CRIMT's Overarching Theme and Domain Activities
Conferences
2007
8 November 2007 Conference

Rapports hiérarchiques ou anarchiques des règles de droit : chartes, normes d’ordre public, convention collective, contrat de travail, etc.

Université Laval
Canada

This conference was co-organized by CRIMT (within the framework of its SSHRC-MCRI Project Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era) and the Faculty of Law at Université Laval. Over 230 people gathered in Quebec for that conference.



Comité scientifique :
Comité organisateur :
Jean-Yves BRIÈRE
Lawler
Christian BRUNELLE
Université Laval, CRIMT
Anne-Marie LAFLAMME
Université Laval, CRIMT
Fernand MORIN
Université Laval
Louis MORIN
Lawler, Grondin Poudrier Bernier
Dominic ROUX
Université Laval, CRIMT
Julie BOURGAULT
université Laval, CRIMT
Annick CHAREST
University of Montreal, CRIMT
Francine JACQUES
Université Laval, CRIMT
Anne-Marie LAFLAMME
Université Laval, CRIMT
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal, CRIMT
Dominic ROUX
Université Laval, CRIMT


Promotional Material

Program (Booklet version - in French)

Poster

12-14 October 2007 • Project Conference

MAGOG III

3rd CRIMT SSHRC-MCRI Project Conference

Hôtel Chéribourg, Magog-Orford
Canada


Program


24-26 June 2007 International Conference

What Public Policies for Work in a Global Era?

HEC Montreal,
Montreal, Canada

Within the framework of its SSHRC-MCRI Project (Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era), CRIMT held an international conference on public policies for work and employment in the global era. It took place in Montreal, from May 24th to 26th, 2007.

The focus was on the renewal of public policies for work and employment, their social and economic goals, the institutions most able to develop and implement these policies, whether these policies should be  national or transnational in scope, and the role (and renewal of the role) of social actors in policy development and implementation.

With six plenary sessions, twenty-four workshops, more than 120 international researchers and practitioners responding to a call for papers and invitations and over 320 participants, the Conference was a huge success. CRIMT will soon launch a dedicated Website featuring audio and video excerpts from the Conference. Be sure to check it out!

Organizing Committee:

Jean CHAREST
University of Montreal
Lucie MORISSETTE
HEC Montreal
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal
Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Annick CHAREST
University of Montreal
Francine JACQUES
Université Laval


Promotional Material

Conference Website
Program

2006
20-21 September 2006 • International Conference

Human Resource Management in Multinational Companies: Global Value Chains, Employment Practices and Public Policy


HEC Montréal, Montreal

The world economy is experiencing tremendous change. Systems of production and distribution are being relocated between and within global regions, bringing new opportunities to enhance standards of living as well as economic and social dislocation on an epochal scale. Multinational companies (MNCs) are the heart of the movement of capital, productive capacity and know-how and jobs across borders or international value chains. Scarcely a day goes by when the news is not about human resource (HR) and employment issues: the capacity to innovate and the transfer of innovations across borders, comparative levels of productivity, skills and skills shortages, workforce flexibility and well being, getting the right mix for fiscal and social frameworks, and promoting both efficiency and equity outcomes.

What are the key HR trends in multinational firms in Canada? How do HR and employment considerations affect decisions to expand or retract activities in Canada? Are the innovative HR and employment practices in Canada home-made or are they being driven from international headquarters? What are the key HR performance indicators and do the benchmarks vary by industry or type of company? How do MNC managers view the policy and HR environments in Canada? These are just a few of the questions for which participants can expect responses in this special conference at HEC Montréal Business School in Montréal on the evening of Wednesday  September 20th and throughout the day on Thursday September 21st. 

The conference is organized by the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT-Université de Montréal, Université Laval, HEC Montréal), with the collaboration of the Canada Project of the Conference Board of Canada. Drawing on original research results from an extensive study of senior HR managers of multinational companies located in Canada, the CRIMT research team’s study will report on the changing organizational structure of MNCs within global value chains, innovation and employment policies in MNCs, and the influence of public policy on the practices and policies of MNCs in Canada. The CRIMT team is part of a much larger multinational study and leading experts involved in that study will also report on key HR trends in MNCs. This unique event will allow leading corporate and HR managers to exchange with academic experts, social actors and policy-makers on the changing structure of their firms, the movement of innovative HR trends across borders and the consequences for public policy frameworks.

Scientific Committee:

Jacques BÉLANGER
Université Laval
Pierre-Antoine HARVEY
University of Montreal
Patrice JALETTE
University of Montreal
Christian LÉVESQUE
HEC Montréal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Dedicated Website
On-line Registration
Program

15-16 May 2006 • Conference - 74e Congrès de l'ACFAS (French)

Enjeux et acteurs de la régulation dans une économie mondialisée

Université McGill, Montreal

The current dynamic of globalization and market liberalisation, promoted by corporate actors in particular, has radically changed the economic environment and is in the process of bringing about a profound redefinition of the role of social actors. The decline of the welfare state and of social democracy, associated with the collapse of the Fordist system characterized by territorially-based national regulation, has indeed profoundly challenged the dynamic of regulation. Today, according to some, the state has largely lost its power of regulation, or has renounced it in areas where, not long ago, we could have expected the presence of effective compensatory powers, able to absorb and express social expectations through governmental regulation mechanisms. As a result, though we can still believe in the possibility of a new social compromise, it is doubtful that the state will be its main exponent. Who will then be its promoters? Who will be the determining actors of the emerging modes of regulation? Has the state really lost or renounced its power of regulation? What will be the vectors and modalities of the new regulation? What will be the interrelations between the different aspects of these new forms of regulation, notably in relation to commercial, environmental and labour rights? What will be the role of international institutions? What place will private agreements have and how far will their regulatory reach extend? What can we hope for from novel modes of regulation such as corporate social responsibility? These are some of the preoccupations at the heart of this colloquium.

The colloquium is a collaboration between CRIMT and the Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable (École des sciences de la gestion – Université du Québec à Montréal), under the auspices of the 74th Congress of ACFAS
.

CRIMT Co-organizers:

Guylaine VALLÉE
Université de Montréal
Renée-Claude DROUIN
Université de Montréal
Linda ROULEAU
HEC Montréal


Promotional Material

Program


9-11 February 2006 • International Conference (English, French, Spanish)

Global Companies - Global Unions/ Global Research - Global Campaigns

New-York City, USA

Unions around the world continue to operate in an ever-more complex and rapidly changing corporate environment. Given the globalization of firms, finance, and labor markets, the labor movement recognizes that union organizing and bargaining campaigns and strategic research must become global as well.

In order to address these challenges, CRIMT has joined the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell and its many university and trade union partners in organizing an international conference titled Global Companies - Global Unions/ Global Research - Global Campaigns. More than 550 researchers and trade unionists from 53 countries came together in an historic gathering at the Crown Plaza Hotel in New York City on February 9-11, 2006t.

Event Web Site
Program
Partners
2005
30 September - 2 October 2005 • Project Conference

MAGOG II

2nd CRIMT SSHRC-MCRI Project Conference

Hôtel Chéribourg, Magog-Orford
Canada


Program


12 April 2005 • Conference (French)

Transformation du monde du travail: grand angle sur l'avenir de la SST

Université Laval, Quebec City

The world of work has seen an unprecedented period of growth as well as multiple transformations in the way that it is organized. This growth has been accompanied by new conditions of employment and work, as well as new risks that call for the attention of prevention specialists, managers, employees and researchers.

