Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources division for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on "Enduring Work: Experiences with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program".
Date: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, 1:30-3:00pm
Location: UBC Sauder School of Business & Zoom
Register now at https://bit.ly/JEDDI-202402
Abstract
Canadians have long heard whispers of mistreated temporary foreign workers. Unfortunately, the experiences of these workers are far worse than is commonly acknowledged, while employers are not reaping as much benefit as the public might assume. In her new book, Enduring Work, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, Catherine Connelly draws on over one hundred interviews with people connected to different aspects of this program, analyzing their experiences from the perspective of organizational behaviour and human resources management. She compares the lived reality of agricultural workers, in-home caregivers, and low- and high-wage workers, showing how and why each group is vulnerable to mistreatment, albeit in different ways. She further explores how employment agencies and immigration consultants contribute to program abuses. Critically, Enduring Work provides the perspectives of employers, distinguishing between the reluctant users of the program who follow the rules and the reckless users who do not.
About the Speaker
Dr. Catherine Connelly is a professor of organizational behaviour at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour, and is a Member Emeritus of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2022 she was named a Globe and Mail Changemaker. Her research focuses on the attitudes, behaviours, and experiences of workers with non-traditional work arrangements (e.g., temporary foreign workers, gig workers) the effects of leadership styles on leader well-being, the experiences of workers with disabilities, and knowledge hiding in organizations. Read more about Dr. Connelly at https://connellyresearch.com/
