Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from September 2007

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from September 2007

Introduction to the thematic issue/Introduction du numero thematique.(labor relations)
September 22, 2007... The articles collected in this thematic issue seek to address, based on different theoretical and methodological approaches, the construction of workers' relationships with the employing organization in occupational transitions over the course...

Activity system model, perceived self-efficacy, and newcomer integration behaviour/Systeme des activites, sentiment d'efficacite personnelle et conduites d'insertion des nouveaux recrutes.
September 22, 2007... The research presented here contributes to the current debate on the effects of perceived self-efficacy (PSE). The study, undertaken with 157 schoolteachers who had just started their first teaching position, examined the moderating role of PSE...

Occupational transition and role orientation in management function/Transition professionnelle et orientation de role dans la fonction de cadre.
September 22, 2007... L'article, centre sur les orientations de role de nouveaux cadres de l'Action Sociale, prolonge et complete le modele de la proactivite appliquee aux processus de socialisation organisationnelle. Ce modele reconnait au sujet la capacite a agir...

Psychological contract and quality of organizational life: an empirical study on workers at a rest home/Contrat psychologique et qualite de la vie organisationnelle: une recherche empirique sur les employes d'une maison de retraite.
September 22, 2007... This study assesses psychological contract using a feature-oriented approach which measures perceptions about employer and employee obligations along the dimensions of duration, tangibility, scope, stability/flexibility, contract level and...

Determinants of return-to-work among employees absent due to mental health problems/Les determinants du retour au travail a la suite d'une absence en raison d'un probleme de sante mentale chez les travailleurs.
September 22, 2007... The contribution of work in the occurrence of mental health problems prompts us to question the conditions which favour a successful return to work. The goals of this study are to describe the profile of workers who have been absent due to a...

Social memory and future prospects as seen by employees following an industrial disaster/Memoire sociale et perspectives temporelles futures de salaries a la suite d'une catastrophe industrielle.
September 22, 2007... Dans le contexte d'une catastrophe industrielle qui a entraine la fermeture d'une usine chimique, les auteurs analysent le role que jouent la memoire sociale et l'experience anterieure au sein de l'organisation dans la construction de...

Analysis of employee behaviours in end-of-career transition: the case of workers in non-standard employment/Analyse des conduites de salaries en transition de fin de carriere: le cas de travailleurs et travailleuses en situation d'emploi atypique.
September 22, 2007... Cet article propose une analyse des conduites d'investissement de travailleurs et travailleuses dans les differents domaines de leur existence. S'inspirant de l'approche du parcours de vie (life course), il s'appuie sur une enquete qualitative...

Labour Arbitration in Canada.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Labour Arbitration in Canada, by Morton MITCHNICK and Brian ETHERINGTON, Toronto: Lancaster House, 2006, 426 pp., ISBN 0-920450-29-6 Grievance arbitration, a process for the binding settlement of disputes during the life of the collective...

Managing Global Legal Systems.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Managing Global Legal Systems, by Gary W. FLORKOWSKI, London and New York: Routledge, 2006, 271 pages, ISBN 0-415369-45-2 Dans un contexte de mondialisation economique, savoir composer avec les differents systemes juridiques nationaux,...

The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies, by Vincenzo GALASSO, Cambridge, Mass., London: MIT Press, 2006, 257 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-262072-73-1, ISBN-10:0-262072-73-4 While most authors focus on the financial sustainability...

Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms, edited by Judy FUDGE and Rosemary OWENS, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2006, 401 pages, ISBN 1-841136-15-8 (hbk.), ISBN 1-841136-16-5 (pbk.) Il s'agit d'un ouvrage...

Labour Relations and Health Reform: A Comparative Study of Five Jurisdictions.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Labour Relations and Health Reform: A Comparative Study of Five Jurisdictions, by Kurt WETZEL with contributions from Stephen BACH, Mark BRAY and Nadine WHITE, Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 230 pp., ISBN 1-403998-65-5 In a...

Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: four Provinces in Comparative Perspective.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy: Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective, by Rodney HADDOW and Thomas KLASSEN, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, 390 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-802090-90-4 and ISBN-10:...