At the same time, traditional problems of work health and safety have not completely disappeared; some even have experienced an upsurge. Indeed, many international observers note the persistence of traditional risks and a generalized intensification of work that manifests itself in much subtler ways. This problem is even more complex, since the health problems that result from it are for a large part deferred to a later date and still invisible. The crossroads of risk and health that we encounter challenges our frames of analysis and action on matters of prevention and work.

How have work conditions evolved and what are their links with health at work? Are traditional risks (noise, vibration, etc.) under control? What new risks are starting to coexist with old ones? Are there any links between the new forms of work organization and workplace health risks? How should the prevention of workplace health and safety problems be configured in coming years? How should the relationship between health and work be interpreted in order to develop a broader vision of prevention at work?

These are questions that the colloquium, organized by the Chaire en gestion de la santé et de la sécurité du travail dans les organisations and by CRIMT, will seek to answer with the help of speakers of international reputation. It seemed to us that organising this day of study and analysis would help advance our vision, in order to get a broader view on the new issues in health and safety at work.

CRIMT Co-organizer:

Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Program
2004
18-20 November 2004 • International Conference (French & English)

Union Renewal: Assessing Innovations for Union Power in a Globalized Economy

HEC Montreal, Montreal

Regardless of the workplace, country or continent, unions are facing the same refrain: globalization, flexiblization, deregulation, liberalization, privatization, individualization and so on. Traditional forms of action are being questioned, past gains have to be renegotiated, and it is difficult for workers to make themselves heard. How should unions respond to these new challenges? What kinds of innovation should they explore and what paths of renewal should they favour?

As part of its project on rethinking institutions for work and employment in a global era, under the auspices of the Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, CRIMT invited activists and researchers to an in-depth examination of union renewal. Organized in collaboration with a range of union partners in Quebec, Canada and abroad, this international colloquium brought together in Montreal, for three days (November 18, 19 and 20), a wide range of renowned experts and labour movement activists, staff and leaders.

A special invitation was lauched to trade unionists so that they could make the most of this opportunity offered to them to discuss the challenges of renewal, within a context that fostered brain storming, learning and sharing of experiences. The program’s activities was divided into two main parts: first, the Forum on Union Renewal and, then, the Study Day on Union Research.

Organizing Committee:

Larry HAIVEN
Saint Mary's University
Christian LÉVESQUE
HEC Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Judith PAQUET
Laval University
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Event Web Site
eCall for papers

Program
Flyer
Poster

Output

The Union Renewal Forum (Dedicated Web Site)
Paths to Union Renewal : Canadian Experiences (Book)

Just Labour (Journal)
Transfer (Journal)
Labor Studies Journal (Journal - to be published)
Relations industrielles/ Industrial Relations (Journal - to be published)
Revue de l'IRES (Journal - to be published)


4-5 November 2004 • 8th Gérard-Picard Conference

Une stratégie syndicale dans une économie mondialisée, c'est possible !

Espaces Dalhousie, Quebec City

CRIMT Co-organizers :

Reynald BOURQUE
University of Montreal
Jean CHAREST
University of Montreal
Christian LÉVESQUE
HEC Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Claude RIOUX
Confédération des syndicats nationaux
Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Program

21-23 June 2004 • International Conference

Citizenship at Work: Thinking the Workplace of the Future

Laval University, Quebec City

Within the framework of its SSHRC-MCRI project Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era, CRIMT organized an international colloquium entitled Citizenship at Work? Thinking the Workplace of the Future. This colloquium was held at the Université Laval, from the 21st to the 23rd of June 2004. It was organized in collaboration with multiple partners, notably Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), the Ministère du Développement économique et regional du Québec, the Ministère du Travail du Québec, the International Labour Organization, the Canadian Labour and Business Centre, the Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) and the Canadian Studies Association.

What prompted this initiative? There is a degree of convergence in thinking, both nationally and internationally, about the need to develop a vision for the workplace of the future. Be it in terms of decent work, dignity at work, job quality and mental health, racial and gender equality, labour market exclusion, work-life balance, life-long learning, opportunities for participation and social dialogue, reconfigured employment relationships or managing knowledge-based organizations, there is a need for researchers, public-policy makers and labour market actors to develop a more pro-active and coherent vision of labour market futures than simple flexiblization in a context of economic globalization. For example, what kinds of flexibility should we be seeking and at what cost? The older contract about citizenship at work assumed certain rights and responsibilities. The parameters of this have changed fundamentally and that is why we are bringing together researchers, public-policy makers, corporate, union and other labour market actors to think about the basis for a new understanding of citizenship at work, one that might lead to a better balance between organizational efficiency and worker equity in the context of globalization.

The colloquium brought together some of the finest international specialists on these issues, as well as actors from the workplace, unions and employers, governmental and non-governmental organisations. The objective was to favour the dialogue between academic research and practical experience, as well as a debate on the development of institutions better adapted to the challenges of globalization and of the new economy. Debate took place in both English and French, with simultaneous translation provided for all plenary sessions.

Organizing Committee:

Michel COUTU
University of Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Judith PAQUET
Laval University
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Event Web Site
Call for papers

Registration
Program
Poster

Output

Relations industrielles/ Industrial Relations (Journal)
Travail et citoyenneté : Quel avenir ? (Book - to be published)
2003
30 September - 2 October 2003 • Project Conference

MAGOG I

1st CRIMT SSHRC-MCRI Project Conference

Chéribourg, Magog-Orford
Canada


Planning Material

Program

Output

Rethinking Institutions, Borders and Citizenship at Work in a Global Era (to be published)

30 April - 2 May 2003 • International Conference

Equity, Efficiency or Ethics?: Corporate Codes of Conduct and the Social Regulation of the Global Firm

HEC Montreal, Montreal

Under the auspices of its Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (SSHRC- MCRI) project on rethinking institutions for work and employment in a global era, the Center, in cooperation with the Canadian Workplace Research Network (CWRN), held an international symposium on Corporate Codes of Conduct and the Social Regulation of the Global Firm titled Equity, Efficiency or Ethics? Organized by CRIMT and held at HEC Montreal, the symposium featured a range of original papers and contributions, some of which were or will be published in IR books or thematic issues of scientific journals.

Organizing Committee:

Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Judith PAQUET
Laval University
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Call for papers

Program


Output

Relations industrielles/ Industrial Relations (Journal)
Towards a Social Regulation of the Global Firm (Book - to be published)

15-17 April 2003 • International Conference

La légitimité de l’État et du droit. Autour de Max Weber

HEC Montreal, Montreal

We wish to argue for the need to undertake a reflection centred on the idea of legitimacy because this is critical for an understanding of the links between the realms of politics and law. But in order to do this, the concept of legitimacy must be extracted from its muddled mist, and social science’s use of the concept of legitimacy must be subject to a rigorous determination of the sense and reach of the concept.

