les instruments de sa mesure font encore defaut. Rousseau a propose en 1990 le Psychological Contract Index (PCI), qu 'elle a actualise en 1998-2000. Cet article vise a...

An exploratory study of graduate student unions in Canada/ Un estudio exploratorio de los sindicatos de estudiantes graduados en Canada.
January 1, 2005... Graduate student unions are beginning to attract attention in Canada and the United States. In Canada, unionization on campuses is especially important for organized labour, as union density has dropped below 30 percent for the first time in...

Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World by Ajit K. GHOSE, Geneva: International Labour Office, 2003, 130 pages, ISBN 92-2-112717-6. This is a timely book about the labour market effects of globalization--specifically, the effects of...

Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice edited by Carol AGOCS, The Hagues, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 2002, 290 pages, ISBN 90-411-1843-8. Depuis plusieurs annees, Carol Agocs,...

Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Working Children Around the World: Child Rights and Child Reality edited by G.K. LIETEN, New Delhi: Institute for Human Development, 2004, 200 pages, ISBN 81-88315-08-7. It is widely acknowledged that the phenomenon of "child labour" is...

Are Activation Policies Converging in Europe? The European Employment Strategy for Young People.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Are Activation Policies Converging in Europe? The European Employment Strategy for Young People edited by Amparo SERRANO PASCUAL, Brussels: European Trade Union Institute, 2004, 518 pages, ISBN 2-930352-38-8. The countries of the European...

Les strategies des ressources humaines, 3e edition.(book by Bernard Gazier on Human Resources Strategies)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Les strategies des ressources humaines, 3e edition par Bernard GAZIER, Paris: Editions La Decouverte, 2004. 122 pages, ISBN 2-7071-4389-8. La troisieme edition de l'ouvrage de Bernard Gazier, intitule Les strategies des ressources...

Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services edited by Jonathan BROCK and David B. LIPSKY, Champaign, Illinois: IRRA, 2003, 321 pages, ISBN 0-913447-86-2. This volume, produced as part of...

Travail, organisation et sante: le defi de la productivite dans le respect des personnes.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Travail, organisation et sante: le defi de la productivite dans le respect des personnes par Alain VINET, Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2004, 384 pages, ISBN 2-7637-8073-3. Nous observons depuis la derniere decennie que la...

What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... What's Class Got To Do With It? American Society in the Twenty-First Century edited by Michael ZWEIG, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2004, 240pages, ISBN 0-8014-8899-0. A new interdisciplinary field of teaching and research...

Recent publications/Publications recentes.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2005... * Relations du travail Labour Relations La negociation quotidienne et le reglement officiel des litiges dans les entreprises aux Etats-Unis, Charles Heckscher et Lavinia Hall, Negociations, 1, 2004, 63-78. Cleared for Take-off?...

Books received/Livres recus.
January 1, 2005... ARSENEAU, Real, La reciprocite dans les relations de travail. Un nouveau levier dans la mecanique sociale, Outremont, QC: Les Editions Carte blanche, 2004, 207 p. BARLING, Julian, E. Kevin KELLOWAY and Michael R. FRONE (eds), Handbook of...