Trends in Canadian human resource practices

Both academics and practitioners have recognised Human Resource Management (HRM) as a means of increasing organisational effectiveness, resulting in a competitive advantage. This view referred to as the resource based view has been based mostly upon data from the United States (US). Research by Thacker and Cattaneo, and later by Way and Thacker, indicate that the use of cutting edge Human Resource Practice (HRP) by Canadian Organizations tends to lag behind their US counter parts. There is quite a large quantity of US based data on HR trends but data specific to Canada is much scarcer. Therefore, the purpose of the paper is to report some current HRP and HR trends of Canadian organizations.