In this regard, we think that Max Weber’s political and legal sociology offers an inescapable starting point, given the huge impact that it has had on subsequent theories of legitimacy formulated by the Weimar political and legal theorists for instance, or more recently, by authors like Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann. At the same time, Max Weber’s position has not lost any of its relevance, if only we think of the controversy it continues to provoke in the scientific community.

With this in mind, the international Colloquium in April seeks to contribute to the development of an interdisciplinary reflection on the theme of the legitimacy of the law and the state, well beyond legal theory.

CRIMT Co-organizer:

Michel COUTU
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Program


Output

La légitimité de l’État et du droit. Autour de Max Weber (Book)

International Seminars
2007
11 October 2007International Workshop

Knowledge Workers

Hôtel Chéribourg, Magog-Orford
Canada

Organizing Committee:

Ann FROST
University of Western Ontario
Larry HAIVEN
Saint-Mary's University
Annick CHAREST
University of Montreal
Francine JACQUES
Université Laval
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal
Danielle van JAARSVELD
University of British Columbia

(by invitation only)

Program

4-5 April 2007 International Seminar

Enjeux et transformations de la négociation sociale

HEC Montreal,
Montreal, Canada

Organizing Committee

Reynald BOURQUE
University of Montreal
Jean POITRAS
HEC Montreal
Christian THUDEROZ
INSA-Lyon

Program (French only)

This international seminar was jointly organized by the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) and the Négociations Journal, in conjonction with the Ordre des CRHA et CRIA du Québec, the Commission des normes du travail du Québec, the Department of Human Resources Management at HEC Montreal and the School of Industrial Relations at the University of Montreal.
2006
29-30 September 2006 • International Seminar

Mapping the Social in Regional Integration : Rethinking Labour Regulation

Université McGill
(by invitation only)

This international seminar seeks to bring CRIMT's international and interdisciplinary researchers on regional integration together with a select group of leading scholars to participate in a high-level, intensive seminar focused on the challenge of moving beyond the text of formal agreements to consider the empirical vectors of regionalism.

By bringing together experts in the field, including those who study areas of burgeoing concern (eg. Central Europe and EU elargement; China; as well as those who have done critical work on some of the less well known regions, eg. CARICOM and OHADA), it is expected that this seminar will be a unique forum that will serve as a landmark for future integrated research on this timely theme.

Scientific Committee:

Adelle BLACKETT
McGill University
Christian LÉVESQUE
HEC Montréal

Planning Material

Program


8-9 June 2006 • International Seminar

Les restructurations d'entreprise : Nouvelles logiques, stratégies d'acteurs et modes d'intervention

HEC Montréal, Montreal
(by invitation only)

Projects to modify company structures (ex.: mergers, downsizing, outsourcing, technological change, privatization, etc.) often involve major changes at the strategic, organizational, financial and legal levels. In the past few decades, company restructuring has contributed to the transformation of many industrial sectors. In the current context of globalization, everything points to this movement growing in importance. Restructuring processes have indeed gone from being episodic and radical events to processes of permanent and evolutionary change.

The goal of this international research seminar is to bring together researchers and practitioners in order to share their work on the phenomenon of restructuring and to exchange on the economic, social and territorial dynamics of restructuring in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Three central questions will guide the meeting. What exactly are these restructuring processes and what are the economic, institutional, social and political logics that underlie them? What are the consequences of restructuring for the various actors (employers, unions, governments, etc.) and how do they take part in them? Finally, what are the preferred modes of intervention with regards to union initiatives, social policy, and territorial logics? The discussion should allow the researchers and practitioners to pursue their reflection by targeting the demands of the different actors and by identifying perspectives and novel projects that could direct the development of an agenda for international research on the subject of company restructuring.

This seminar, which is the result of a collaboration between CRIMT and IDHE (Institutions and Historical Dynamics of Economics), has received financial support from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).


Organizing Committee:

Michel COUTU
University of Montreal
Annick CHAREST
University of Montreal
Francine JACQUES
Université Laval
Patrice JALETTE
University of Montreal
Gregor MURRAY
University of Montreal
Nicolas ROBY
University of Montreal
Linda ROULEAU
HEC Montréal


Promotional Material

Program


Output

Management international/ International Management (Journal - to be published)
2005
6-7 June 2005 • International Seminar

Vocational Training: Systems, Innovations and Results

HEC Montréal, Montreal
(by invitation only)

For this international seminar, fifteen researchers from ten countries presented the national training system in their country, recent institutional innovations, and their results, in the context of an activity that sought to increase discussion with labour market partners. More specifically, it targeted the participation of the Quebec Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, the Quebec Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, the Quebec Human Resource Sector Committees, the Ministère de l’Éducation, and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

This seminar allowed the researchers to present the original and current vocational training system in their country (their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, challenges, etc.), the role of different actors in vocational training, recent innovations, and perspectives for the development of vocational training.

CRIMT Co-
organizers:

Gerhard BOSCH
Institut Arbeit und Technik
Jean CHAREST
University of Montreal


Promotional Material

Program

Output

A Comparative Perspective on Systems and Innovations in Ten Countries
(Book - to be published)

National cases (Powerpoint presentations delivered at the Seminar. In English, except for Canada, France and Morocco, which are mostly in French):

Germany
Australia
Canada

Korea
United-States
France

Morocco
Mexico
United-Kingdom
Summer Schools
Over the last few years, CRIMT has organized doctoral schools, involving 15 students in 2004, 21 in 2005 and 25 in 2006. Each of the doctoral summer schools brought together students over five days from a variety of institutions and disciplines, hence the rich exchanges between students. Each also piggy-backed another major activity in which we could ensure student participation: the Conference on Citizenship at Work in Quebec City in 2004 and the annual meetings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association at the University of Western Ontario in 2005 and York University in 2006, for which there was a first part of the doctoral school in Montreal and a second bilingual part in Ontario. In each case, there was a combination of specific activities for project doctoral students and the larger activities of the conference. Each summer school offered a significant opportunity for exchange between students on research methods and objects as well as advanced sessions on particular aspects of the project. For example, as well as sessions on student projects, the 2005 school included sessions on manners of reading, how to survive the doctoral process, and publication in peer reviewed journals and the 2006, on manners of writing and collecting data and on international comparisons. Suffice it to say that the doctoral students returned from this activity energized and refocused on their research priorities. Their presence, moreover, invigorated the conferences they were also attending.
2007
4-7 June 2007 • CRIMT Summer School

How to Structure the Thesis, Presente at Conferences and Insure Maximum Impact with Labour Market Partners?

This Edition of the Summer School took place in Montreal (HEC Montreal and McGill University), from June 4th to 7th 2007. Once again, its activities merged with those of CIRA's Annual Congress. Over twenty-five PhD students from all over Canada attended the School.


Planning Material

Program Fr Eng
2006
31 May - 4 June 2006 • CRIMT Summer School

Collecting, Comparing, Writing: Theory, Skills & Technics

The 2006 Edition of the Summer School started in Montreal on May 31st, and moved to Toronto (York University) on June 1st as its activities merged with CIRA's Annual Congress. Around twenty-five PhD students coming from Québec, Ontario, Nova-Scotia and the State of Michigan attended the Summer School.


