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Relations industrielles

New Jobs, New Workers? OrganizationalRestructuring and Management Hiring Decisions

Tracey Adams and Kevin McQuillan

Volume 55, Number 3, 2000

URI: id.erudit.org/iderudit/051326arDOI: 10.7202/051326ar

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Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval

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Adams, T. & McQuillan, K. (2000). New Jobs, New Workers?Organizational Restructuring and Management HiringDecisions. Relations industrielles, 55(3), 391–413.doi:10.7202/051326ar

Article abstract

Recent studies of work have argued that organizationalrestructuring and the introduction of technology are alteringthe nature and experience of work. In this paper, we examinewhether recent change has affected managerial perceptions ofthe characteristics and abilities required of workers. Drawingon interviews with human resource managers in threeindustries (chemicals production, transportation equipmentmanufacturing, health services) in Southwestern Ontario, weconclude that management across these industries is indeedseeking a "new" kind of worker, and is placing new demandson their workers. Implications of these changes foremployment and for workers are discussed.

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