Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from March 2008

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from March 2008

When mobilization and closeness go hand in hand: the determining role of the immediate supervisor/Quand mobiliser et proximite riment: le role determinant du superieur immediat/Cuando movilizacion y proximidad riman: el rol determinante superior inmediato.
March 22, 2008... SUMMARY This article presents the results of a study highlighting the role of perceived support and affective commitment in the relationship between the perception of three human resource management practices and two types of employee...

An assessment of worker reaction to their union and employer post-strike: a Canadian experience/Une evaluation de la reaction apres-greve des travailleurs a l'egard de leur syndicat et de leur employeur: une experience canadienne/Evaluacion de la reaccion de los trabajadores frente a sus sindicatos y sus empleadores despues de la huelga: una experiencia canadiense.
March 22, 2008... Union members (n = 187) completed surveys assessing five affective measures (organizational commitment, job satisfaction, work climate satisfaction, management satisfaction, and union commitment) following a five-month long strike. Paired...

Re-establishing trust after a long-term strike: is it possible?/Rebatir la confiance apres une greve de longue duree: est-ce possible?/Reconstruir la confianza despues de una huelga muy larga: es posible?
March 22, 2008... SUMMARY The effects of strikes have always preoccupied industrial relations' scholars and practitioners. Even though statistically, there have been fewer strikes in Quebec during the last few years, they have not been of lesser interest....

Predictors of participation in voluntary vocational training: an empirical study among Canadian female and male managers/Les determinants de la participation a la formation professionnelle volontaire: une etude aupres de cadres feminins et masculins dans les entreprises canadiennes/ Predictores de la participacion al entrenamiento vocacional voluntario: un estudio empirico entre gestionarios canadienses hombres y mujeres.
March 22, 2008... Using Canadian national data from the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES), this study aims to identify predictors of participation in voluntary vocational training for female and male managers, respectively. Results show a higher rate of...

Workforce mobility within the construction industry in Quebec: a dual reality/La mobilite de la main-d'oeuvre dans l'industrie de la construction au Quebec: une double realite/La movilidad de la mano de obra en la industria de la construccion en Quebec: una doble realidad.
March 22, 2008... SUMMARY The construction industry has often been described in terms of its distinctive features, that is, its industrial organization, the specificity of its workforce, the nature of its work processes or its labour relations system. An...

New technologies and the gender wage gap: evidence from France/Nouvelles technologies et differences salariales selon les sexes en France/Nuevas tecnologias y brecha de generos en el salario: evidencia de Francia.
March 22, 2008... This paper focuses on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the gender pay gap along the wage distribution. Our empirical analysis relies on two complementary French surveys conducted in 1998 and 2005 on a large...

The logic of contingent work and overwork/La logique du travail temporaire et du surtemps/La logica del trabajo eventual y trabajo excesivo.
March 22, 2008... In this article, I draw on institutional theory to propose that a macro-societal market logic is shaping out understanding of the workplace trends of contingent work and overwork. This logic, in combination with specific societal changes,...

Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Rethinking the Future of Work: Directions and Visions, by Colin C. WILLIAMS, New York: Palgrave, 2007, 343 pp., ISBN 978-1-4039-9371-7. Colin Williams' book Rethinking the Future of Work is not for the fainthearted. He sets himself a...

Le developpement durable comme compromis: la modernisation ecologique de l'economie a l'ere de la mondialisation.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Le developpement durable comme compromis : la modernisation ecologique de l'economie a l'ere de la mondialisation, par Corinne GENDRON, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2006, 276 p., ISBN 2-7605-1412-9. Largement connu depuis la...

Social Theory at Work.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Social Theory at Work, edited by Marek KORCZYNSKI, Randy HODSON and Paul K. EDWARDS, Oxford: Orford University Press, 2006, 502 p., ISBN 0-19-928597-7 (hbk). Le champ scientifique des relations industrielles est marque depuis une vingtaine...

Auteurs et textes classiques de la theorie des organisations.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Auteurs et textes classiques de la theorie des organisations, sous la direction de Laurent BELANGER et Jean MERCIER, Quebec: Les Presses de l'universite Laval, 2006, 575 p., ISBN 2-7637-8235-3. Alors que l'interet porte aux grandes theories...

Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves and the Labor Movement in Harm's Way?(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves and the Labor Movement in Harm's Way? by Kris PAAP, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2006, 235 p., ISBN 978-0-8014-4467-8. Il y a peu d'ecrits sur les relations du...

The Realities of Work: Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society, 3rd ed.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... The Realities of Work: Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society, 3rd ed., by Mike NOON and Paul BLYTON, New York: Palgrave, 2007, 436 pp., ISBN 1-4039-9493-5. Putting employees at centre stage, The Realities of Work seeks to...

Global Competitive Strategy.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Global Competitive Strategy, by Daniel F. SPULBER, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., ISBN 978-0-521880-81-7. This book presents ideas about business planning and corporate strategy development. Its target audience is...

Fragments sur l'essentiel du droit de l'emploi.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Fragments sur l'essentiel du droit de l'emploi, par Fernand MORIN, Montreal: Wilson et Lafleur, 2007, 300 p., ISBN 978-2-89127-790-7. L'objectif poursuivi par l'auteur est simple. Il partage ses notes et observations a l'egard de...

Recent publications/Publications recentes.
March 22, 2008... * Relations du travail Labour Relations Adversive Workplace Conditions and Employee Grievance Filing: The Moderating Effects of Gender and Ethnicity, Peter Bamberger, Ela Kohn, and Inbal Nahum-Shani, Industrial Relations. A Journal of...

Book received/Livres recus.
March 22, 2008... BERCUSSON, Brian and Cynthia ESTLUND (editors), Regulating Labour in The Wake of Globalisation: New Challenges, New Institutions, Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, 2008, 290 p. BRUGVIN, Thierry, Les mouvements sociaux face au commerce ethique:...