�鶹AV Desautels Faculty of Management - Organizational Behaviour News

Employers judge job candidates – but it isn’t a one-way street

�鶹AV — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:37:53 +0000

Job seekers put their resumes out there to be judged by potential employers, but the evaluation goes both ways, says Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at �鶹AV Desautels. “Candidates talk to other candidates,” Cohen tells The Globe and Mail.

People feel most productive at work during the heart of the workweek

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:06:48 +0000

Tuesday is the most productive day of the week—or at least it’s the day perceived to be the most productive, according to Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour Jean-Nicolas Reyt in an interview with Radio-Canada. Most individuals work from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to -5 p.m., and perceive Monday to be less productive because they are still catching up on their work from the previous week. Tuesday is the day that people first feel immersed in the current week’s work.

Remote work brought unfair performance metrics – and employees are gaming them

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:03:50 +0000

According to a survey by the Vancouver-based AI human resources firm Visier, more than four out of five workers have engaged in “fauxductivity” – performative work that makes them appear to be working more time than they actually are. The problem, however, isn’t the workers– it’s the way their performance is measured according to Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour.

When wedding planning clashes with work commitments, communication is key

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:00:59 +0000

Weddings are planned many months–or even years–into the future, and that can clash with other aspects of the couple’s lives. When taking on a new job in the months leading up to such a major life event, it’s tricky to know when to tell your new employer that you’ll need time off in the first months of your tenure. “My advice is to wait until you’ve received a formal job offer before discussing it,” says Associate Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt in The Globe and Mail’s Nine to Five column.

Quebec government funding cuts could affect the areas of research the university pursues

�鶹AV — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:11:52 +0000

�鶹AV’s standing as a leading global research institution is under threat, writes Professor Anthony C. Masi in a Montreal Gazette op-ed. The Government of Quebec is undermining the university by reducing transfers for construction and renovation. These cuts will affect STEM disciplines, says the Professor of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour and Special Advisor to the Dean.

Companies seeking savings in employee wages might spend more in the long run

�鶹AV — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:16:30 +0000

Inflation has stretched the budgets of individuals and companies alike, and some firms have sought to find savings in the wages they pay their employees. A recent report from the Robert Walters recruiting agency found that Canadian firms are increasingly hiring underqualified employees. But that can backfire, says Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt in interview with Canadian HR Reporter.

Greece increases length of work week, bucking broader trends

�鶹AV — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:58:52 +0000

While some countries contemplate shorter work weeks, Greece is heading in the opposite direction. Seeking to boost economic growth, the country recently passed a law allowing employers to implement a six-day work week, though the change is not mandatory. Greece faced a debt crisis in 2010, and its economy has long been among Europe’s laggards. As a member of the Eurozone, Greece doesn’t make its own monetary policy, explains Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour.

�鶹AV Desautels professors and lecturers recognized at Faculty Awards

�鶹AV — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:33:56 +0000

Across programs and subject areas, the �鶹AV Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that research, teaching, service and media engagement play in enriching the student experience and inspiring the next generation of leaders through the annual Faculty Awards. This year we recognize the following outstanding members of our faculty:

Research

Bribery in the workplace: A field experiment on the threat of making group behavior visible

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:09:15 +0000

Authors: Diana Dakhlallah

Publication: Organization Science
Articles in advance — published online: January 10, 2024

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Reproducibility in Management Science

�鶹AV — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:33:29 +0000

Authors: Miloš Fišar, Ben Greiner, Christoph Huber, Elena Katok,
Ali I. Ozkes, and the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration*

*Co-authors included among the Collaboration are four members of the Desautels community:
Ruslan Goyenko, Brian Rubineau, Chengyu Zhang and Yaping Zheng (now at U. of Alberta)

Amandine Ody-Brasier Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior winner of Outstanding Recent Contribution in Social Psychology Award 2023

�鶹AV — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:02:24 +0000

Pathways of Peer Influence on Major Choice

�鶹AV — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:58:17 +0000

Authors: Brian Rubineau, Shinwon Noh, Michael A. Neblo and David M.J. Lazer

Publication: Social Forces, Forthcoming.
Article in advance, published online: October 11, 2023

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Public sector organizations need to ensure fair AI implementation

�鶹AV — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:05:43 +0000

Artificial intelligence can identify patterns in data much faster and more effectively and efficiently than humans can, but it is only applicable to the specific contexts in which data was created. Even then, AI can replicate the data’s biases and encode them, resulting in a major limitation that can lead to discrimination on the basis of sex or ethnicity. This is of particular concern for public sector organizations, which need to be fair to those they serve.

AI tools can have unanticipated consequences for managers

�鶹AV — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:10:34 +0000

When a Los Angeles law firm began adopting new artificial intelligence tools to automate contract reviews, it looked like junior lawyers and paralegals might be out of a job. Yet, even as these tools conducted increasingly complex tasks, the firm’s workforce didn’t suffer. However, this shift to AI taking on some tasks previously performed by humans forced the firm to reconfigure its organizational structure.

Top employees will gravitate to companies that implement four-day workweek as it becomes more common

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:39:00 +0000

Some of the Toronto companies that tested a four-day workweek are sticking with it, and cite higher productivity and better work-life balance as the reasons for the change. �鶹AV Desautels Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt thinks it will eventually become the norm, and companies that resist it risk losing talent. “The best employees will leave,” Reyt told Radio-Canada. “It would be a bad idea to refuse to have a conversation about it.”

Benevolent Sexism and the Gender Gap in Startup Evaluation

�鶹AV — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:37:55 +0000

Authors: Nhu Nguyen, Ivona Hideg, Yuval Engel, and Frédéric Godart

Publication: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Forthcoming; OnlineFirst – First published online June 8, 2023

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Celebrating excellence in teaching at Desautels

�鶹AV — Wed, 31 May 2023 19:52:07 +0000

Across programs and subject areas, the Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that teaching plays in enriching the student experience and in inspiring the next generation of leaders.

The Distinguished Teaching Award recipients Anna Kim and Warut Khern-am-nuai were honoured at �鶹AV’s 2023 Management Convocation ceremony on May 31, for their excellence in teaching.

New federal union contract is an historic advance in for workers’ rights

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:06:08 +0000

The potential for office work to be performed remotely has been evident since the advent of email and the web, but for decades, most employers allowed only very limited remote work. The pandemic let that genie out of the bottle and finally granted employees what many had been advocating for in vain, writes Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour Jean-Nicholas Reyt in an opinion piece for the Montreal Gazette. The recent strike by the Public Service Alliance of Canada is a prime example of this sentiment.

�鶹AV Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:57:21 +0000

�鶹AV Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom’25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom’23), Co-Executive Directors of �鶹AV Ventures, took second place at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business’ National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.

Hybrid work arrangements give employees the flexibility they need, but leverage benefits of in-person interaction

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 May 2023 15:57:44 +0000

One of the biggest names in tech thinks the move to fully remote work is a big mistake. According to Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, everyone needs to be together to create a cohesive and productive work environment. And that’s partly right, says Jean-Nicolas Reyt, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Desautels. “The vast majority of the economy has switched to hybrid work, and not fully remote,” says Reyt. “This allows people to better manage the interface between their work and personal lives.

Delve: Why Employers Think Overqualified Job Applicants Lack Commitment, with Roman Galperin

�鶹AV — Fri, 12 May 2023 13:23:49 +0000

Why is being overqualified for a sought-after job at a desirable workplace seen as a drawback? Despite having prestigious educations and impressive work credentials, these candidates get turned down by hiring managers, often before they even get an interview.

Case-by-case evaluation of remote work vulnerable to managerial discretion

�鶹AV — Thu, 11 May 2023 13:44:46 +0000

Office workers adopted remote work on a massive scale during the pandemic, and many of them only want to return to the office on a limited basis. This was a major issue in the spring 2023 strike by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. In the union’s new contract, remote work requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. This makes an amount of sense, according to Desautels Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt. "Some jobs do require you to be on-site, but at the end of the day, it has to be case-by-case," Reyt told CBC News.

