Media
CBC Radio, November 11, 2016Radio/Podcast
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/on-the-coast/episode/10766681
Fiona McQuarrie, associate professor in the School of Business at the University of the Fraser Valley, on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the case involving the BC Teachers' Federation. [segment starts at 59:00]
Ontario Today, CBC Radio, November 15, 2016Radio/Podcast
The Finance Minister says, short-term jobs are the new norm. Get used it. Should you just get used to it? With Fiona McQuarrie, associate professor in the School of Business at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Job churn and precarious work don't have to be the new normal
The Globe and Mail, November 7, 2016Print
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau have both recently told workers that they need to get used to “job churn” and “precarious work.” They were referring to the increasing prevalence of short-term, non-permanent jobs in the Canadian labour market. But it’s a mistake to treat this as a norm we have to accept. Federal and provincial governments can change this situation and reduce the negative effects of uncertain work arrangements.
Industrial Relations in Canada
by Fiona McQuarrie
Wiley
978-1-119-05059-9
Adapted from real scenarios faced by labour relations boards across Canada, these cases put the student in the position of a labour relations board member, who must assess the evidence from both sides and render a decision. All chapter opening vignettes and In the News Stories have been revised or replaced with new ones.
Government, coercive power and the perceived legitimacy of Canadian post-secondary institutions
Published by The Canadian Journal of Higher Education
2013 Governments regulate and control organizations, yet their role in determining organizational legitimacy is largely unexamined. In the changing Canadian post-secondary landscape, legitimacy is an increasingly important issue for post-secondary institutions as they compete amongst themselves for access to ever-shrinking resources. Using an institutional theory framework, we analyze two examples of government policy and legislation relating to the organizational legitimacy of Canadian post-secondary institutions...
URL: http://search.proquest.com/openview/bf6915b8f4b16c11ef39342be16833c9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar
An innovative model for delivering business education in India
Published by The International Journal of Management Education
2016 The purpose of this article is to describe the development and establishment of the University of the Fraser Valley’s (UFV) unique Bachelor of Business Administration program in Chandigarh, India. This program offers the entire four-year BBA program in Chandigarh, with the students enrolled as UFV students and receiving UFV course credit. The article also makes recommendations to other post-secondary institutions considering entering the Indian education market...
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472811716300386
Applying the Principles of Soccer Training to the Design and Delivery of Classes in Introductory Accounting Courses
Published by Accounting Perspectives
2014 Accounting instructors face numerous challenges in structuring and teaching accounting classes. This paper describes the experience of redesigning classes in an introductory accounting course to follow the format of team training sessions in the sport of soccer. The soccer format includes six sections: warm-up, balance/agility/coordination, skill/technique, simplified small game, game, and cooldown. We explain how the activities in each of these sections can be translated into parts of a class session...
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1911-3838.12025/full
Biography
Dr. Fiona McQuarrie has been researching and writing about work and organizations for more than 30 years. Her areas of interest include industrial relations, organizational theory, workplace diversity, management history, post-secondary education, and the interaction between work and leisure. She is a regular media commentator on work, employment, and organizational issues.
Dr. McQuarrie is Professor Emerita in the School of Business at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). At UFV, she has served as an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Professional Studies and as Co-Chair of the Business program. She has also taught at the University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, Athabasca University, and the University of Prince Edward Island.
McQuarrie holds a Ph.D. in organizational analysis from the University of Alberta; a Bachelor of Business Administration (with majors in business and English), an MBA, and a Certificate in Liberal Arts from Simon Fraser University; and a Certificate in General Studies from Thompson Rivers University.
Dr. McQuarrie is the author of the textbook Industrial Relations in Canada, published by John Wiley and Sons. Currently in its fourth edition, the textbook is used at more than 30 universities and colleges across Canada. She is also the Canadian co-author of the widely used casebook Applications in Human Resource Management, published by Nelson Education. Dr. McQuarrie’s research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Executive, the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies, the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, the International Journal of Management Education, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, Leisure/Loisir, and Management and Organizational History. She has presented her research findings on work and organizations at many major international conferences.
Dr. McQuarrie is a member of the Academy of Management, the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (where she has served on the Board of Directors as a Member-at-Large, as the Awards Chair, and as the Divisional Liaison), the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, and the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Honourable Mention Paper Awards, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, 2001 and 2008 | Professional
Author of Honourable Mention Paper in Gender and Diversity in Organizations division (2001); author of Honourable Mention Paper in Management History division (2008)
Best Paper Awards, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, 2004 and 2012 | Professional
Co-author of Best Paper in Organizational Theory Division (2012); author of Best Paper in Management History Division (2004)