Planning Material

Program Fr Eng
Reading material
2005
1-5 June 2005 • CRIMT Summer School

From Admission to Submission: How to Survive the Doctoral Process

The 2005 Edition of the Summer School started in Montreal on June 1st, and moved to London (University of Western Ontario) on June 2nd as its activities merged with CIRA's Annual Congress. More than twenty PhD students coming from Québec, Ontario and the State of Michigan attended the Summer School.


Planning Material

Program Fr Eng
2004
18-23 June 2004 • CRIMT Summer School

Citizenship at Work: Working Through the Concept


The 2004 Edition of the Summer School took place in Quebec City. About fifteen PhD students coming from Québec and France attended this first classic. The Summer School's activities merged with that of the International Conference on Citizenship at Work.

Planning Material

Program
Student Funding
2006
6 November 2006 • Student Funding Programs (Fall Competition)

On October 30th, the student funding committee members (Étienne CANTIN, Isabelle DUPLESSIS, Lucie MORISSETTE & Nicolas ROBY ) met to allocate CRIMT’s Studentships and International Exchange Funds, as part of its SSHRC-MCRI "Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era" Project.

After reviewing all applications and taking into account CRIMT’s budgetary constraints, the committee has decided to allocate six PhD studentships, four Masters studentships and two bursaries aimed at facilitating international exchanges, for a total of $302,500 in grant money.

Results :

Studentship (2006B Competition)

Simon DENAULT
HEC Montreal
Martin LANGLOIS
University of Montreal
Brigitte MORNEAU
University of Montreal
Brandon RAMA VAIDYANATHAN
HEC Montreal
Louise BOIVIN
University of Montreal
Philippe BERGERON
University of Montreal
Shelagh CAMPBELL
St-Mary's University
Carol-Anne EVES
McMaster University
David WALKER
University of British Columbia
Faiçal ZELLAMA
University of Montreal

International Exchange Fund (2006B Competition):

Brandon RAMA VAIDYANATHAN
HEC Montréal
Mélanie LAROCHE
Université Laval


2 February 2006 • Student Funding Programs (Winter Competition)

On February 1st, the student funding committee members (Étienne CANTIN, Isabelle DUPLESSIS, Nicolas ROBY & Linda ROULEAU) met to allocate CRIMT’s Studentships and International Exchange Funds, as part of its SSHRC-MCRI "Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era" Project.

After reviewing all applications and taking into account CRIMT’s budgetary constraints, the committee has decided to allocate four long term PhD studentships (36 months), four Masters studentships (of 6 to 18 months) and six bursaries aimed at facilitating international exchanges (of 1 to 4 months), for a total of $243,500 in grant money.

Results :

Studentship (2006A Competition)

Karine CREPEAU
University of Montreal
Joelle CUILLERIER
University of Montreal
Louis-Philippe LAMPRON
Université Laval
Áine LEADBETTER
McMaster University
Amélie TANGUAY
University of Montreal
Francisco F. VILLANUEVA
University of Montreal
Élisabeth WOODS
University of Montreal
Carole YEROCHEWSKI
University of Montreal

International Exchange Fund (2006A Competition):

Armel Brice ADANHOUNME
HEC Montréal
Report

Tanaquil BURKE
Université Laval
Report

Tania CLAES
University of Montreal
Marc-Antonin HENNEBERT
University of Montreal
Report

Louis-Philippe LAMPRON
Université Laval
Report

Anabelle VIAU-GUAY
Université Laval
Report

2005
16 March 2005 • Student Funding Programs

On March 15th, the student funding committee members (Lucie MORISSETTE, Linda ROULEAU, Nicolas ROBY & Pierre VERGE) met to allocate CRIMT’s Studentships and International Exchange Funds, as part of its SSHRC-MCRI "Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era" Project.

After reviewing all applications and taking into account CRIMT’s budgetary constraints, the committee has decided to allocate six long term PhD studentships (29 to 34 months), five Masters studentships (of 8 to 18 months) and two bursaries aimed at facilitating international exchanges (of 1 to 4 months), for a total of $316,500 in grant money.

Results :

Studentship (2005 Competition)

Armel Brice ADANHOUNME
HEC Montréal
Julie BOURGAULT
Université Laval
Claire CHARLAND
HEC Montréal
Martin CHARRON
University of Montreal
Diane GAGNÉ
University of Montreal
Mélissa LECLERC
Université Laval
Julia PAIXAO
University of Montreal
John C. PHILO
McGill University
Véronique de TONNANCOUR
University of Montreal
Ridha SAADA
University of Montreal
Adrian A. SMITH
McGill University

International Exchange Fund (2005 Competition):

Mélanie DUFOUR-POIRIER
HEC Montréal
Report

Marie-Josée DUPUIS
University of Montreal
Report

2004
25 October 2004 • Student Funding Programs (Fall Competition)

On October 22nd, the student funding committee members (Étienne CANTIN, Isabelle DUPLESSIS, Nicolas ROBY & Linda ROULEAU) met to allocate CRIMT’s Studentships and International Exchange Funds, as part of its SSHRC-MCRI "Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era" Project.

After reviewing all applications and taking into account CRIMT’s budgetary constraints, the committee has decided to allocate four long term PhD studentships (36 months), one short term PhD Studentship (12 months), six Masters studentships (of 4 to 12 months) and one bursary aimed at facilitating international exchanges (4 months), for a total of $253,000 in grant money.

Results :

Studentship (2004B Competition)

Annie BÉLANGER
University of Montreal
Tanaquil BURKE
Université Laval
Cathy-Soleil CYR-RACINE
University of Montreal
Holly GIBBS
McMaster University
Frédéric LAUZON-DUGUAY
University of Montreal
David-Alexandre LEBLANC
HEC Montréal
Frédéric PARÉ
University of Montreal
Karine PELLETIER
University of Montreal
Austina REED
McMaster University
Sabrina RUTA
University of Montreal
Élisabeth WOODS
University of Montreal

International Exchange Fund (2004B Competition):

Annette HAYDEN
University of Warwick
Report


24 March 2004 • Student Funding Programs (Winter Competition)

On March 19th, the student funding committee members (Lucie MORISSETTE, Linda ROULEAU, Nicolas ROBY & Pierre VERGE) met to allocate CRIMT’s Studentships and International Exchange Funds, as part of its SSHRC-MCRI "Rethinking Institutions for Work and Employment in a Global Era" Project.

After reviewing all applications and taking into account CRIMT’s budgetary constraints, the committee has decided to allocate four long term PhD studentships (36 months), two medium to short term PhD Studentships (16 to 20 months), five Masters studentships (of 6 to 10 months) and two bursaries aimed at facilitating international exchanges (4 months), for a total of $277,000 in grant money.

