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Relations industrielles

Alternative Models of Industrial Relations GraduatePrograms in Canadian and U.S. Universities

Richard P. Chaykowski and Caroline L. Weber

Volume 48, Number 1, 1993

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Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval

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Chaykowski, R. & Weber, C. (1993). Alternative Models ofIndustrial Relations Graduate Programs in Canadian and U.S.Universities. Relations industrielles, 48(1), 86–100.doi:10.7202/050833ar

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The authors present the debate over whether or not industrialrelations constitutes a discipline, and then discuss some of theimplications of this debate for the development of industrialrelations teaching units and curriculum content. Alternativeorganizational approaches to graduate-level study of industrialrelations in Canada and the United States are broadlycharacterized as « sovereign Discipline » and « dependentfield » models. The authors posit that the teaching model usedis a direct reflection of whether or not the field of industrialrelations is recognized as a sufficiently independent field ofinquiry. Finally, the authors consider some of the factorsinfluencing changes in program content and offer someimplications of these factors for the future study of industrialrelation.

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