The Impact of Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers on Occupational and Residential Cohabitation in Rural Communities in Quebec: The Point of View of Employers
The hiring of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) has an impact on residential and workplace cohabitation in rural communities. This study is based on interviews conducted with employers (n=17) and key informants (n=23) from the agricultural, horticultural and landscaping sectors in Quebec. This type of hiring encourages various social actors to reconsider their management practices to recreate a balance in communities destabilized by the demographic increase driven by the seasonal arrival of TFWs in small communities. From this analysis emerges a model of diversity management that takes into account the challenges of cohabitation for employers and workers.