The authors examine wages and working conditions in meat processing and confectionery in France. Working there may not require much skill, or command good wages and working conditions, but this article reveals a more complex, positive situation than expected, thanks to the "French model's"...

We model the links between skills and changes in work organization. As the proportion of skilled workers increases, the economy travels through a sequence of organizational equilibria. We show that as the relative supply of skills increases the organization of work becomes more decentralized....

Dans un contexte de préoccupation croissante des RPS (risques psychosociaux), la formation des managers à la gestion des RPS des membres de leur équipe tend à se développer. Dans ces formations, les formats pédagogiques de type "groupe d'analyse de pratiques" sont en expansion. Comment ces...

The Nordic performances – and specially the Danish success – as regards employment, but also in the field of fighting poverty and inequalities, have developed for several years the interest of the French researchers and political leaders. These results are often considered as a product of...

Cette recherche s'inscrit dans la continuité d'une intervention majeure en ergonomie participative au sujet des maux de dos affectant les manutentionnaires, réalisée à la Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) en 1989-1990 par une équipe de chercheurs financée par l'IRSST. Cette recherche...