The ideologies of U.S. and Canadian IR scholars: a comparative analysis and construct validation

Article Abstract:

This paper: (1) reports the findings of a 1991 survey of the values and beliefs of U.S. IR scholars and compares these to the findings of a Canadian survey conducted a year earlier and (2) examines the structure, covariates, and construct validity of a scale measuring ideology developed from the Canadian data and incorporated in the U.S. survey. It finds U.S. scholars in general to be slightly more conservative than their Canadian counterparts. However, as in Canada, they evince considerable support for enhanced legal rights and protections for workers, while at the same time supporting the cooperativist schemes associated with the progressive HRM paradigm. This suggests a quid pro quo of sorts: that if workers are to undergo the sacrifices associated with these schemes (e.g., reduced rights under the collective agreement), they should be provided with increased rights under the law. Finally, the measure of ideology developed from the Canadian data is replicated by the U.S. survey; its covariates are also similar; and it conforms to a number of construct validity criteria. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Models, Canada, Human resource management, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Corporations, Labor relations, Corporations, Canadian

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Sponsor alert: domestic managers go abroad

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Domestic equity managers investing in international equities may be creating problems for plan sponsors. The managers' decision may be against the sponsors' allocation plan and this has fiduciary implications. Domestic equity managers may invest in several foreign stocks rather than their domestic counterparts, leading to a double allocation problem. Although foreign stocks may promise considerable returns, they are vulnerable to market risks.

Planning, Evaluation, Securities, Foreign securities

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