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Today’s young professionals entered the labour market in uncertain times.
New research suggests alternating boring and meaningful tasks can keep workers more engaged and productive.
Canadians can make National Caregiver Day count by celebrating carer-employees and supporting the creation of carer-friendly supports in the workplace.
For many people, speaking up at work can be a nerve-wracking experience because it leaves them exposed to judgment, ridicule and rejection.
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
The way jobs are structured affects employee mental health, an analysis of more than 18,000 workers shows.
Workers who find the digital workplace more stressful are also more likely to experience burnout and poorer health. Can taking a mindful approach to technology improve digital workers’ wellbring?
Economic inactivity is not always the worst option.
Most workplace bereavement policies were designed prior to MAID and very few employers have adjusted these policies in light of the new reality of living and dying in Canada.
Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Acknowledging that factors like the built environment, social and health systems, and outdated policies are the problems — rather than people — is a step towards healthier and safer workplaces.
Students should know that a key part of the value of their undergraduate degree lies in taking advantage of all the opportunities for learning that universities offer.
In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that within a century, the normal workweek would decrease to 15 hours. Why was he wrong?
Could the adverse effects of anti-work rhetoric spread beyond one’s own job perception? A sociologist’s recent research sheds light on the question.
Think the norm is to join the workforce straight after school, work for five decades and then retire? Think again.
You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.
New research shows that women’s earnings are negatively impacted by having children, while men’s aren’t. The effects can be long-lasting and contribute to the gender pay gap.
The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows that, while gender inequalities in the workplace remain fairly large between women and men, there are some notable exceptions.
Many workers who see their work as a spiritual calling wind up tolerating unfair treatment and poor work conditions.
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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RBC Professor in Responsible Organizations and Full Professor, Concordia University
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Associate professor of work and employment, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Associate professor of management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Adjunct Professor of Organizational Studies, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