Glossy work permeates cultural industries, but exists in other sectors too

�鶹AV — Wed, 10 May 2023 21:27:52 +0000

When Lisa Cohen moved to New York City in 1984 to work for Vanity Fair magazine, it seemed like a dream job. But the reality didn’t stack up to her expectations. Though the work was sometimes interesting, Cohen found the detailed fact-checks that she was assigned tedious. Still, she stayed in the magazine industry for five years before pursuing a business degree. That’s Cohen’s personal experience with ‘glossy work’.

Majority of companies in 4-day work week study make shorter week permanent

�鶹AV — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 19:26:38 +0000

The results are in, and the four-day work week isn’t only good for workers – companies like it too. In a six-month UK study, 61 employers trialed a 4-day work week that asked employees to perform the same work in less time, and at the end of the trial period, 92% of participating employers chose to make the shorter week permanent. “This is in line with previous study we’ve seen before,” said Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt to CBC Radio’s Cross-Country Checkup with Ian Hanomansing.

Reject and Resubmit: A Formal Analysis of Gender Differences in Reapplication and Their Contribution to Women’s Presence in Talent Pipelines

�鶹AV — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 21:55:06 +0000

Authors: Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Brian Rubineau and Venkat Kuppuswamy

Publication: Organization Science, Forthcoming
Articles in Advance – published online: December 2022

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Authentic feedback is necessary to organizational growth, but leaders themselves must set the tone

�鶹AV — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:47:54 +0000

We want everyone to thrive and succeed in the workplace, says Prof. Patricia Faison Hewlin, but organizations need feedback from their employees for relationships to develop and to learn from mistakes, to improve, to innovate. But asking people to speak up is its own challenge. On January 23, Faison Hewlin shared insights about how it can be accomplished as part of the University of Oregon’s African American Workshop and Lecture Series.

Delve: How Organizations Can Increase Gender Diversity by Rethinking Job Recruitment, with Brian Rubineau

�鶹AV — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:40:10 +0000

In the past few years of the Covid pandemic, many people have left or lost their jobs and sought out new ones. Who has succeeded and who hasn’t depends not only on merit and ability, but on who you know—word-of-mouth is one of the most common ways that people learn about and are encouraged to apply for jobs. And who you know typically reflects your gender, race, and other influential differences that in policy terms are markers of diversity. Examining the role gender plays in job recruitment and hiring can lead to a more diverse workforce that benefits both organizations and society.

AI is advancing, but people management still requires a human touch

�鶹AV — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:30:15 +0000

Data could tell you a lot about your employees’ performance, capabilities, and even mental health. But there are risks associated with using algorithms to process this type of data. Artificial intelligence isn’t yet sophisticated enough to deal with the nuances involved. “It won't suggest improvements to reflect a changing context, such as a pandemic,” says Matissa Hollister, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Desautels. “It's a cutting-edge technology that encodes the status quo.

Employees duties may differ from those in job postings

�鶹AV — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:39:35 +0000

The job that you think you are applying for can be pretty different from the work that you actually do. It’s crucial to know why this happens, says Associate Professor Lisa Cohen. Sometimes hiring managers do not know precisely what their organization will need in the months and years to come. In other cases, the organization’s needs are evolving, and it needs to adapt to changing circumstances. This can be frustrating for employees, and can even lead to conflict in the workplace.

Delve: Why the Job You Apply For May Not Be the Job You Get

�鶹AV — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:40:08 +0000

When most people apply for jobs, they expect the job description to match the job that will be filled. But between the interview and the actual hiring, job duties sometimes evolve. At a time when many people are making career changes and employers are facing uncertainties and struggling to find employees, understanding why jobs change is crucial.

Delve: Remix or Reinvent? How Deviance Can Drive Careers in the Creative Community of EDM, with Amandine Ody-Brasier

�鶹AV — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:40:26 +0000

When does deviance from the norm propel a career or stop it in its tracks? Call it law-breaking or call it creative license, in creative industries and occupations, intellectual property concerns can make or break reputations, careers, and companies. Ask the creators themselves whether something is deviant, illegal, or illegitimate and the answers aren’t simply yes or no, they’re varying shades of grey. In the electronic dance music community, for one, the enforcement of certain norms and legalities around intellectual property isn’t always up to the law—it’s up to the community.

In the Midst of Hiring: Pathways of Anticipated and Accidental Job Evolution During Hiring

�鶹AV — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:52:07 +0000

Authors: Lisa E. Cohen and Sara Mahabadi

Publication: Organization Science
Volume 33, Issue 5, September-October 2022, Pages 1938-1963

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Inaccurate job descriptions can have unanticipated effects

�鶹AV — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:08:07 +0000

A job description can be pretty different from the job itself. Sometimes this can be because the hiring organization’s needs are evolving, and they are responding to these changes, write Professor Lisa Cohen and PhD candidate Sara Mahabadi in The Conversation. If an organization becomes aware of their evolving needs during the hiring process, it can help to repost the job ad, so they find the candidates that are best aligned with their actual needs.

Employee monitoring software could alienate remote workers

�鶹AV — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 20:55:59 +0000

Remote work promised office workers more freedom and flexibility, but digital surveillance tools are already eroding that. Some employers use digital surveillance tools that monitor employees’ computer activity by logging the keystrokes on their keyboard, and even taking web cam photos to ensure that they are dutifully staring at their screens. But this is short-sighted, says Desautels Prof Jean-Nicolas Reyt, as it may cause office relationships to take an unhealthy turn.

Inauthenticity in the workplace can harm diversity and inclusion

�鶹AV — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:55:20 +0000

Leaders are often faced with being their authentic self or doing what it takes to succeed. Decisions taken by senior management in the face of this authenticity dilemma can set a negative example for their juniors. This can be particularly insidious for people from underrepresented groups who may feel the need to suppress their identity to progress in their career.

Delve: Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Management Insights and Solutions

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:14:34 +0000

How can Artificial Intelligence augment and even improve management of and within organizations? In the interdisciplinary arena of management, AI is being applied to big-picture issues of organizational strategy and supply chain operations, as well as the ethical details of human resources and the many moving parts of the retail industry.

The four-day work week can reduce turnover, reduce recruiting requirements

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:03:45 +0000

About a year ago, Poche et Fils conducted a trial of the four-day work week that has since become permanent. Employees at the Montreal-based clothing companies receive the same pay as when they were working five days a week, and the company has sought to maintain the same productivity too. The first step was identifying tasks that were time-consuming and useless -- and eliminating them. But there are other ways that a shorter work week can save time too. A new generation of workers is negotiating not on salary, but on hours, said Desautels Prof.

After unionization, corporate foot-dragging is a challenge to contract negotiation

�鶹AV — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:41:56 +0000

Unionization is having a moment. Employees at Amazon, Starbucks and Apple have all held successful union drives. But forming a union and negotiating a contract are not the same thing. In a 2008 study, Desautels Prof. John-Paul Ferguson found that union election victories resulted in first contracts only 56.3 per cent of the time. “It’s even harder now,” says Ferguson.

Prof. Ody-Brasier's paper named 2022 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Finalist

�鶹AV — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:27:09 +0000

Congratulations to Amandine Ody-Brasier, Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour, whose paper "Deviance as a Means to Build a Legitimate Career: Evidence from the EDM Industry” has been named 2022 Carolyn B. Dexter Award Finalist at the Annual Meeting Program Awards of the Academy of Management (AOM).

Interpersonal skills are key to managing staff during times of crisis

�鶹AV — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:28:32 +0000

Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining – but there is a time and a place to mention it. When employees are struggling through a crisis, putting a positive spin on the situation can make them feel as though their concerns aren’t being taken seriously, according to Patricia Faison Hewlin, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Desautels. Instead, managers should seek to maintain open lines of communication, demonstrate empathy and know how to seek additional resources when they are needed.

