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At the turn of the century, socialist groups of several different hues were active in British Columbia. Out of this variegated skein emerged the Socialist Party of Canada. For almost two decades it dominated left-wing politics in B.C., wielding extensive power in the labour movement and leaving behind it an ideological legacy which eventually filtered into the fledgling CCF. This study documents the conditions which led to the SPC's ascendancy, discusses its relationship with the early labour movement and examines the extent of Marxist influence on later socialist developments in the province. The dissertation employs an historical approach, supplementing library resources with correspondence and interviews with members of the old SPC. When reformist attempts of the late nineteenth century failed to improve conditions for the B.C. worker, labourism lost out to radicalism. The SPC was national in name only, for its doctrinaire Marxism evoked a significant response only in the unique political, industrial and social milieu of British Columbia. The rapid resource exploitation which gave rise to empires early in the province's history created a classical Marxist situation in some areas. The absence of party alignments in the early years of socialist activity, plus a following of radical immigrants from Britain, the U.S., and eastern Canada afforded the Marxists a large audience to which they addressed themselves with tireless propaganda efforts. Many SPC members were active in the labour movement as well, and were able to prevent the formation of a labour party for many years. When other parties finally did form with labour support, they were much farther to the left than were earlier labour parties. In large part this was due to the ambitious education program which characterized the socialist movement from its inception and ultimately became the Marxist's chief raison d'etre. Candidates were run solely for educational purposes. Once elected, however, SPC legislators found themselves in a balance of power position for a time and consequently their legislative accomplishments were considerable. The failure to adapt to Marxist theory to changing B.C. circumstances ultimately cost the Party credibility. Unable to withstand internal pressures or to respond to the political challenges of World War I, inflation, conscription, labour unrest, and the Russian Revolution, the SPC was gradually replaced by other groups on the left. However, the Party's adherence to a one-plank no-compromise platform did preserve the Marxist ideal in the province for later socialist groups.
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which factor and product market imperfections are responsible for wage differentials. The conclusion is that without some form of factor market imperfection, the existence of imperfection in the product market cannot explain wage differentials.
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This article reviews "Les systèmes d’information aux fins de gestion" by Rolland Hurtubise.
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This article reviews "Personnel Management, A Situational Approach" by David P. Crane.
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This article reviews "Personnel Management, Reaching Organizational and Human Goals" by Joseph P. Yaney.
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This article reviews "The Naked Manager" by E. Dichter.
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L'auteur présente la démarche suivie pour valider l'Inventaire de Satisfaction au Travail (IST). Le développement de l'Inventaire y est relaté ainsi qu'une description de la version retenue pour fin de validation. Administré à deux groupes de travailleurs (infirmières et contremaîtres), l'auteur explique comment l'instrument a été utilisé ainsi que la signification et la façon de calculer les scores sur les différentes échelles de l'Inventaire de Satisfaction. Il analyse également les résultats obtenus à la suite des tests de stabilité, validité et fidélité.
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In this paper, the author examines some of the pros and cons of collective bargaining in University faculties.
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This article reviews the report "Objectifs économiques et indicateurs sociaux" by the Conseil économique du Canada.
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The purpose of this article is to show how the deleterious consequences of personnel turnover, absenteeism, and occupational illness are related to job designs which are inappropriate to the needs of workers.
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The present study investigates the relationship between job involvement (JI) and central life interest (CLI) for a sample of automobile workers chosen from three organizational levels containing unskilled employees, skilled workmen and fore-men. Possible associations of job involvement and work as the« Central Life Interest » with job levels in the occupational hierarchy, age of the individuals and the length of employment were also explored. The results disconfirmed the hypothesized positive relationship between JI and CLI. In fact a low but significant negative relationship was obtained between JI and CLI. Job levels, age and length of employment were found to hâve negligible influence on both JI and CLI. On the basis of the obtained results, directions for future research are indicated.
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This article reviews "Au-delà des frontières" by le Conseil Économique du Canada (Ottawa).
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This article reviews "Relative Wage Differentials in Canadian Industries" by Pradeep Kumar.
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Nous vivons dans une inflation, qui apparaît de plus en plus comme étant la fille naturelle de la croissance, sa seconde nature. Dans ce contexte, l'analyse des politiques de l’après-guerre montre la nécessité d'avoir recours à de nouveaux instruments.
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This article reviews "Employement and Earning Inadequacy : A New Social Indicator" by Sar A. Levitan and Robert Taggart III.
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This study presents yearly estimates of hidden unemployment and job requirements for full employment in Canada by age and sex for the period 1957 to 1970. The method employed in deriving these estimates involved the calculation of the potential labour force, total and by specific age-sex groups, and the formulation of a relationship relating group employment to total employment.
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This article reviews "A Decade of Manpower Training and Development" by Garth L. Mangum and John Walsh.
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This article reviews "Career Education" by August C. Bolino.
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