Employer and employee perspectives on human resource practices

by Norm Leckie, Ekos Research Associates, André Léonard, Julie Turcotte and David Wallace
Human Resources Development Canada, September 2001
The evolving workplace series, no. 1

This report is the first of this series and presents an overview of the results of the 1999 round of the WES on the role that human resource practices play in facilitating workplace change. It focuses on practices such as: workplace training, variable pay and employee involvement (job rotation, cross-training and teamwork), their association with change and whom they impact. These practices are linked to a skilled and motivated workforce and play an important role in helping workers adjust to workplace change.

The WES is a dual employer-employee survey on workplace issues such as training, work arrangements, the nature of employment, labour turnover, work-family balance and organisational change. The survey will follow workplaces for at least four years and employees for two years. This longitudinal aspect will allow researchers to study business dynamics from the point of view of both employers and employees over time.

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