When wages don’t keep pace with inflation, companies risk losing their top performers

�鶹AV — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:25:24 +0000

It is no secret that inflation has sent costs soaring, but wages are going up too. In a recent survey of US small businesses, more than two-thirds said they had increased the wages of their employees. Companies that don’t match inflation are essentially asking their staff to take a pay cut, says Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt in an interview with BBC Worklife. That will make employees unhappy, and the best ones could choose to move on to companies where better wages make them feel more appreciated.

�鶹AV team wins honourable mention at EDI case writing competition

�鶹AV — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:40:30 +0000

Congratulations to 2023 BCom Jaslie Denault and MBAs Alfonso Rodriguez Gomez, David Iacono and Kriti Pradhan, in collaboration with Faculty Lecturer Tatiana Gauvin, for their honourable mention at the annual DEI Global Case Writing Competition for their submission Diversity, Equity an

Sport-life balance can help elite athletes perform and thrive

�鶹AV — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:10:10 +0000

To achieve peak performance, many elite athletes become full-time professionals. But there can be benefits to keeping a day job, according to Anna-Maria Broomes, a doctoral student in organizational behaviour at �鶹AV Desautels Faculty of Management. Sport-life balance can help athletes recognize their value as a person that exists beyond sport. “Athletes are holistic beings who want to excel and flourish,” says Broomes, “but to do so, they will need the support of their loved ones and professionals who are in their corner.”

An employer's choice of words can reveal much about their return to office plans

�鶹AV — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:14:20 +0000

For many parents and caregivers, working from home has made life a lot easier. And any return to the office will have consequences for them. Some employers have used surveys and online forums to gauge employee sentiment about returning, but the language they use can be telling, according to Patricia Faison Hewlin, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Desautels.

Celebrating excellence in teaching at Desautels

�鶹AV — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:45:01 +0000

The Distinguished Teaching Award recipients Sujata Madan and Juan Serpa were honoured at �鶹AV’s 2022 Management Convocation ceremony on June 1, for their excellence in teaching.

Théadora Sauvé named valedictorian for Spring 2022 Convocation

�鶹AV — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:18:15 +0000

Théadora Sauvé’s classmates pushed her to become a better student, and Sauvé’s hard work was be recognized at the Spring 2022 Convocation, where she gave the valedictory address. The Bachelor of Commerce grad is preparing to study law at �鶹AV, but when she came to university, this path was not yet clear. Sauvé initially studied psychology, but switched to Desautels after taking an Organizational Behaviour class taught by Chantal Westgate, a Senior Faculty Lecturer.

Delve: An Ethical, Human-Centred Approach to AI in Human Resources, with Matissa Hollister

�鶹AV — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 21:05:02 +0000

Could Artificial Intelligence tools decide who gets hired or fired, who gets a raise, or who’s ready to be a mentor? Some already are, to varying levels of success, and it’s often difficult to discern their use value, let alone how to use them effectively and ethically, an arguable essential in HR.

Montreal telecom company Oxio is a leader on salary transparency, but many companies are unlikely to volunteer this information

�鶹AV — Wed, 18 May 2022 20:21:43 +0000

If a company doesn’t want to share salary information, there could be a reason for that. About 75 per cent of people don’t negotiate a higher salary for themselves, and women and minorities are underrepresented among those who do not, according to Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt. But Montreal-based telecommunications company Oxio is taking steps toward salary transparency.

To get inclusion right, companies need to ask what they’re doing wrong

�鶹AV — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:11:12 +0000

Inclusion isn't a warm and fuzzy feeling of belonging. Inclusion means being an integral part of an organization, and having the resources to get the job done, said Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour Patricia Faison Hewlin in Business Insider. In order to achieve it, organizations need to listen.

Delve: Why Organizations Need Authentic People and Inclusive Policies, with Patricia Hewlin

�鶹AV — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:50:07 +0000

The complex issue of authenticity at work isn’t only about people within an organization—it’s connected to the organization’s own integrity, including policies on equity, diversity, and inclusion. The value of authenticity for employees, customers and clients, and management is linked to a diversity of people and innovative ideas suited to today’s world.

Professor Emeritus Nancy Adler wins 2021 Emerald Literati Award

�鶹AV — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:50:24 +0000

Congratulations to Nancy J. Adler, Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, winner of the 2021 Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Author Contribution for “When Arrogance Kills Humility Becomes Our Most Powerful Form of Leadership”

When the medium massages perceptions: Personal (vs. public) displays of information reduce crowding perceptions and outsider mistreatment of frontline staff

�鶹AV — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:57:42 +0000

A long wait in a crowded environment can feel like a special kind of purgatory for those waiting their turn, yet front-line workers often bear the brunt of the public’s frustrations. Nurses, restaurant staff, call centre agents and other staff who deal directly with the public in high-stress environments are often mistreated. Known as “outsider mistreatment,” this can range from incivility to full-on abuse, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and other challenges.

Avoiding pitfalls of AI recruiting

�鶹AV — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:02:05 +0000

While AI software could eliminate some bias in recruiting, Professor Matissa Hollister says the tool can exacerbate other types of bias, especially related to gender or education, by relying too heavily on an employee’s previous hiring patterns. She urges companies to be transparent with their candidates about the use of AI and acknowledge the technology’s shortcomings when deploying it as a hiring tool.

Delve podcast: New Normal: Ideal Workers, Gender Equality, and COVID-19 with Alyson Gounden Rock

�鶹AV — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:33:36 +0000

What do “ideal workers” look like today? New research explores the history of gender differences in work and points to a more equal—and genuinely ideal—future of work for all.

In conversation with Lisa Cohen, Director of EDI

�鶹AV — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:19:58 +0000

The Faculty's first ever Director of EDI, Lisa Cohen, joined the �鶹AV Reporter to reflect on the past year and a half of her mandate. She discusses the progress that has been made so far, but admits there is still a long way to go. A major step towards that is the Faculty's new EDI Strategic Plan, which launched earlier this year.

From un-woven societal relationships to a broad-based movement? Union power in societal networks in Quebec (Canada)

�鶹AV — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:35:22 +0000

Authors: Lorenzo Frangi, Anthony C. Masi, and Bénédicte Poirier

Publication: Work, Employment and Society, Forthcoming

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The impact of AI on human resources

�鶹AV — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:00:28 +0000

In 2019, Professor Matissa Hollister began a Resident Fellowship at the World Economic Forum’s The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in San Francisco. While at C4IR, Hollister authored a WEF white paper on the state of AI in HR and led the creation of a toolkit for HR professionals that provides practical guidance for HR professionals on how to use it responsibly, which aims to equip HR professionals with practical knowledge to help integrate AI responsibly.

Rethinking the five-day work week

�鶹AV — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:05:13 +0000

Employers across the globe are shifting to a four-day work week to boost productivity and morale. According to Professor Lisa Cohen, a longer weekend doesn’t just create wider margins for rest and recovery—it also allows ideas to percolate off the clock, fostering a climate of creativity. Professor Cohen recommends that whenever possible, managers adopt a hybrid model to maximize flexibility for their employees.

New report finds supplier diversity a novel subject in Canada

�鶹AV — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:28:06 +0000

In a new report supported by the Women's Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub out of Ryerson University, Prof. Patricia Hewlin and former Integrated Management fellows Sandra Urbina Chang (MBA’19), Fiorella Rojas Vizarreta, (MBA‘19) and Hoaran Wang (BCom’20) outline a two-part study on perceptions and attitudes towards supplier diversity.

The case for a four-day work week

�鶹AV — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:40:10 +0000

According to Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt, making the switch to a four-day work week will require significant shifts in social and economic rhythms at a personal and professional level. Fortunately, the change could naturally carve out more time for leisure by boosting productivity during more limited work hours.

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Delve podcast: Closing the Inventor Gender Gap with John-Paul Ferguson, Lucy Gilbert, and Negin Ashouri

�鶹AV — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:27:04 +0000

Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. This loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic growth, and repercussions on all sectors, from technology to health care. The gender gap among inventors affects what gets invented—and consequently who benefits from innovation.

