Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from March 2004

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from March 2004

Tribute to Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002/Hommage a Stuart Marshall Jamieson, 1914-2002.
March 22, 2004... Stuart Jamieson was the author of the first book in English on the subject of Canadian industrial relations, Industrial Relations in Canada, published in 1957. An updated edition appeared sixteen years later. This classic work was concise,...

Ergonomic Standards in North America: New Tools in Occupational Health and Safety Prevention/L'ergonomie et la reglementation de la prevention des lesions professionnelles en Amerique du Nord.
March 22, 2004... SUMMARY This article examines five ergonomic standards adopted by regulatory agencies in North America for the purpose of preventing musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs), one of the most costly categories of injury throughout North America....

Public sector bargaining: from retrenchment to consolidation/ La negociation dans le secteur public: du repli a la consolidation.
March 22, 2004... There is general agreement that public sector bargaining has evolved through three stages: the expansionary years (mid-1960s to 1982), the restraint years (1982-1990) and the retrenchment years (1990s). This paper argues that public sector...

Theories of trade unionism: analytical synopsis and contemporary perspectives/Des theories du syndicalisme: synthese analytique et considerations contemporaines.
March 22, 2004... SUMMARY This article begins with an overview of the foremost texts dealing with the main theories of trade unionism, based upon a review of the Anglo-Saxon literature on the subject. Secondly, the authors discuss the relevance of these...

Industrial relations as a discipline and field in France and the UK/Les relations industrielles comme discipline et champ de connaissances en France et au Royaume-Uni.
March 22, 2004... This article analyses the differences in the post-war study of employment relations in the UK and France, examining both the orientations of the main literatures, and more recent developments in response to the changes of recent years. Through...

The shift to self-employment: an imposed choice or an obvious choice?/Le passage au travail autonome: Choix impose ou choix qui s'impose?
March 22, 2004... SUMMARY In Canada, in Quebec, and in most industrialized countries, self-employment showed more rapid growth during the 1980s and 1990s than did full-time, salaried employment. The authors wonder how it is possible to explain the strong...

Gender, discontinued careers and low activity rates in a long life society/Genre, carrieres discontinues et faibles taux d'activite dans une societe de longue vie.
March 22, 2004... While long life society constitutes progress in terms of healthier, better and longer lives, it is also associated with higher pension and health expenditures to an extent that threatens the long term adequacy and sustainability of existing...

Labor Standards in the United States and Canada.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Labor Standards in the United States and Canada by Richard N. BLOCK, Karen ROBERTS and R. Oliver CLARKE, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 175 pp., ISBN 0-88099-236-0. This short work has the...

Imports, Exports, and Jobs. What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss?(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Imports, Exports, and Jobs. What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss? by Lori G. KLETZER, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2002, 221 pp., ISBN 0-88099-247-6. In this book, the author takes on an...

International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications by Carl DAVIDSON and Steven J. MATUSZ, Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004, 145 pp., ISBN 0-88099274-3. Why is the debate...

Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Collective Bargaining and the Social Construction of Employment sous la direction de Mateo ALALUF et Carlos PRIETO, Bruxelles : European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), 2001, 213 p., ISBN 2-930143-86-X. Ce livre est issu d'un seminaire...

Sociologie de la negociation.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Sociologie de la negociation par Reynald BOURQUE et Christian THUDEROZ, Paris: La Decouverte, Collection Reperes, 2002, 124 p., ISBN 2-7071-2953-4. La negociation se decline en autant de formes variees qu'elle se developpe dans des...

Le pouvoir de negocier. S'affronter sans violence : l'espace gagnant-gagnant en negociation.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Le pouvoir de negocier. S'affronter sans violence : l'espace gagnant-gagnant en negociation par Francois DELIVRE, Paris : Dunod, 3e edition, 2003, 296 p., ISBN 2-10006980-2. Ce livre propose une application de l'Analyse Transactionnelle...

Industrial Relations: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Industrial Relations: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management edited by John KELLY, London: Routledge, 2002, Volumes 1-5, ISBN 0415-22986-3. This edited five-volume set brings together a wide range of influential articles on...

Temps, travail et modes de vie.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Temps, travail et modes de vie par Michel LALLEMENT, Paris : PUF, collection Sciences sociales et societes, 2003, 228 p., ISBN 2-13-053687-5. L'ouvrage de Michel Lallement, professeur de sociologie au Centre national des arts et metiers a...

Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice by John BUDD, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2004, 263 pp., ISBN 0-8014-4208-7. A series of oddly shaped dots floats, somewhat haphazardly, across the cover of...

La mondialisation et ses ennemis.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... La mondialisation et ses ennemis par Daniel COHEN, Paris : Editions Bernard Grasset, 2004, 264 p., ISBN 2-2466-6401-2. S'il s'agit d'un autre livre au sujet de la mondialisation, le titre indique cependant que l'on y traite de >. Ces...

Recent publications\publications recentes.
March 22, 2004... * Relations du travail Labour Relations >, Simon Clarke, Chang-Hee Lee and Qi Li, British Journal of lndustrial Relations, vol. 42, no 2, 2004, 235-254. >, Bob Carter, Work, Employment and Society, vol. 18, no 1, 2004, 137-156....

Books received/Livres recus.
March 22, 2004... AUSTEN, Siobhan, Culture and the Labour Market, Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgard Publishing, 2003, 152p. BALDUCCHI, David E., Randall W. EBERTS and Christopher J. O'LEARY (eds.), Labor Exchange Policy in the United States, Kalamazoo,...