Results :

Studentship (2004A Competition)

Élisabeth CORDEAU
University of Montreal
Félix DIONNE
Université Laval
Mélanie DUFOUR-POIRIER
HEC Montréal
Marie-Josée DUPUIS
University of Montreal
Marc-Antonin HENNEBERT
University of Montreal
Mélanie LAROCHE
Université Laval
Gilles MARCOUX
Université Laval
Yves-Christian MÉNARD
University of Montreal
Ted NAYLOR
University of Alberta
Annie PELLETIER
University of Montreal
Michel TROTTIER
University of Montreal

International Exchange Fund (2004A Competition):

Régis ACKÉYI
University of Montreal
Julie MARQUIS
University of Montreal

Visiting Scholars
2007
February - May 2007 • Visiting Scholar

Christian THUDEROZ
INSA-Lyon, France

Director Revue Négociations

During his stay at the School of Industrial Relations of the University of Montreal, Professor Thuderoz has, among others, given the graduate, interuniversity course CRIMT-ERI 6606 "Réorganisation du travail. Outils, innovations, dynamiques". Multiple CRIMT coresearchers collaborated to this course by giving lectures on specific aspects of work and workplace restructuring. During is stay, he has also co-organized the international seminar titled "Enjeux et transformations de la négociation sociale", which took place at HEC Montreal, on April 4th and 5th 2007.

Course Syllabus (French only)

Christian Thuderoz is Professor of sociology at Lyon's Institut National des Sciences Appliquées. His research program revolves around a couple of key themes : the firm as an institution, and bargaining as both a decision process and a moral art in which solidarity is key.

Recent publications

(2005) «L'entreprise : un lieu compromissoire», chapter in Mohammed Nachi & Matthieu de Nanteuil Miribel, «Eloge du compromis. Pluralisme et justice sociale dans l'espace démocratique», Academia Bruylant, Bruxelles, décembre.
(2005) «Processus, décision et échange négocié : le cas des 35 heures en France», chapitre dans G-O Faure (dir.), «La négociation décloisonnée», éd. Publibook, Paris, octobre.
(2005) «Travail, ingénierie et société. Manuel de sociologie pour ingénieurs et scientifiques», Paris, PUF, janvier (Collective, with Guy Minguet)
(2004) «Une guerre des Dieux… négociée ?», Négociations, n° 1, vol. 1, printemps.
(2003) «Des mondes de confiance. Un concept à l'épreuve de la réalité sociale», CNRS éditions, décembre (ouvrage collectif, en coordination avec Vincent Mangematin)
(2002) «Sociologie de la négociation», éd. La Découverte, coll. Repères (with Reynald Bourque), Paris, septembre.
2006
September 2006 • Visiting Scholar

Michel GOYER
Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

Michel Goyer is assistant professor in the Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior unit at the Warwick Business School. He holds a PhD in political science from MIT. He has held previous appointments at Birkbeck College and at the London School of Economics. He has published in the areas of comparative corporate governance with a focus on France and Germany, institutional theory and diversity in advanced capitalist countries, and labor relations in France.

Recent Publications :

(2006), Goyer, M. 'Varieties of Institutional Investors and National Models of Capitalism: The Transformation of Corporate Governance in France and Germany', Politics and Society, 34.
(2006), Goyer, M. 'The politics of corporate governance in France', Transforming France: The Changing Between State, Society, and Market, London, 80-105.
(2005) Goyer, M. '
Degrees of freedom: Rethinking the institutional analysis for economic change, Changing Capitalisms?' Complementarities, Contradictions and Capability Development in an International Context, Oxford, 53-77.
(2005) '
Industrial relations, workplace flexibility and corporate governance in France', Corporate governance and labour management, Oxford, 173-196.
(2003) Goyer, M. '
Corporate governance, employees, and the focus on core competencies in France and Germany', Global markets, Domestic institutions: corporate law and governance in a new era of cross-border deals, new york, 183-213.

30 April - 14 June 2006 • Visiting Scholar

Christian THUDEROZ
INSA-Lyon, France

Director Revue Négociations

During his stay at the School of Industrial Relations of the University of Montreal, Professor Thuderoz has, among others, given the graduate, interuniversity course CRIMT-ERI 6606 "Réorganisation du travail. Outils, innovations, dynamiques". Multiple CRIMT coresearchers collaborated to this course by giving lectures on specific aspects of work and workplace restructuring.

Course Syllabus (French only)

Christian Thuderoz is Professor of sociology at Lyon's Institut National des Sciences Appliquées. His research program revolves around a couple of key themes : the firm as an institution, and bargaining as both a decision process and a moral art in which solidarity is key.

Recent publications

(2005) «L'entreprise : un lieu compromissoire», chapter in Mohammed Nachi & Matthieu de Nanteuil Miribel, «Eloge du compromis. Pluralisme et justice sociale dans l'espace démocratique», Academia Bruylant, Bruxelles, décembre.
(2005) «Processus, décision et échange négocié : le cas des 35 heures en France», chapitre dans G-O Faure (dir.), «La négociation décloisonnée», éd. Publibook, Paris, octobre.
(2005) «Travail, ingénierie et société. Manuel de sociologie pour ingénieurs et scientifiques», Paris, PUF, janvier (Collective, with Guy Minguet)
(2004) «Une guerre des Dieux… négociée ?», Négociations, n° 1, vol. 1, printemps.
(2003) «Des mondes de confiance. Un concept à l'épreuve de la réalité sociale», CNRS éditions, décembre (ouvrage collectif, en coordination avec Vincent Mangematin)
(2002) «Sociologie de la négociation», éd. La Découverte, coll. Repères (with Reynald Bourque), Paris, septembre.

24-27 avril 2006 • Visiting Scholar

Tony EDWARDS
Department of Management
King's College London, United-Kingdom

Tony Edwards' research focuses on the management of people in multinational companies.

The following three areas have been the particular focus of my work:

• Reverse Diffusion in Multinationals. Using data from a series of case studies, the research considered the ways in which British-owned multinationals identify innovative practices in their foreign operations and subsequently diffuse these to the domestic operations, something I termed reverse diffusion. Specifically, it threw light on the sort of multinational in which reverse diffusion most commonly occurs, the process through which practices are transferred, and the type of practices which are diffused.

• The Country of Origin Effect in US Multinationals. The research is investigating the influence of the US business system on employment relations in American MNCs. A number of issues are being considered, ranging from the influence of the US financial system in creating a 'shareholder value' orientation, to the nature of management-union relations in the USA creating a marked hostility to forms of employee representation in American MNCs. A number of case studies of firms are currently being carried out, involving fieldwork in the UK and USA.

• International Mergers and Acquisitions. Funded by a grant from the CIPD, this project is investigating the management of people during and after mergers and acquisitions which have an international dimension, focussing on the politics of the post-merger period. Fieldwork is currently being conducted in four case study firms in a number of countries.

Recent publications

(2005) Edwards, T. and Kuruvilla, S. 'International HRM: National Business Systems, Organisational Politics and the International Division of Labour in Global Value Chains', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16, 1.
(2005) Edwards, T., Almond, P., Clark, I., Colling, T. and Ferner, A. 'Reverse Diffusion in US Multinationals: Barriers from the American Business System', Journal of Management Studies, 42, 6, 1261-1286
(2004) Edwards, T. 'Corporate Governance, Industrial Relations and Trends in Company-Level Restructuring: Convergence towards the Anglo-American Model?', Industrial Relations Journal, 35, 6, 518-535.
(2004) Edwards, T. and Ferner, A. 'Multinationals, Reverse Diffusion and National Business Systems', Management International Review, 24, 1, 51-81.