“Sorry” limits success for women in the workplace

�鶹AV — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:12:04 +0000

Excessive apologizing at work may hinder a woman’s ability to succeed professionally, according to Professor Patricia Hewlin. The habit of saying sorry, even when an apology is unwarranted, stems from societal beliefs about what it means to be feminine in the workplace and contributes to higher stress levels and feelings of inauthenticity. Professor Hewlin and her colleagues urge companies to examine how they can better empower women, rather than only asking women to change the way they operate.

Delve podcast: New Normal: COVID-19 and the Leadership Crisis with Jean-Nicolas Reyt

�鶹AV — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:38:08 +0000

Launching the second season of Delve’s The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt discusses why businesses should embrace a hybrid work method, why the future of workspaces needs to change from the status quo, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced management to change in order to adapt to a new reality – plus the one thing companies can do for remote workers to make sure they’ve got their backs.

How to create a successful hybrid workplace

�鶹AV — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:42:14 +0000

Although remote employees have more flexibility to establish a work/life balance that suits their needs, there are several downsides to the arrangement, says Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt. Remote workers often report feeling isolated from the team, and they may feel pressure to work longer hours, leading to burnout.

New study calls for greater female representation in innovation

�鶹AV — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:00:12 +0000

In a new study published in Science, Professor John-Paul Ferguson underscores the necessity of identifying and supporting woman-owned patents and innovations, particularly in the biomedical and personal healthcare spheres. Female representation in innovation is crucial to progress in women’s health, Professor Ferguson says, especially because most male inventors focus on male-specific health or otherwise neglect to account for female health patterns when creating new treatments and products.

Working less to accomplish more

�鶹AV — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:08:44 +0000

More Quebec workplaces are making the transition to a four-day work week in an effort to boost the productivity and wellbeing of their employees, particularly young professionals who place a higher priority on work-life balance. From Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt’s perspective, employees work more efficiently during shorter weeks because they’re more rested and focused.

Leveraging social media to land jobs

�鶹AV — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:48:20 +0000

Social media is dramatically reshaping today’s hiring landscape, says Professor Patricia Hewlin. With the accessibility of LinkedIn and other platforms like Instagram, communication between candidate and employers or hiring committee has become more casual and informed, potentially creating a less daunting job application process.

Cultivating authenticity in the workplace

�鶹AV — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:45:34 +0000

When “work from home” ceased to be a moniker and became a long-term reality for countless professionals around the globe, workplace wellness also took on a new meaning. Professor Patricia Hewlin points to authenticity as the root of personal wellbeing in every aspect of life. When employees feel that they can be true to themselves at work, their engagement rises, both in completing tasks and interacting with colleagues.

Celebrating excellence in teaching at Desautels

�鶹AV — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:47:29 +0000

The Distinguished Teaching Award recipients Jiro Kondo and Lisa Cohen were honoured at �鶹AV’s 2021 Management Convocation ceremony for their excellence in teaching.

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2021 teaching awards!

Delve - "New Normal" podcast: Working from Home, Living at Work with Lisa Cohen

�鶹AV — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:39:34 +0000

In episode 2 of The ‘New Normal’ hosted by Dave Kaufman, Professor Lisa Cohen discusses how the shift to working from home that has been hastened by the Covid-19 pandemic, how the work from home phenomenon has been more disadvantageous to some members of society than others, and ways in which working at home has given us all more time to think about how to make our world a more equitable place.

Expectation vs reality in the workplace

�鶹AV — Thu, 13 May 2021 14:40:07 +0000

Romanticizing a career can lead to disillusionment, Professor Lisa Cohen concludes in her recently published study. The employees she interviewed for the study had at least one thing in common: their job was ‘glossy’ and glamorous on the outside, but boring and frustrating behind the scenes. To avoid disappointment, job seekers should conduct careful research into the day-to-day requirements of a potential job, says Cohen.

How CEOs really feel about working from home during the pandemic

�鶹AV — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:53:44 +0000

Jean-Nicolas Reyt, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Desautels Faculty of Management, has studied the dynamics of work-from-home culture for a decade. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a live laboratory to test his theories. On this episode of Policy Options podcast, Reyt shares the results of a year-long project to track how North American CEOs perceive working from home.

Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt named MUS Professor of the Year

�鶹AV — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:13:27 +0000

The Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) has awarded the 2020-2021 Professor of the Year Award to Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt. This annual award recognizes a professor's meaningful involvement with the student body, eagerness to have an impact on students lives outside the classroom, and great insight on theoretical and academic matters. It is the highest honour given by the undergraduate student body at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

From ideal workers to ideal work for all: A 50-year review integrating careers and work-family research with a future research agenda

�鶹AV — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:41:54 +0000

Authors: E.E. Kossek, M. Perrigino and Alyson Gounden Rock

Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Forthcoming.

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Remote work, one year later

�鶹AV — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:28:07 +0000

Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt recently joined The Conversation’s podcast to reflect on the impact that a year of working from home has made on companies and their employees.

To gain an inside perspective on the effectiveness of remote work, Reyt has tracked 250 Canadian CEOs throughout the pandemic and asked them about their experiences.

How to avoid ‘glossy work’

�鶹AV — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:20:09 +0000

Professor Lisa Cohen once coined the term ‘glossy work’ to describe the mismatch between an employee’s job title and their day-to-day responsibilities. By asking informed questions in job interviews and connecting with people who hold the same job they desire, candidates can avoid the glossy work trap and enjoy higher levels of career satisfaction.

Prof. Lisa Cohen co-edits special virtual issue of Administrative Science Quarterly

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:28:21 +0000

Congratulations to Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, for co-editing the special virtual issue of Administrative Science Quarterly in honor of Women’s History Month!

A disconnect between job title and actual duties leads to “glossy work”

�鶹AV — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:06:19 +0000

Professor Lisa Cohen once coined the popular term “glossy work” to describe a mismatch between an employee’s job title and day-to-day responsibilities. In “How to Recognize and Avoid the Toxic Glamour of Glossy Work,” she highlights the disappointment that can result when a job fails to live up to employee expectations. In her experience, honesty and constant communication are key to correcting the mismatch.

2020 SSHRC Insight Grants awarded

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:02:04 +0000

Congratulations to the Desautels professors who received 2020 SSHRC Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants.

SSHRC Insight Grants

Professor Laurent Barras (with Professor David Schumacher)
Professor Sebastien Betermier
Professor Lisa Cohen

BCom team wins Canadian Finals of Accuracy Business Cup

�鶹AV — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:29:51 +0000

Congratulations to BCom students Shelley Sorkin, Dixon Wong, and Angel Miao who won the National Finals of the Accuracy Business Cup case competition. The team will be representing Canada at the virtual international finals on March 12 to compete against seven other countries. Thanks to Melissa Sonberg, Desautels Professor of Practice, for coaching and mentoring the team.

Delve: How to Recognize and Avoid the Toxic Glamour of Glossy Work

�鶹AV — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:25:41 +0000

A new study by Lisa Cohen, an associate professor of organizational behaviour at �鶹AV, and Sandy Spataro, a professor of management at Northern Kentucky University, explores how people cope with complex and conflicting perceptions of their job, and what HR managers can do to keep good people in a difficult role.

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�鶹AV MBA evolves to meet local and international demand

�鶹AV — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:10:30 +0000

�鶹AV’s newly restructured MBA is designed to meet the needs of international students, says Professor John-Paul Ferguson, Academic Director of the MBA and PMBA programs. With the flexibility to choose between one- and two-year programs, students with less work experience can gain more exposure to the Canadian job market prior to graduation.

Successful leadership hinges on emotional intelligence

�鶹AV — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:02:26 +0000

Following the unprecedented resignation of Governor General Julie Payette after allegations of a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall, Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin stresses the importance of authentic leadership skills in the workplace. Effective leaders rely heavily on the ability to connect to people meaningfully and with empathy, she argues.

