Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Enduring Work: Experiences with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program” by Catherine Connelly, Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour and Professor of Organizational Behaviour at McMaster University.
When: Fri., Feb. 2, 2024 at 1:30-3:00pm Pacific
Where: UBC Sauder School of Business and Zoom (This seminar is primarily an in-person event, but there will be a livestream option.)
To register: https://bit.ly/JEDDI-202402
Only registered attendees will receive emails with the room number and Zoom link.
Seminar 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 presenter
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.
About the JEDDI Seminar Series
The Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the UBC Sauder Dean’s Office launched the JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar Series to provide a platform for academic and business thought leaders to share their experiences and strategies for creating more just, equitable, diverse, decolonized, and inclusive workplaces. Our remaining sessions for 2023-2024 are:
- Fri., Jan. 19 (1-2pm; Zoom): The Geography of Inequality
- Rebecca Diamond (Stanford University) will be joining us online to share her work exploring how geographic place, labor markets, and public policy influence households’ economic lives and inequality.
- Fri., Feb. 2 (1:30-3pm; hybrid): Non-Standard Work
- Catherine Connelly (McMaster University) will be joining us in person at UBC Sauder School of Business to share her work on “Enduring Work: Experiences with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program”
- Fri., Mar. 1 (1-2pm; Zoom): Consumer & Societal Wellbeing
- Maura Scott (Florida State University) will be joining us online to share her work exploring how to help improve consumers’ financial, health, and food decisions, particularly among vulnerable populations.
- Fri., Apr. 19 (1-2pm; Zoom): Storytelling MMIWG2S & Extraction
- Shelley Price (University of Victoria) will be joining us online to share her work on on advancing the substantive equality of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIAP+ persons working in the extraction industry and living close to development projects.
Learn more at https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/thought-leadership/research-outreach-centres/peter-p-dhillon-centre-business-ethics/events/jeddi