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Enduring Work : Experiences with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program / Catherine E. Connelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connelly, Catherine E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers--Canada--Social conditions.
- Foreign workers.
- Foreign workers--Government policy--Canada.
- Organizational behavior--Canada.
- Organizational behavior.
- Personnel management--Canada.
- Personnel management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Comparing the lived reality of agricultural workers, in-home caregivers, and low- and high-wage workers, and integrating the perspectives of employers both reluctant and reckless, Catherine Connelly unpacks the harms within Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program and offers nuanced strategies to improve it.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Enduring Work
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Subtle Differences in the Types of Mistreatment Endured by Different Groups of TFWs
- 2 Enduring Problems with Agents
- 3 Family: Social Capital under Strain
- 4 International Comparisons: Canada Is Not the Default Choice
- 5 Reluctant or Reckless: Canadian Employers' Use of the TFW Program
- 6 Conclusions: An Enduring Program for Enduring Work?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Connelly, Catherine E. Enduring Work
- ISBN:
- 9780228018001
- 0228018005
- 9780228017998
- 0228017998
- OCLC:
- 1351568403
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