Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from June 1996

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from June 1996

Individual-level determinants of employee shirking.
June 22, 1996... Considerable attention has recently focused on the issue of employee work effort or, more accurately, the lack thereof. Concern over "employee shirking", as it is often called, has led to the use of electronic monitoring in some workplaces...

The union as employer: personnel practices in Canadian labour unions.
June 22, 1996... Unions, like other organizations, operate in an environment of change. To be effective, and in some cases to even survive, labour organizations need to make wise strategic choices and then effectively implement the strategies chosen. And they...

Union planning: a framework and research agenda.
June 22, 1996... Planning, or the process of setting objectives and deciding how to accomplish them, is traditionally cited as one of the main functions of managers. What is interesting is the fact that little attention has been devoted to union planning...

Correlates of certification application success in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
June 22, 1996... The labour movement must continually organize new establishments to maintain its strength and viability. Even in a stable economy, employers are continuously opening and closing plants and moving to other jurisdictions. Union representation...

Effects of strike participation on the political consciousness of Canadian postal workers.
June 22, 1996... According to writings by Marxists, major strike struggles produce an explosion of workers' class consciousness. A strike disrupts everyday routines: it thrusts workers into intense inter-group conflict against management, owner(s) and different...