Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 2008

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 2008

A tribute to Rodrigue Blouin (1942-2007)/Hommage a Rodrigue Blouin (1942-2007).(In memoriam)
January 1, 2008... On September 11, 2007, Rodrigue Blouin, Professor in the Department of Industrial Relations of Universite Laval, died suddenly. His family lost a cherished husband and beloved father, the Journal RI/IR, a steadfast and unfailing collaborator,...

Low-paid workers and on-the-job training in Canada/La formation en cours d'emploi au Canada: le cas des travailleurs a faible remuneration/Trabajadores mal pagados y entrenamiento ocupacional en Canada.
January 1, 2008... This paper provides evidence of on-the-job training for low-paid workers in Canada and examines workplace and individual factors associated with their on-the-job training. The study uses Statistics Canada's Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)...

Workers' power and intentional learning among non-managerial workers: a 2004 benchmark survey/le pouvoir des travailleurs et lapprentissage volontair chez le personnel d'execution : l'enquete repere de 2004/Poder de los trabajadores y apredizaje voluntario de los trabajadores non cuadros: una encuesta de referencia efectuada en 2004.
January 1, 2008... This paper explores relations of workers' power, in terms of unionization and delegated workplace authority, with incidence of participation in adult education and job-related informal learning activities Empirical analysis is based primarily...

Workplace violence and the duration of workers' compensation claims/La violence sur les lieux de travail et la duree des reclamations des travailleurs/Violencia en el trabajo y duracion del reclamo compensatorio de los trabajadores.
January 1, 2008... Based upon unique Canadian administrative data from the years 1996 to 1999, this study examines the duration of absences from work due to injuries arising from workplace violence with a hazard model. We find that policing and nursing...

Conditions for the development of trust between managers and union representatives in a context of innovation/Les conditions de la confiance entre gestionnaires et representants syndicaux dans un contexte d'innovations/Las condiciones de confianza entre directivos y representantes sindicales en contexto de innovacion.
January 1, 2008... Cet article analyse les conditions associees au developpement de la relation de confiance entre les geationnaires et les representants syndicaux au sein d'entreprises qui ont adopte des innovations de differente, formes. Nous nous interessons a...

Work-family balance or greedy organizations?/L'equilibre travail-famille ou des organisations voraces?/?Conciliacion trabajo--familia u organizaciones voraces?
January 1, 2008... This paper re-examines the concept of work-family balance by analyzing qualitative data from interviews conducted with Australian senior female staff and managers at a major metropolitan bank and a large, regional hospital. Extant research...

New forms of work organization: the role of institutional and contingent perspectives/Les nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail: le role des perspectives contingente et institutionnelle/Las nuevas formas de organizacion del trabajo: el rol de las perspectivas contingentes e institucionales.
January 1, 2008... Cette etude analyse le taux de penetration des nouvelles formes d'organisation du travail (NFOT) ainsi que leurs determinants. Pour ce faire, les perspectives contingente et institutionnelle ont ete mises a profit afin de caracteriser les...

Industrial Relations: A Current Review.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Industrial Relations: A Current Review, edited by Richard HALL, London: Sage Publications, 2006, 144 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1-412929-50-9. This book mostly focuses on contemporary Australian employment relations and the Howard Government's...

Innovations sociales dans le travail et l'emploi: recherches empiriques et perspectives theoriques.(Paul-Andre Lapointe and Guy Bellemare's sociology book)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Innovations sociales dans le travail et l'emploi: recherches empiriques et perspectives theoriques, sous la direction de Paul-Andre LAPOINTE et Guy BELLEMARE, Quebec: Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2006, 330 p., ISBN-10: 2-763783-14-7. Le...

Les temporalites sociales: reperes methodologiques.(Jens Thoemmes and Gilber De Terssac's sociology book)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Les temporalites sociales: reperes methodologiques, ouvrage collectif coordonne par Jens THOEMMES et Gilbert DE TERSSAC, Toulouse: Octares editions, collection Le travail en debats, 2006, 187 p., ISBN-10: 2-915346-33-X. Cet ouvrage--dedie...

The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management, edited by Peter BOXALL, John PURCELL, and Patrick WRIGHT, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, 658 pp., ISBN 978-0-199282-51-7. At 658 pages, and with 42 contributors, The Oxford Handbook...

International and European Protection of the Right to Strike: A Comparative Study of Standards Set by the International Labour Organization, the Council of Europe and the European Union.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... International and European Protection of the Right to Strike: A Comparative Study of Standards Set by the International Labour Organization, the Council of Europe and the European Union, par Tonia NOVITZ, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003,...

Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century, by Harry ARTHURS, Ottawa: Publications Services, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2006, 302 pp., ISBN 0-662-44159-1 (also available in French as Equite au travail :...

Collective Bargaining on Working Time: Recent European Experiences.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Collective Bargaining on Working Time: Recent European Experiences, edited by Maarten KEUNE and Bela GALGOCZI, Brussels: ETUI-REHS, 2006, 290 pp., ISBN-10: 2-874520-14-4. The relationships between work and time have become increasingly...

Les intermittents du spectacle. Sociologie d'une exception.(Pierre-Michel Menger's sociology book)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Les intermittents du spectacle. Sociologie d'une exception, par Pierre-Michel MENGER, Paris : Editions de l'Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, 2005, 286 p., ISBN : 2-7132-2064-5. Dans cet ouvrage rigoureusement documente,...

Recent Publications/Publications recentes.(Biography)
January 1, 2008... Relations du travail Labour Relations Symposium : Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership, Industrial Relations, 47 (1), 2008, 1-96. Introduction to a Symposium on the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership, Thomas A. Kochan;...

Books received/Livres recus.
January 1, 2008... BOXALL, Peter, and John PURCELL, Strategy and Human Resource Management, 2nd Edition, New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008, 351 p. BROADBENT, Kayte, and Michele FORD, Women and Labour Organizing in Asia, New York, NY: Roudledge, 2008, 174...