Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from June 2004

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from June 2004

Les dimensions de l'heterogeneite de la categorie de travailleur independant sans employe: elements pour une typologie.
June 22, 2004... SUMMARY The Dimensions of Heterogeneity among Own-Account Self-Employed: Elements for a Typology Self-employment is one of the two main non-standard work forms (different from regular full-time employment) in Quebec and Canada....

The ties of place: contractors and employer strategies on the western Canadian and central Queensland coalfields.
June 22, 2004... This study explores the ways in which spatial configurations have shaped the use of contractors in the export coalfields of Queensland (Australia) and western Canada since the late 1960s. It is argued that the divergent employer strategies...

Part-time and casual work in retail trade: stress and other factors affecting the workplace.
June 22, 2004... The purpose of this article is to examine the effects of working conditions in part-time and casual work on worker stress and the consequences for their workplaces. Data were collected through interviews with occupational health and safety...

Negociations sur l'emploi en Europe: compromis et enjeux.
June 22, 2004... SUMMARY Collective bargaining on employment in Europe; compromises and challenges. A large set of recent studies tends to show that employment is currently gaining increased importance in the content of collective bargaining in the...

Abusive events at work among young working adults: magnitude of the problem and its effect on self-rated health.
June 22, 2004... The study examines the incidence of abusive events at work and compares the self-rated health (SRH) assessments of young workers according to whether they have been victims or not. Subjects and materials were extracted from a data set covering...

Visible minorities under the Canadian Employment Equity Act, 1987-1999.
June 22, 2004... This study focuses on the effectiveness of the federal Employment Equity Act (EEA). We assess the EEA with regard to visible minority (VM) employees using quantitative data from employer reports published under the provisions of the EEA and the...

Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences edited by Susan HOUSEMAN and Machiko OSAWA, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 513 pp., ISBN 0-88099-263-8. For some, nonstandard work...

Employment Stability in an Age of Flexibility: Evidence from Industrialized Countries.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Employment Stability in an Age of Flexibility: Evidence from Industrialized Countries sous la direction de Peter AUER et Sandrine CAZES, Geneve : Bureau international du travail, 2003, 272 p., ISBN 92-2-112716-8. L'emploi instable...

La precarite du travail : une realite aux multiples visages.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... La precarite du travail : une realite aux multiples visages sous la direction de Genevieve FOURNIER, Bruno BOURASSA et Kamel BEJI, Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2003, 248 p., ISBN 2-76377960-3. Depuis l'eclatement du modele...

La sante des femmes au travail en Europe : des inegalites non reconnues.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... La sante des femmes au travail en Europe : des inegalites non reconnues par Laurent VOGEL, Bruxelles : Bureau technique syndical, 2003, 387 p., ISBN 2-930003-48-0 aussi publie en anglais : The Gender Workplace Health Gap in Europe, ISBN...

Class and Other Identifies: Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Writing of European Labour History.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Class and Other Identifies: Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Writing of European Labour History edited by Lex Heerma VAN VOSS and Marcel VAN DER LINDEN, New York: Berghahn Books, 2002, 250 pp., ISBN 1-57181-787-5. Class and Other...

Le travail en chantier.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Le travail en chantier par Marcelle Duc, Toulouse : Octares editions, 2002, 202 p., ISBN 2-906769-87-8. Derriere ce titre > bien pense se revele un ouvrage fort interessant sur l'organisation du travail, vue sous l' angle de la...

Reflechir la competence: approches sociologiques, juridiques, economiques d'une pratique gestionnaire.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Reflechir la competence: approches sociologiques, juridiques, economiques d'une pratique gestionnaire sous la direction de Arnaud DUPRAY, Christophe GUITTON et Sylvie MONCHATRE, Toulouse : Octares editions, 2003, 272 p., ISBN 2-90676997-5. ...

Crise d'identite professionnelle et professionnalisme.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Crise d'identite professionnelle et professionnalisme sous la direction de Georges A. LEGAULT, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2003, 226 p., ISBN 2-7605-1215-0. La question de l'identite devient un theme recurrent dans la...

Introduction aux relations industrielles.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Introduction aux relations industrielles sous la direction de Jean Boivin, Montreal : Gaetan MORIX, editeur, 2004, 390 p., ISBN 2-89105-853-4. Comme son titre l'indique, l'ouvrage vise a introduire le lecteur a la discipline des relations...

Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, 1960-1978 by Alexander C. P.ATHY, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004, 328 pp., ISBN 0-8020-8980-1. This manuscript by Alexander C. Pathy is new and unique. It definitely...

Recent publications / Publications recentes.
June 22, 2004... Relations du travail Labour Relations >, Jane Wills, Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 35, no 4, 2004, 329-343. >, Charles Woolfson and Matthias Beck, Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 35, no 4, 2004, 344-358. >, Chris...

Books received / Livres recus.
June 22, 2004... ACKERS, Peter and Adrian WILKINSON (eds), Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003, 366 p. AGGARWAL, Arjun P. and Madhu M. GUPTA, Sexual Harassment Investigations: How...