Pandemic changes risk calculation for would-be entrepreneurs

�鶹AV — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:52:04 +0000

The high-risk, high-reward gamble of startup life has lost some of its gleam during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Professor Lisa Cohen.

Startup founders are working harder than ever to recruit top talent for their companies as the environment of economic uncertainty pushes potential recruits toward more stable, predictable career options.

BCom course inspires students to negotiate $30k in savings this semester

�鶹AV — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:32:59 +0000

Every fall, students enrolled in Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt’s undergraduate Negotiations and Conflict Resolution course compete on teams to out-negotiate each other in real world situations. Through negotiating everything from phone bills to starting salaries, one of Prof. Reyt’s student sections earned a return on negotiation of more than $30,000 for a total of 209 negotiations—no small feat during a pandemic.

Remote work through the lens of a CEO

�鶹AV — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:03:52 +0000

While some Canadians are going stir crazy in their ninth month of working from home, others hope to continue working remotely after COVID-19 pandemic ends. Whether or not they get their wish depends largely on how senior management perceives the pros and cons of maintaining a remote workforce. In his recent research, Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt analyzes hundreds of calls between CEOs and investors to map out the corporate landscape of the future.

Telework is here to stay

�鶹AV — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:25:01 +0000

Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt joins the ongoing discussion about the future of telework in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the workplace as we know it evolves rapidly, Reyt identifies and analyzes the trends with the highest potential to reshape the future.

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Professor Hewlin receives prestigious award nomination for paper on authenticity in the workplace

�鶹AV — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:26:08 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Patricia Hewlin, Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior, for being selected as a finalist for the 2020 Academy of Management Annals Best Paper Award. Her paper, entitled “Being Your True Self at Work: Integrating the Fragmented Research on Authenticity in Organizations,” integrates and builds upon existing research on the topic of individual authenticity within organizations.

Delve: It’s Difficult to Breathe Behind a Facade, but Psychological Safety is the Antidote

�鶹AV — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:34:47 +0000

According to �鶹AV’s Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin, today’s socio-political climate has placed diversity and inclusion at the forefront, revealing the depth to which psychological safety has been absent in many workplaces. As a result, many employees, especially those from traditionally marginalized groups, are experiencing the adverse effects of repressing their authentic selves at work on a regular basis.

Glossing Over: How Magazine Fact Checkers Use Conditional Self-Presentation to Straddle Glamour and Dreariness in Their Work

�鶹AV — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:15:25 +0000

Authors: S. Spataro and Lisa E. Cohen

Publication: Journal of Organizational Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 1, June 2020, Pages 82-103.

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The future of telecommuting

�鶹AV — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:46:41 +0000

Recent polls show that 89% of Canadians think that telecommuting is a positive experience. Professor Lisa Cohen joins MAtv Montreal to discuss the future of telecommuting

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To weather the health and social crises, lead with compassion and authenticity

�鶹AV — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:08:32 +0000

As the world faces an uphill battle against the pandemic and social injustices, Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin is calling on educators to ensure a focus on authenticity, emotional intelligence and race, equality and inclusion is present in their conversations on leadership.

Companies are addressing racism through open dialogue sessions – but is it working?

�鶹AV — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:03:28 +0000

As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to shine a light on systemic racism, many companies are committing to “listening and learning” to the lived experiences of underrepresented groups through open dialogue sessions to help make concrete plans that will advance equity, diversity and inclusion. Despite the well-intentions, these sessions have been subject to criticism.

The power of music in an MBA classroom

�鶹AV — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:59:46 +0000

Organizational behaviour faculty lecturer Jay Hewlin joins La Presse to share how he uses music in the classroom—whether it’s pop music to get his students moving or jazz music to teach the basics of negotiation.

Market Transition and Network-Based Job Matching in China: The Referrer Perspective

�鶹AV — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:25:05 +0000

Authors: Elena Obukhova, Brian Rubineau

Publication: Industrial Labor Relations Review (ILR Review), July 28, 2020

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Addressing systemic racism in the police force

�鶹AV — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:22:06 +0000

An exchange between a rookie officer and senior officer in the moments before George Floyd’s death is a telling interaction revealing how systemic racism continues to be enforced by officers in the field. In instances when these interactions aren’t caught on a bystanders’ camera, Professor Brian Rubineau says, rookie officers are more likely to accept these on-the-job lessons from their superiors.

Desautels announces first director of equity, diversity and inclusion

�鶹AV — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:51:53 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹AV has appointed Professor Lisa Cohen as its first Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

A message to Black women scholars

�鶹AV — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:41:31 +0000

Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin, together with Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts of the University of Virginia, has penned an open letter addressing the unique experiences that Black women scholars are facing during the “double pandemic” confronting our society.

Empowering authenticity in diversity discussions

�鶹AV — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:58 +0000

At a panel discussion on “Antiracism, Allyship, and Authenticity: Building Internal Capacity for Institutional Change” hosted by University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations in its Ross School of Business, Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin addressed various diversity measures taken by organizations.

How to embrace authenticity at work

�鶹AV — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:21:18 +0000

Despite the pressure to perform, Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin’s research shows that being authentic and showing your true self in the workplace leads to higher work satisfaction.

Delve: Here’s How to Check in on Your AI System, as COVID-19 Plays Havoc

�鶹AV — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:04:01 +0000

A number of AI systems are breaking down in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, spotlighting a well-known limitation of AI systems: they do not handle novel situations well. Professor Matissa Hollister of �鶹AV provides guidance on how to adapt your AI systems in the wake of disruption.

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of �鶹AV's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Empowering the future of work with AI

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:20:25 +0000

Professor Matissa Hollister, �鶹AV Fellow with the World Economic Forum, recently co-presented at the Virtual CogX conference on AI policies that enable the future of HR work.

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Turning protest into policy

�鶹AV — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:52:32 +0000

The recent police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked an uprising across the world with people from all walks of life coming together to fight against systemic racism and violence.

Joining CJAD 800’s The Aaron Rand Show, Patricia Faison Hewlin asserts that, although this is a global movement, reform must happen at the local level, with commitment from leaders to turn their words into tangible actions.

Professor Hewlin and colleagues awarded over $2m in SSHRC funding

�鶹AV — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:34:20 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin and her colleagues across 25 academic institutions who have been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant for the establishment of the "Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Network (IIE-Net)".

Professor Masi awarded MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding

�鶹AV — Fri, 29 May 2020 13:08:55 +0000

Anthony C. Masi, Professor of Industrial Relations & Organizational Behaviour at the Desautels Faculty of Management, has received MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding.

Will remote work become the new normal?

�鶹AV — Thu, 28 May 2020 14:20:16 +0000

Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt joins Radio Canada to shed light on the growing interest around remote work.

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Professor Anthony C. Masi named Academic Director of �鶹AV’s Executive Education

�鶹AV — Thu, 14 May 2020 22:34:41 +0000

Professor Anthony C. Masi has been appointed Academic Director of Executive Education at �鶹AV.

Professor Masi joined the Faculty of Sociology at �鶹AV in 1979, and has since held several leadership roles across the University including Vice-Principal of Information Systems and Technologies (2000 to 2005) and Provost and Executive Vice-Principal (2005 to 2015). In 2015, he joined the Desautels Faculty of Management as Professor of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour.

Will telework continue in a post-COVID world?

�鶹AV — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:57:48 +0000

History shows that global crises have often resulted in long-term change. For business, Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt notes that remote work will likely become more widespread.

Professor Hewlin recommends business book to inspire during time of uncertainty

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:36:26 +0000

The Globe and Mail has curated a list of books recommended by seven business leaders, with Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin recommending Awakening Compassion in the Workplace by Jane Dutton and Monica Worline.

Startup companies struggle through COVID-19 pandemic

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:33:52 +0000

The startup industry is being particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many across the world experiencing declining sales, halted product development, and investors pulling out. Despite an industry in need, Professor Lisa Cohen notes that startups are often not included in government bailout plans.

