As the century draws to a close, a growing number of economic and political analysts promote decentralization as a solution to the problems faced by Canadian federalism. This paper shows that the leading arguments on "decentralization" are problematic in two regards. First, many of those...

Purpose – The purpose of the research is to demonstrate the impact of psychological contract infringement (independent variable) on organizational commitment, exit, voice and neglect (dependent variables) within a Canadian federal public organization located in Quebec, where individual (e.g....

Since the late 1990s social science-based studies have allocated much less attention to public organizations. Based on the sixth Organization Studies summer workshop, this introductory paper suggests a diagnosis of such a decline as well as a research agenda. It lists some fundamental issues...