3-7 April 2006 • Visiting Scholar

Jill RUBERY
Manchester Business School
University of Manchester, United-Kingdom

Jill Rubery is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems and at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the inter-disciplinary comparative analysis of employment systems, including the organization of internal labour markets, wage structures and payment systems, working time arrangements and welfare systems. For twelve years she has co-ordinated the European Commission’s expert group on gender, social inclusion and employment that provides research and policy advice to the Equal Opportunities Unit of the European Commission. She has also worked as a consultant for the OECD, the International Labour Organisation and the UNECE on gender and employment issues.  In the UK she has undertaken a number projects for the Equal Opportunities Commission, including a study of the Economics of Equal Opportunities. Recent research work also includes a project on changing organisational forms and the future of work under the ESRC  future of work programme and  European comparative research projects on new forms of work and working time in services and on the dynamics of national socio-economic models.

Recent publications

(2004) "Fragmenting Work: blurring organisational boundaries and disordering hierarchies", Oxford University Press, M. P Marchington, D. P. Grimshaw, J. Rubery & H. Willmott
(2003) "Systems of Production: markets, organisations and performance [eds.]", Routledge: London, B. Burchell, S. Deakin, J. Michie and J. Rubery
(2003) "The Organisation of Employment: an international perspective", Palgrave, London, J. Rubery & D. P. Grimshaw
(2002) "Managing Employment Change: the new realities of work", Oxford University Press, H. Beynon, D. P. Grimshaw, J. Rubery & K. Ward
(1999) "Women's Employment in Europe: trends and prospects", Routledge: London, J. Rubery, M. J. Smith, C. Fagan and D. P. Grimshaw

2005
5 September - 5 October 2005 • Visiting Scholar

John LEWER
Newcastle Business School
University of Newcastle, Australia

John is a lecturer in Industrial Relations and HRM and he currently leads the Employment Relations Group within the Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle. He holds both Bachelor and Masters degrees in Commerce, specialising in industrial relations, from the University of New South Wales and graduated with a Diploma in Education from Sydney Teachers' College.

Before joining the university, John managed the Department of Business Studies at the Hunter Institute of Technology. He has also worked as an industrial officer in the private sector and, briefly, was a member of the Executive of the New South Wales TAFE Teachers' Association. John has also consulted with firms particularly over human resources development, enterprise bargaining and organisational change.

Recent publications

(2004) Waring Peter Arnold, Lewer John, ‘The Impact of Socially Responsible Investment in Human Resource Management: A Conceptual Framework’, Journal of Business Ethics, 99-108 (2004) Alexander Robyn, Lewer John, Understanding Australian Industrial Relations, Thomson, Melbourne, 314
(2004) Lewer John, Waring Peter Arnold, ‘Curiouser and Curiouser! Industrial Relations and the Federal Remuneration Tribunal’, New Economies: New Industrial Relations Proceedings of the 18th AIRAANZ Conference, Noosa, Queensland
(2004) Burgess Kenneth John, Lewer John, Waring Peter Arnold, ‘Developing Individual Employment Contracts in Australia through the Office of the Employment Advocate Website’, Not Known, Utrecht, Netherlands
(2003) Alexander, R. and Lewer, J. Understanding Australian Industrial Relations 6th edition, Thomson Learning, Melbourne - forthcoming.
(2003) Ostenfeld, S. and Lewer, J. 'Award simplification, employer pro-activity and employee resistance: Towards a preliminary framework', in J. Burgess and D. Macdonald (eds.) Developments in Enterprise Bargaining in Australia, Tertiary Press, Croydon.
2004
20 June - 15 July 2004 • Visiting Scholars

Georgina MURRAY
School of Arts, Media and Culture
Griffith University, Australia

Georgina Murray is a Senior Lecturer in political economy and sciences. Her main research interests include Marxism, the sociology of Law, feminist theory, variaties of capitalism and the globalisation process. Georgina trained and taught as a sociologist in New Zealand at Auckland University before moving to Australia in 1990. She currently works in the School of Arts, Media and Culture, at Griffith University.

David PEETZ
Department of Industrial Relations
Griffith University, Australia

David Peetz is Professor of Industrial Relations and Head of the Department of Industrial Relations at Griffith University. His research interests include union membership, union organising strategies, wages policy, enterprise bargaining and individual contracting, and working hours and work intensification. He is the author of Unions in a Contrary World and of Brave New Work place. David writes poetry and satirical songs, singing with the Brisbane Reconciliation choir Songlines and his own group Absolutely Scandalous, which has performed at Woodford and other venues. He is a frequent commentator on industrial relations in various media. David is currently President of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.


Recent publications

Georgina MURRAY

(2006 - to be published) Murray, G. Capitalist Networks and Social Power in Australia and New Zealand, London, Ashgate.
(2005) Murray, G. ‘Conflict between liberal economic ideology and citizenship at work', Journal Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, Vol 60, No 4.
(2006 - to be published) Murray, G. 'Conflict between liberal economic ideology and citizenship at work', (eds.) Murray, G. & M. Coutu, dans La citoyenneté au travail: Quel avenir?, Les Presses de l'Université Laval.
(2005) Peetz, D. & G. Murray, ‘Individualisation at the Coal face', Just Labour, Vol 6-7

David PEETZ

(2006) Peetz, D. Brave New Workplace. How Individual Contracts are Changing our Jobs, Allen & Unwin, 272 p.
(2005) Peetz, D., 'Retrenchment and Labour Market Disadvantage: The Role of Age, Job Tenure and Casual Employment', Journal of Industrial Relations, 47(3), 294-309.
(2005) Peetz, D., 'Coming Soon to a Workplace Near You: The New Industrial Relations Revolution', Australian Bulletin of Labour, 31(2).
(2005) Allan, C. & Peetz, D., 'Flexitime and the Long-hours Culture in tbe Public Sector: Causes and Effects,' Economic and Labour Relations Review, 15(2).
(2005) Peetz, D., ‘Trend Analysis of Union Membership,' Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 8(1).

February - May 2004 • Visiting Researcher

Jane STINSON
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Jane Stinson is the Research Director for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada’s largest trade union with almost half a million members. Jane has worked for CUPE for twenty years to improve wages and working conditions of CUPE members, to analyze complex problems and recommend solutions and to develop strategies to promote economic equality and social justice. She has written extensively for CUPE and for other publications on raising women’s wage, ending discrimination and promoting equality. Her current research interests focus on the causes, extent and consequences of privatizing public services in Canada, including the role that trade agreements play in that process. In 1999 she completed an M.A. in Political Economy from Carleton University. Ms. Stinson has been a member of the federal Health Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade (SAGIT), a member of the federal Information Highway Advisory Council’s sub-committee on Social Impacts and Workplace Issues, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
2003
Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 • Global Visiting Scholar

Arnulfo ARTEAGA GARCÍA
Departamento de Sociología, División de ciencias sociales y humanidades
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

CRIMT and the HRM teaching Unit at HEC Montral were delighted to welcome Arnulfo ARTEAGA GARCÍA, professor of sociology at the UAM-Iztapalapa in Mexico, for an extended research stay. M. ARTEAGA GARCÍA was CRIMT's first Global Visiting Scholar. The GVS exchange program seeks to promote inter-university mobility and to further specific sub-projects.