Delve: The Coronavirus is Changing How We Work — Possibly Permanently

�鶹AV — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:17:49 +0000

Job loss is only one of the many effects of COVID-19 on work and workers. These effects cascade beyond accelerating the ongoing work-from-home movement and could persist well beyond the pandemic itself, according to Professor Lisa Cohen of �鶹AV.

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of �鶹AV's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Understanding how AI can help combat COVID-19

�鶹AV — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:05:14 +0000

Professor Matissa Hollister, �鶹AV Fellow at the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, sits down with TVO to share how high-tech firms are using AI to better understand and combat COVID-19.

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Rethinking the workplace in a global pandemic

�鶹AV — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:36:29 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the way we work, but it’s how teams respond to the new challenges that will determine what this means for businesses.

Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Assistant Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, says that teams need to redefine communication, supervision, and work-life balance to encourage productivity and wellbeing.

AI needs human creativity to flourish

�鶹AV — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:21:40 +0000

AI has the power to transform our understanding of pandemics like COVID-19—but it is only when paired with human creativity that opportunities abound. Professor Matissa Hollister examines the complementary nature of human and artificial intelligence, showing the strides that the two can make in identifying new outbreaks.

Seven tips for learning from home

�鶹AV — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:02:23 +0000

Tatiana Lamoureux Gauvin, course lecturer at the Desautels Faculty of Management, offers seven tips to help you be at the top of your game for remote learning.

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How coronavirus will change the way we do business

�鶹AV — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:10:12 +0000

From small startup companies to large organizations, the coronavirus pandemic is shifting the way business is done. In an article in The Conversation, Professor Lisa Cohen considers the impact of the pandemic across multiple sectors and questions the permanency of the transformed work structure.

Who are the gig economy workers?

�鶹AV — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:08:07 +0000

Professor Matthew Corritore joins Shawn Apel on CBC Radio to highlight his recent gig economy research, co-published by Professor John-Paul Ferguson.

An upcoming survey will help the two professors answer fundamental questions about the gig economy, in hopes of informing policy makers and the public about how the gig economy operates.

Delve: A Call for Social Reinvention (While Keeping our Distance)

�鶹AV — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:08:31 +0000

Social distancing is on everyone’s lips and is well on its way to becoming the phrase of the year. The practices recommended under the social distancing banner offer our best chance to slow the progress of the COVID-19 virus and reduce the impact of this pandemic. However, the term itself, “social distancing,” is the wrong one and sends the wrong message. �鶹AV’s Professor Matissa Hollister explains why spatial distancing does not necessarily entail social distancing.

No labour protection for gig workers

�鶹AV — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 20:25:21 +0000

The rise of the gig economy has made contract work more accessible, but recent research by �鶹AV professors John-Paul Ferguson and Matthew Corritore highlights its downsides. Often with no support from an HR department or union, economy workers are left vulnerable without the employee protection that salaried workers receive.

Taking the dread out of data entry

�鶹AV — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:47:14 +0000

In an article in The Conversation, Professor Lisa Cohen looks at the often-dreaded task of data entry, noting that while it can be too complex for AI, it is often a stepping stone to more rewarding work.

What’s holding up the glass ceiling?

�鶹AV — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:33:59 +0000

The glass ceiling still exists for many reasons, leaving some women reluctant to apply for promotions and senior leadership positions. To ensure more women are considered for promotions, Professor Brian Rubineau suggests employers generate their own list of potential applicants.

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The risk of bias in AI technologies

�鶹AV — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:56:50 +0000

With AI technologies now able to perform HR duties, they are gaining the capacity to analyze candidate backgrounds and behaviour to determine their efficiency. A risk of this, Professor Matissa Hollister says, is that AI technologies may be capable of learning and perpetuating biases.

Delve: When Meritocracy Blinds us to Gender Discrimination

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:55:59 +0000

Meritocracies are predicated on the belief that only the best are chosen and that hard work and talent are always rewarded. If we presume that talent and hard work are not gender specific, then why is it that assumed meritocracies show extraordinary imbalances between men and women? Surprisingly, part of the answer is the assumption itself: Assuming a setting is a meritocracy can blind even those experiencing discrimination to its actual inequalities.

Delve: When a Good Boss is Bad for Workers

�鶹AV — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:09:59 +0000

New research from Prof Patricia Hewlin explores how a boss’s integrity affects whether an employee is being true to her/his own identity, even when there’s a disconnect with the group’s values. If there were a boss who demonstrated integrity—who was consistent, trustworthy, and fair—would employees feel more comfortable being their authentic selves?

Delve: How to Bring Planning to Your Startup Hiring Practice

�鶹AV — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:38:52 +0000

Prof Lisa Cohen on how startups can approach hiring to ensure long-term success.

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of �鶹AV's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Workplace ghosting: a change in power dynamics

�鶹AV — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:24:17 +0000

Professor Patricia Hewlin joins CBC News to discuss the new phenomenon of workplace ghosting.

According to Professor Hewlin, recent years have seen a shift in power dynamics between employee and employer. Employees are more determined than ever to find the most suitable workplace culture fit, leaving some employers that don’t make the cut in the lurch.

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Taking time to reflect strengthens leadership

�鶹AV — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:34:13 +0000

Nancy J. Adler, Professor in Organizational Behaviour and S. Bronfman Chair in Management, advocates for journalism as an effective leadership tool that permits ideas to flow and innovation to thrive. Taking 15 minutes out of your day for journaling supports professional growth, with Professor Adler’s preferred form of journaling by hand due to its meditative qualities.

Professors Matthew Corritore and John-Paul Ferguson awarded 2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant

�鶹AV — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:23:28 +0000

Matthew Corritore, Assistant Professor in Strategy & Organization, and John-Paul Ferguson, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior, awarded 2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Delve: Disruption in the Workplace Podcast

�鶹AV — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:33:53 +0000

Yann LeCun, Director of AI at Facebook and 2018 Turing Award recipient, and Desautels Professor of Organizational Behaviour Matissa Hollister answer the burning question: Is AI coming for your job?

Professor Nancy J. Adler receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association

�鶹AV — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:38:04 +0000

Nancy J. Adler, Professor in Organizational Behaviour and S. Bronfman Chair in Management, will receive the International Leadership Association (ILA)’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Ottawa later this month.

Since 2008, the ILA has conferred its Lifetime Achievement Award upon 37 recipients who have made significant contributions to the field of leadership studies through “prominent published works and their influential support of the body of leadership knowledge and practice.”

Paternalistic leadership and employee well-being: a moderated mediation model

�鶹AV — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:45:45 +0000

Authors: Guohua He, Ran An, and Patricia Faison Hewlin

Publication: Chinese Management Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3, August 2019, Pages 645-663

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Professor Nancy J. Adler wins prestigious Academy of Management award

�鶹AV — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:09:55 +0000

At the Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston, Desautels Professor Nancy J. Adler received the AMLE Decade Award for her journal article entitled “When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the Sense and Nonsense of Academic Rankings.”

Prof. Hewlin on discovering your ‘path of purpose’

�鶹AV — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:34:01 +0000

Professor Patricia Hewlin charts her journey from banking in New York to earning a PhD in organizational behavior and joining the Desautels faculty. Through her research on organizational barriers to authenticity, she’s on a mission to help students and leaders create a better workplace.

Decoding “courage” and other employment buzzwords

�鶹AV — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:04:42 +0000

The use of the word “courage” in job ads, including ads for entry-level and minimum wage jobs, doubled between 2014 and 2018. Professor Lisa Cohen points out the risks of setting the bar too high and reflects on what companies are really looking for in their employees.

�鶹AV students set off to Israel for a window into the world of FinTech

�鶹AV — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:19:38 +0000

Under the leadership of Professors Brian Rubineau and Jiro Kondo, nearly 40 �鶹AV students are in Israel this month to learn more about the country that has come to be called “startup nation.”

