Abstract
Sector Councils in Canada are a form of non-union representation that have been described as “unique in the world” and they
represent approximately half of the workforce in Canada. Their impact on 44 workplace and human resource practices of firms
is estimated from a worker-firm matched data set, the Workplace and Employee Survey, for the years 1999–2006. Surprisingly,
Sector Councils were significantly associated with positive outcomes for only 4 of the 44 outcome measures and with negative
outcomes for 28 of the outcome measures, while 12 of the relationships were statistically insignificant. Possible explanations
for this surprising result are provided.
represent approximately half of the workforce in Canada. Their impact on 44 workplace and human resource practices of firms
is estimated from a worker-firm matched data set, the Workplace and Employee Survey, for the years 1999–2006. Surprisingly,
Sector Councils were significantly associated with positive outcomes for only 4 of the 44 outcome measures and with negative
outcomes for 28 of the outcome measures, while 12 of the relationships were statistically insignificant. Possible explanations
for this surprising result are provided.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-13
- DOI 10.1007/s12122-011-9119-4
- Authors
- Morley Gunderson, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto, 121 St. George, St. Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2E8
- Journal Journal of Labor Research
- Online ISSN 1936-4768
- Print ISSN 0195-3613