Interview with M. ARTEAGA GARCÍA (French only)
Subproject Activities
Seminars
2007
2 April 2007 Seminar (Subproject 17)

Sophie BÉROUD
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Université Lumière Lyon 2, France

Les rapports entre les syndicats et les mouvements sociaux en France : 1995-2006

This seminar is a joint presentation of CRIMT and the Department of Sociology at the University of Montreal.

14 March 2007 • Seminar (Subproject 18)

Jean BERNIER
Professor, retired
Department of Industrial Relations
Université Laval

Les jeunes, le travail et les syndicats

This seminar is a joint presentation of CRIMT, the Law Faculty and the Department of Industrial Relations at Université Laval.


27 February 2007 Seminar (Theme I)

Annette JOBERT
Director of Research - CNRS
Researcher at IDHE – Université Paris X Nanterre, France

L'évolution des relations professionnelles en France depuis les année 1970: un parcours de recherche

This seminar is a joint presentation of CRIMT and the Department of Industrial Relations at Université Laval.

1 February 2007 • Public Conference

Han DONGFANG
Chinese trade unionist, director of the China Labour Bulletin

Université de Montréal
3200 Jean-Brillant

Room B-2325
16:30


Han Dongfang is the Director of China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based labor rights group. He is a frequent speaker at international labor movement, NGO, and government-sponsored conferences around the world. Mr. Dongfang is also a broadcaster for Radio Free Asia. He presents thrice-weekly radio program from Hong Kong, focusing on workers' struggles in mainland China. The number of regular listeners in China is estimated by RFA to be around 40 million. Mr. Dongfang has also worked as a railway maintenance worker on long-distance cargo trains and has served in People's Liberation Army, rose to rank of squad leader.


Organized jointly with the Centre d'études de l'Asie de l'Est (CETASE) and the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CÉRIUM).


15 January 2007 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 13)

Jean-Claude JAVILLIER
Senior Adviser
International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Geneva

Le droit (international) du travail : Quelle effectivité ?

Document
2006
11 December 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Integrating)

Paul K. EDWARDS
Industrial Relations Research Unit
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

Industrial Relations as Critical Realism: Beyond a Do-it-Yourself Ontology

Document

14 November 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 11)

Julia BALOGUN
AIM Ghoshal Fellow
Cass Business School, United-Kingdom

Building Integration into Strategic Planning across Organizational Boundaries

Abstract

Despite calls for organizations to globalize by seeking economies of scale and scope whilst still delivering local differentiation, we know little about how organizations re-shape country-based strategy development mechanisms to achieve integration, whilst retaining some element of local tailoring. To examine this issue we track the development of a new strategic planning process within the European division of a branded consumer goods manufacturer, seeking to deliver greater integration in strategy and marketing practice across Europe, for a period of a year. To explore this integrated yet distributed planning process we conceive of strategizing as a multi-community activity of knowledge sharing and transformation occurring through within-community perspective making and across-community perspective taking. This directs attention to the nature of boundaries between communities, the processes of interaction that occur within and across these boundaries, and integration mechanisms such as boundary objects. By focusing on the breakdowns and breakthroughs in the negotiation of the new strategic plans we find that perspective making and taking are important but insufficient categories for conceptualizing boundaries and boundary objects at times of change when novelty is high. We suggest that perspective giving and importing are relevant extensions in such contexts because of power asymmetries introduced by change, and that are less apparent in other contexts more typically used to study knowledge distribution and transformation, such as NPD. The paper ends with a discussion of the contributions we make to understanding breakdowns and breakthroughs in knowledge transformation, the role of boundary objects, and delivering integration in strategic planning.


3 November 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 1)

Suzanne PAYETTE
Director, Economic Analysis and Publications
Workplace Information Directorate, HRSDC
Reynald BOURQUE
University of Montreal

Innovative Practices in Collective Agreements in Canada

7 September 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 20)

Michel GOYER
Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group
University of Warwick, Royaume-Uni

Corporate Governance, Capital Mobility, and Workplace Organization in France and Germany: Institutional Transformation, Stability of Coordination

23 May 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14)

Francisco José ITURRASPE
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Labor Law and Latin American Trade Unions in the Globalization Era

NOTE: Co-organized with the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (CALL)

28 April 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 6)

Isabelle DUPLESSIS
University of Montreal

Le vertige provoqué par la soft law en droit international du travail

24 April 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 9)

Tony EDWARDS
King's College London, United-Kingdom

Multinationals and National Systems of Employment Relations: Innovators or Adapters?

7 April 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 7)

Jill RUBERY
University of Manchester, United-Kingdom

Revisiting the UK Model: from Basket Case to Success Story?

3 April 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 7)

Jill RUBERY
University of Manchester, United-Kingdom

In Search of Complexity: Against Rationality and Universality in Employment Analysis

15 March 2006 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal

Les enjeux de la réforme des normes du travail dans la compétence fédérale canadienne
2005
9 December & 9 November 2005 • CRIMT Seminars (Subproject 18)

Dominic ROUX
Université Laval

Le droit au travail : juridicité, signification et normativité

6 December 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 11)

Ludovic CAILLUET
Université Toulouse 1

La planification stratégique depuis 1945 - Etats-Unis, Allemagne, France, Royaume-Uni :  comment faire une histoire comparée de la stratégie en pratique ?

29 & 25 November 2005 • CRIMT Seminars (Subproject 18)

Khalida BENZIDOUN
Université Laval

Libertés et droits fondamentaux des salariés à l'aune de la géolocalisation : de nouveau enjeux 'ÉTIC' en France et au Québec

18 November 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 12)

Renée-Claude DROUIN
University of Montreal

Les accords-cadres internationaux entre fédérations syndicales et entreprises transnationales

10 November 2005 • CRIMT Methodology Seminar

Olivier IRRMANN
HEC Montréal
Lucie MORISSETTE
HEC Montréal
Linda ROULEAU
HEC Montréal

Pour tout savoir sur la recherche qualitative et ses enjeux pratiques dans différents contextes

19 October 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14) • Canceled

Philippe POCHET
Observatoire social européen, Belgium

Arrangements institutionnels et partenaires sociaux à l'ère de la mondialisation : une étude comparative de l'évolution des pactes sociaux en Europe

17 October 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 12)

Insa BEN SAÏD DIA
International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva

Les alliances syndicales internationales : enjeux et défis des échanges nord-sud

29 August 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 12)

Roland ERNE
University College Dublin, Ireland

Les dilemmes multiples de l'action syndicale face à la politique de concurrence de l'Union européenne : les exemples des fusions d'ABB-Alstom et d'Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup

20 May 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 7)

Lucie MORISSETTE

HEC Montréal

L'article 45 du Code du travail du Québec : La trilogie des amendements proposés

20 May 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14)

Anthony GILES
HRSDC

Negotiating a Social Dimension to Trade Agreements : Past, Present and Future

19 May 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14)

Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal

Le droit international et le droit du travail québécois, deux grandes solitudes

19 May 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14)

Pierre VERGE
Université Laval

La dimension sociale dans le cadre des accords plurinationaux américains

29 April 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 6)

Lyse LANGLOIS
Université Laval

Dimensions éthique, les représentations du leadership et la résolution de problèmes complexes