Walking the authenticity tightrope

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:02:17 +0000

New research from Professor Patricia Hewlin and co-authors examines the benefits of being authentic in the workplace, remarking that this tends to be particularly nebulous for minorities.

What’s keeping the glass ceiling intact?

�鶹AV — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:14:41 +0000

A new study co-authored by Professor Brian Rubineau shows that while the popular practice of network hiring can introduce gender diversity in lower-level jobs, it actually fails to do so at the executive level.

“Network recruitment is not the only process contributing to the glass ceiling, but by working to reduce the processes that contribute to the glass ceiling, we can help promote more equitable workplaces,” says Prof. Rubineau.

Workplaces reveal vestiges of segregation

�鶹AV — Wed, 22 May 2019 15:36:56 +0000

Despite progress in the 1960s and 1970s, the desegregation of US employment has largely ground to a halt.

In new research, Professor John-Paul Ferguson finds that individual workplaces have actually become more segregated over the past three decades.

Professor Hewlin on closing the leadership gender gap

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 May 2019 18:39:31 +0000

In a byline for Getting Smart, Professor Patricia Hewlin explores the tangible impact that universities can make when it comes to increasing the representation of women and minorities in leadership.

“In small and large ways, universities can make a tangible difference […] by hiring diverse faculty, providing effective bias training and encouraging inclusive classroom practices,” writes Professor Hewlin.

Canada: A haven for MBA aspirants

�鶹AV — Wed, 15 May 2019 19:53:15 +0000

Noting a steady rise in international applicants to the Desautels MBA, Professor Alfred Jaeger, Academic Director of MBA Programs, comments on what draws international applicants to Canada.

Network Recruitment and the Glass Ceiling: Evidence from Two Firms

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:55:20 +0000

Authors: Roberto M. Fernandez and Brian Rubineau

Publication: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, March 2019, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 88-102

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The power of being authentic at work

�鶹AV — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:56:11 +0000

In a recent WorkLife podcast by Adam Grant, he delves into the power of authenticity in the workplace as a means for happier, more productive workers. Along the way, he grounds his discussion in Professor Patricia Hewlin’s research on facades of conformity at work.

Listen to podcast (refer to time 17:24 & 32:41)

The problem with assumed meritocracies in engineering

�鶹AV — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:17:09 +0000

According to a study co-authored by Professor Brian Rubineau, female engineers find consistent evidence that their profession is not an objective meritocracy, but embrace the belief that it is – thus further perpetuating gender (and other) inequalities.

At home and at work: Is racial segregation becoming more pervasive?

�鶹AV — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:12:57 +0000

Citing recent research co-authored by Professor John-Paul Ferguson, Vox explores how racial segregation in American workplaces has gotten worse over the last generation, suggesting that the shadows of residential segregation follow individuals wherever they go during the day.

A little authenticity goes a long way

�鶹AV — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:11:39 +0000

Watch as Professor Patricia Hewlin explores the dimensions of authenticity in life and work with �鶹AV’s New York alumnae chapter on February 9, 2019.

“When people stretch themselves a bit more and begin to incorporate more of their values in their work and lives, it’s so much more fulfilling...when authenticity is done well it’s generative,” says Prof. Hewlin.

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Professor Hewlin joins leadership conference

�鶹AV — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:54:04 +0000

Professor Patricia Hewlin has been invited to share her research on authenticity in the workplace at the upcoming Empathetic Leadership conference organized by WXN in Montreal.

How companies can thrive when employees feel a calling

�鶹AV — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:24:25 +0000

Businesses with sights set on boosting their performance may want to take a closer look at the people they are hiring. According to research co-authored by Professor Patricia Hewlin, employees with a calling are bound to be strong performers.

“Individuals who perceive they have a calling have a personal connection to the job. They feel that the job is their station in life and, as a consequence, are devoted to the work,” says Professor Hewlin.

What the business world can learn from jazz

�鶹AV — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:31:12 +0000

As leadership lessons from the world of jazz gain traction in business, Desautels Faculty Lecturer Jay Hewlin co-leads an experiential workshop at �鶹AV to reveal the links between jazz and key business topics like management and negotiation.

Announcing the Desautels Faculty Scholars

�鶹AV — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:28:50 +0000

The Faculty Research Workload Committee (RWC) has completed its review of applications submitted by tenured faculty to fill the currently vacant Faculty Scholar Award slots.

The Faculty is pleased to congratulate the following recipients of the Desautels Scholar Awards (effective September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2021):

Challenges of today’s labour pool

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:44:59 +0000

The prevailing belief among employers is that it’s becoming more difficult to find and retain the top talent, especially among younger generations.

However, according to Professor Matissa Hollister, the reality is more nuanced.

While most Americans believe that employment stability has declined in recent decades due to employer tenure, initial studies that document this trend have produced mixed results, explains Prof. Hollister.

Reframe your thinking, find greater satisfaction at work

�鶹AV — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:35:43 +0000

An article for Fast Company refers to the research co-authored by Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt that describes how greater role integration is required at work where new technologies pervade and affect work demands.

The article argues that, within this context, success belongs to those who can see the big picture and find meaning despite challenging conditions.

A top paper nomination for Professor Hewlin

�鶹AV — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:06:01 +0000

Professor Patricia Hewlin’s co-authored article entitled, “How do callings relate to job performance? The role of organizational commitment and ideological contract fulfillment,” was nominated by the editors of Human Relations as one of the top papers published in 2018.

The article is co-authored in part by Desautels PhD alumni Sung Soo Kim and Donghoon Shin.

Human Relations is among the FT 50 journal list.

Desautels MBA places 60th in the world according to QS

�鶹AV — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:16:19 +0000

The QS Global MBA Ranking for 2019 has been released and places the Desautels Faculty of Management 60th among 251 MBA programs. The Desautels MBA also excels in many specific areas considered; it is ranked 1st in Canada for Entrepreneurship & Alumni Success, and is tied for 1st in Diversity.

In addition, the Faculty scored higher than the global average in: Employability, Entrepreneurship & Alumni Outcomes, Thought Leadership and Diversity.

Low Status Rejection: How Status Hierarchies Influence Negative Tie Formation

�鶹AV — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:59:15 +0000

Authors: Brian Rubineau, Yisook Lim and Michael Neblo

Publication: Social Networks, Vol. 56, January 2019

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Matissa Hollister awarded 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant

�鶹AV — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:49:55 +0000

Congratulations to Matissa Hollister, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour, awarded the 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant “Should I Stay or Should I Go – the Consequences of Job Mobility on Future Hiring Prospects”.

What can we glean from an unusual G7 summit?

�鶹AV — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:05:43 +0000

Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin joined a panel on CBC News to comment on the G7 summit as it unfolded.

For Prof. Hewlin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s focus on the positive was the right approach in the midst of President Trump’s aggressive stance toward other G7 members.

Watch on CBC News

Professor Hewlin on how the G7 can help future women entrepreneurs

�鶹AV — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:31:52 +0000

In an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail, Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin makes the case for a continued commitment on behalf of the G7 to empower women entrepreneurs and provide them with equal access to the resources that will catalyze their businesses.

In doing so, the role of research will be paramount for Prof. Hewlin, as it can form the basis of transformative knowledge-based solutions.

Co-LEAD Montreal: International Workshop on Collective Leadership to be held at Desautels May 1-3, 2018

�鶹AV — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:21:26 +0000

Hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management’s Suzanne Gagnon, the Co-LEAD Montreal workshop will bring 40 management and public administration scholars from Canada, the US, Europe, Israel, Australia and New Zealand to the Faculty from May 1-3, 2018.

