If the Quality of Working Life (QWL) is to become a distinct “school” then, it is argued, it should possess all the attributes of a school, in particular, vocabulary, concepts and methodology. The very importance of problems in contemporary society would suggest that the realisation of these...

This article describes, in non‐technical language, the results of recent research concerning the behaviour of some major components of unemployment. While the analysis is based on Canadian data it is felt that since high unemployment rates, controversy about their causes, and uncertainty about...

Some superficial similarities between Australia and Canada are readily apparent: enormous countries, well endowed with resources, their relatively small populations derive in large part from European immigrants. As far as the structure and performance of their economies are concerned, both are...

While concern for the quality of working life (QWL) is by no means new it is nevertheless true that there has been an enormous amount of research, experimentation and commentary in this field in recent years. A particular confluence of forces—ever‐accelerating technological change;...

The body of literature in the field now commonly known as the “quality of working life” (QWL) has grown steadily over a period in which the industrialised nations have increasingly come to question the role and status of human beings in the modern technological environment. In recent years...

The heavy commitment by many countries to training programmes as an integral component of manpower policies has prompted a considerable amount of research into these activities. In particular, the experience of Sweden, Great Britain, and the United States has furnished valuable information...