Faut-il bruler le modele social francais?(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Faut-il bruler le modele social francais? par Alain LEFEBVRE et Dominique MEDA, Paris : Seuil, 2006, 156 pages, ISBN 2-020859-70-X Titre provoquant dans la lignee d'ouvrages parus recemment sur les raisons de la performance decevante de la...

Responsabilite sociale et environnementale de l'entreprise.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Responsabilite sociale et environnementale de l'entreprise, sous la direction de Matie-France B. TURCOTTS et Anne SALMON, Sainte-Foy : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2005, 228 pages, ISBN 2-760513-75-0 La responsabilite sociale de...

Labour relations/Relations du travail.(Recent Publications/Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Les mutations de la negociation collective en France, Pierre-Eric Tixier, Negociations, 2007/2, printemps, 105-120. Avant les interets : la reconstruction identitaire. Quelques remarques a propos des negociations entre dominants et domines,...

Union and employer organizations/Organisations syndicales et patronales.(Recent Publications / Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Interest Formation in Greenfield Union Organising Campaigns, Melanie Simms, Industrial Relations Journal, 38 (5), 2007, 439-454. How Can Trade Unions Act Strategically? Richard Hyman, Transfer, 13 (2), 2007, 193-210. Trade Unions and...

Labour law/Droit du travail.(Recent Publications/Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Labour Law, Legal Pluralism and State Sovereignty, Michel Coutu, Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal, 13 (2), 2006-2007, 169-186. Successor Employer: Who Decides? Then What? GMAC Commercial Credit Corp and Its Aftermath, Keith...

Human resources management and organizations/Gestion des ressources humaines et des organisations.(Recent Publications / Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Influence of Demographic Factors and Ownership Type upon Organizational Learning Culture in Chinese Enterprises, Hiaohui Wang, Baiyin Yang and Gary N. McLean, International Journal of Training and Development, 11 (3), 2007, 154-165. ...

Sociology of work/Sociologie du travail.(Recent Publications / Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... La diversite du succes des travailleurs autonomes, Andre Beaucage et Guy Bellemare, Recherches sociographiques, XLVIII (2), 11-36. The Polder Model Reviewed Dutch Corporatism 1965-2000, Jaap Woldendorp and Hans Keman, Economic and...

Labour economics, employment and social security/Economique du travail, main-d'oeuvre, securite sociale.(Recent Publications / Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Recruting, Paying and Training 16- and 17- Year-old School Leavers, Jason Heyes, Industrial Relations Journal, 38 (5), 2007, 386-405. Why is There hot More 'Annualised Hours' Working in Britain? James Arrowsmith, Industrial Relations...

Equity at work/Equite au travail.(Recent Publications/Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Gender Difference in Occupational Distributions among Workers, Paul E. Gabriel and Suzanne Schmitz, Monthly Labor Review, 130 (6), 2007, 19-24. Earnings by Gender: Evidence from Census 2000, Daniel H. Weinberg, Monthly Labor Review, 130...

Comparative studies and globalization/Etudes comparatives et mondialisation.(Recent Publications / Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Trade Unions and Racism in London, Brussels and Paris Public Transport, Steve Jefferys and Nouria Ouali, Industrial Relations Journal, 38 (5), 2007, 406-422. Les organisations collectives des travailleurs face aux strategies des...

General/Generalites.(Recent Publications/Publications recentes)
September 22, 2007... Annual European Review 2007, Industrial Relations Journal, 38 (6), 2007, 456-535. Editorial : Changing State Intervention, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery and Jeremy Waddington; Labour Market Developments in the New EU Member States, John Morley;...

Books received/Livres recus.
September 22, 2007... ABALLEA, Francois et Michel LALLEMENT (SOUS la direction de), Relations au travail, relations de travail, Toulouse : Octares Editions, 2007, 320 p. BRONFENBRENNER, Kate, Global Unions: Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border...

Liste des appreciateurs 2007/2007 list of referees.
September 22, 2007... Les membres du Comite de direction remercient les personnes suivantes pour leur contribution utile a la Revue en evaluant des manuscrits durant la derniere annee se terminant le 5 decembre 2007. The members of the Executive Committee...