26 April 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 2)

Jorge CARRILLO
Colegio de la Frontera Norte, México

Les chaînes de valeur et le déplacement de l'emploi, du Mexique vers la Chine

20 April 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 14)

Philippe POCHET
Observatoire social européen, Belgium

Dialogue social sectoriel, un espace en construction

Report
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Summary
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15 April 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

Michel COUTU
University of Montreal

Pluralisme juridique et droit du travail

8 April 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

George MARCEAU
Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino

La dignité au travail et le harcèlement psychologique : Une comparaison France-Québec

24 February 2005 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

Christian BRUNELLE
Université Laval

La constitutionnalisation du droit du travail
2004
7 December 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

Christian BRUNELLE
Université Laval

La constitutionnalisation du droit du travail

26 November 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subprojects 6,12)

Renée-Claude DROUIN
Université Laval

La régulation sociale et les accords cadres internationaux

4 October 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 18)

Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal
Urwana COIQUAUD
HEC Montréal

La recontractualisation du droit du travail

1 June 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 17)

Dan CLAWSON
University of Massachusetts, USA

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements

18 May 2004 • CRIMT Day Seminar (Subproject 6)

Harry ARTHURS
York University
Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal
Pierre VERGE
Université Laval

About Social Regulation

22 April 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 1)

Arnulfo Arteaga GARCIA
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

La réorganisation du travail dans l'industrie automobile mexicaine

19 March 2004 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 6)

Joao Paulo VEIGA
Instituto Observatório Social, Brasil

La responsabilité sociale des entreprises transnationales au Brésil
2003
5 November 2003 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 13)

Evelyne LEONARD
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Négocier l'emploi ? Pactes sociaux et concertation pour l'emploi en Europe

27 October 2003 • CRIMT Seminar

Paul EDWARDS
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

Developing Industrial Relations Theory and Methods

22 October 2003 • CRIMT Seminar (Subproject 1)

Christian THUDEROZ
INSA-Lyon, France

Programme de recherche en théorie de la négociation collective

19 August 2003 • CRIMT Seminar

Jeanne DANCETTE
University of Montreal

Les mots de la mondialisation
Round-Tables
2005
10 January 2005 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 4)

Jacques BÉLANGER
Université Laval
Paul BERNARD
University of Montreal
Paul EDWARDS
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

Réflexions sur la productivité, l'efficience et la productivité
2004
18 November 2004 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 5)

Stéphane LeQUEUX
Griffith University, Australia
Wayne LEWCHUK
McMaster University
Karen MESSING
Université du Québec à Montréal
Adelheid HEGE
IRES, France
Paul JARLEY
University of Kentucky, USA
David PEETZ
Griffith University, Australia
Jeremy WADDINGTON
University of Manchester, United-Kingdom

Researching Unions

21 June 2004 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 21)

Larry HAIVEN
St-Mary's University
Karen HUGHES
University of Alberta
Judy FUDGE
York University
Georgina MURRAY
Griffith University, Australia
Mario do Ceu da CUNHA REGO
Secretary of State, State Secretary for Equality, Portugal

Les paradigmes pour comprendre le travail et la citoyenneté

13 February 2004 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 7)

Robert HEBDON
McGill University
Patrice JALETTE
University of Montreal
Jane STINSON
CUPE

La restructuration des services étatiques: un atelier sur les enjeux, les impacts, les stratégies et les pistes de recherche
2003
27 October 2003 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 7)

Gerhard BOSCH
Institut Arbeit und Technik, Deutschland
Social Partners
Construction Industry

Les enjeux de l'industrie de la construction en Europe et au Québec

23 October 2003 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 5)

Christian DUFOUR
IRES, France
Adelheid HEGE
IRES, France
Peter FAIRBROTHER
Cardiff University, United-Kingdom
Stephen HERZENBERG
Keystone Institute, USA
David PEETZ
Griffith University, Australia
Charlotte YATES
McMaster University

Mondialisation, transformations du travail et renouveau syndical: une discussion comparée des pistes stratégiques

30 April 2003 • CRIMT Round-Table (Subproject 6)

Harry ARTHURS
York University
Charles SABEL
Columbia University, USA
Ann FROST
University of Western Ontario
Christian LÉVESQUE
HEC Montréal
Leah VOSKO
York University
Jacques BÉLANGER
Université Laval
Gilles TRUDEAU
University of Montreal
Marie-Ange MOREAU
Institut universitaire européen, Italy

Equity, Efficiency or Ethics? Corporate Codes of Conduct and the Social Regulation of the Global Firm
Master Classes
2007
14 September 2007 • CRIMT Master Class

Philippe BERNOUX
Groupe Lyonnais de Sociologie Industrielle.

Itinéraire d’un sociologue

28 February 2007 • CRIMT Master Class (Theme I)

Annette JOBERT
Director of Research - CNRS
Researcher at IDHE – Université Paris X Nanterre, France

L'évolution des relations professionnelles en France depuis les année 1970: un parcours de recherche
2006
29 November 2006 • CRIMT Master Class (Subproject 5)

Adelheid HEGE & Christian DUFOUR
Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (IRES), France

Vingt ans de comparaisons des relations professionnelles en Europe : Systèmes et pratiques de la représentation des salariés; éléments de méthodes en sociologie

Abstract

Adelheid HEGE et Christian DUFOUR, cochercheurs au CRIMT et grands spécialistes de la représentation des salariés, présenteront à l'occasion de ce cours de maître, les travaux et les publications qu'ils ont réalisés au cours des vingt dernières années, en décrivant l’évolution de leur réflexion sur le thème des relations professionnelles. Pourquoi sont-ils passés de l’analyse des systèmes de relations professionnelles à celle des pratiques de représentation ? Pourquoi la reproduction des représentants leur semble-t-elle être la clé de la compréhension des systèmes et de leurs évolutions ? Pourquoi les enquêtes dans les petites entreprises non syndiquées font-elle réfléchir sur les pratiques syndiquées dans les grandes ? Pourquoi les comparaisons sont-elles la base de la méthode sociologique ?
5 April 2006 • CRIMT Master Class (Subproject 7)

Jill RUBERY
University of Manchester, United-Kingdom

From Segmented Labour Markets to Comparative Employment Systems: the Development of an Institutionalist Perspective
2005
26 September 2005 • CRIMT Master Class

Paul EDWARDS
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

The Politics of Working Life

25 April 2005 • CRIMT Master Class (Subprojects 13,14)

Paul MARGINSON
University of Warwick, United-Kingdom

The Industrial Relations Dimension to Europe's Social Model : Problems and Prospects
2003
5 September 2003 • CRIMT Master Class (Subprojects 18,21)

Ron McCALLUM
University of Sydney, Australia

Droits individuels, droits collectifs et citoyenneté au travail
Doctoral Seminars
2005
24 March 2005 • CRIMT Doctoral Seminar (Subprojects 4,16)

Gilles MARCOUX
Université Laval

L'activité de travail des agents de service en centre d'appel : contrôle bipolaire, dispositifs intermédiaires et dynamique d'interface entre l'organisation et le marché

8 March 2005 • CRIMT Doctoral Seminar (Subproject 5)

Armel Brice ADANHOUNME
Presentation
Mélanie DUFOUR-POIRIER
Presentation
Marie-Josée DUPUIS
Presentation

Le renouveau syndical
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