How do callings relate to job performance? The role of organizational commitment and ideological contract fulfillment

�鶹AV — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:44:43 +0000

Authors: Sung Soo Kim, Donghoon Shin, Heather C Vough, Patricia Faison Hewlin and Christian Vandenberghe

Publication: Human Relations, Vol. 71, Issue 10, February 2018

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On international migration: A review essay

�鶹AV — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:00:46 +0000

Authors: Anthony C. Masi

Publication: Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 44, No. 3-4, 2017

Abstract:

“I am Not a Feminist, but. . .”: Hegemony of a Meritocratic Ideology and the Limits of Critique Among Women in Engineering

�鶹AV — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:10:25 +0000

Authors: Carroll Seron, Susan Silbey, Erin Cech, Brian Rubineau

Publication: Work and Occupations, Forthcoming

Abstract:

Response Is Not Prevention: Management Insights for Reducing Campus Sexual Assault

�鶹AV — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:04:01 +0000

Authors: Brian Rubineau, Nazampal Jaswal

Publication: Education Law Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2017

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Competition success for MBA exchange student

�鶹AV — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:21:19 +0000

Luiz Barreto, an MBA exchange student at Desautels, represented the Faculty as a finalist in the Wharton People Analytics Case Competition, which took place on March 22 in Philadelphia.

He entered the competition under the guidance of Professor Brian Rubineau and his People Analytics course.

Luiz presented his case to a panel of leading industry and academic representatives, as well as competition attendees.

What Black Panther can teach us about the power of authenticity at work

�鶹AV — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:58:04 +0000

In a recent opinion piece for Huffington Post Quebec, Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin uses the box-office sensation Black Panther to illustrate some of her findings on authenticity and conformity in the workplace.

Much like Okoye and Nakia in the film, Prof. Hewlin argues that if employees are empowered by their organization to tap into their true selves, then great benefits are bound to follow for all.

Building cohesive values amid fragmentation at work

�鶹AV — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:19:38 +0000

As businesses expand, Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin has shown that there is a higher chance for corporate values to misalign with the personal values of people working for them, which can yield harmful results for employees and organizations alike.

According to Prof. Hewlin, “these employees give the illusion of togetherness, but they engage in activity divergent to what the organization wants; resistant sub-cultures are very good at hiding – meaning they only surface when it’s too late.”

Business schools recognise internationalism as the ticket to bright future

�鶹AV — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:44:56 +0000

As it becomes increasingly clear that the leaders of tomorrow will need to have experience working with international markets, Canadian MBA programs are heeding the call to integrate international exposure into their curriculum.

Professor Alfred Jaeger, Academic Director of the MBA program, comments on how the Faculty has made this a top priority.

Suzanne Gagnon awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:50:11 +0000

Suzanne Gagnon, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour, was recently awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant.

Title: “International Research Workshop on Collective Leadership: Empirical Findings”, May 1st – 3rd, 2018

Project Description:

Distances in Organization Workshop: May 11-12, 2018

�鶹AV — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:06:55 +0000

The “Distances in Organizations” workshop will be hosted by �鶹AV’s Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal on May 11-12, 2018.

Freedom of expression makes for happier workplaces

�鶹AV — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:27:40 +0000

According to new research conducted by Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin, employees who conform to workplace values that they do not necessarily believe in are more likely to be less engaged at work, or even burn out.

“Managers should encourage employees to voice their opinions without fear of repercussions.

They should create a comfortable work environment and clearly communicate that disagreements can actually be good for business”, advises Prof. Hewlin.

Congratulations to Faculty Award recipients

�鶹AV — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:05:38 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates the following individuals who are the latest to be granted a Faculty Award for the period of September 1, 2017-August 31, 2020. The Faculty Awards recognise demonstrated research achievement and encourage the pursuance of future academic endeavors.

Shifting metaphors, shifting mindsets: Using music to change the key of conflict

�鶹AV — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:48:49 +0000

Authors: Linda M.Ippolito and Nancy J. Adler

Publication: Journal of Business Research, Forthcoming

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Twenty-First Century Leadership: A Return to Beauty

�鶹AV — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:41:51 +0000

Authors: Nancy J. Adler and Andre L. Delbecq

Publication: Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2018

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Diversity of thought is an asset for companies

�鶹AV — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:41:37 +0000

Research by Desautels professor Patricia Hewlin finds that employees often feel pressured to conform to company values to succeed at work, which, ultimately, compromises company performance and employee well-being.

This is especially the case when managers act with a strong sense of integrity. Prof. Hewlin’s research suggests that companies must instead encourage employees to voice their opinions without fear of repercussion.

To Thine Own Self Be True? Facades of Conformity, Values Incongruence, and the Moderating Impact of Leader Integrity

�鶹AV — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:08:16 +0000

Authors: Patricia Faison Hewlin, Tracy L. Dumas and Meredith Flowers Burnett

Publication: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, February 2017

Abstract:

When employees feel that their values do not match those of the organization, they often respond by pretending to fit in. We examine how leader integrity influences the tendency to create facades of conformity, proposing that employees will actually fake more when leaders are principled. In a laboratory experiment (Study 1), undergraduate students whose values ostensibly differed from those of other discussion group members and the university administration created more facades when they perceived the discussion group leader as having high integrity. A two-wave survey of employed adults (Study 2) replicated the moderation effect and also revealed negative effects of facade creation on work engagement. In both studies, our results indicate that, ironically, when leader integrity is high, the tendency to create facades of conformity in response to low values congruence is magnified. Additionally, our findings reveal that positive attributes in leaders may not always result in positive responses from followers. The results from our study also show that facades of conformity may serve as a partial explanatory mechanism in the relationship between values congruence and employee engagement.

Read full article: Academy of Management Journal

New Marketing Campaign: Who's behind Desautels?

�鶹AV — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:52:01 +0000

Desautels professors are behind some of the most unique research projects in the world

This week, we replaced the exterior billboards along the Bronfman building façade. Our new bilingual campaign showcases a diverse selection of change-making students, professors, alumni and �鶹AV Dobson Cup participants.

Desautels Professor named guest editor of major business journal

�鶹AV — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:05:09 +0000

Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin has been invited to serve as guest editor of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes’ (OBHDP) “Authenticity at Work” issue. Prof. Hewlin was co-author of a study on leader integrity and worker conformity.

OBHDP is one of the Financial Times’ top-50 business journals, and publishes on organizational behaviour and judgement in business.

How social innovation in universities will bring on a better business model

�鶹AV — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:57:46 +0000

A recent Huffington Post article talks about how the old credo of “doing well by doing good” is becoming more integral to business, and quotes Desautels Professor Nancy Adler that we can no longer “create financially successful companies and an equitable … sustainable world by simply applying yesterday’s approaches to business.” The piece goes on to describe how the Ashoka U initiative is bringing these next-gen business concepts to colleges and universities to light the social-innovation fire at the campu

Desautels Professor presents at a major workplace-inequality conference

�鶹AV — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:43:32 +0000

Over 30 academics from North America and Europe recently gathered at the Society and Organizations Center (SnO) in Paris for the first edition of the HEC Paris Inequality Research Conference.

The talks hit on subjects like why diversity efforts at most organizations fail and how to fix the issue, the differences in advancement speed between women and men, female tokenism at the board level, and how mental health issues can affect wages.

Alfred Jaeger, Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour wins Outstanding Paper

�鶹AV — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:04:51 +0000

Professor Alfred Jaeger's paper entitled "Institution building and institutional voids: Can Poland’s experience inform Russia and Brazil?", which was published in the International Journal of Emerging Markets with co-authors S. M. Puffer and D. J.

Institution building and institutional voids: Can Poland’s experience inform Russia and Brazil?

�鶹AV — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:56:28 +0000

Authors: Sheila M. Puffer, Daniel J McCarthy and Alfred M Jaeger

Publication: International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2016

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Think that job tenure is evaporating? Not so fast

�鶹AV — Fri, 05 May 2017 16:51:48 +0000

Experts keep saying that median job tenure has been in free fall for years; that switching careers and jobs is just the new reality. But the facts don’t necessarily support that position. It’s a more nuanced field than most people realise, and some segments are actually seeing less movement than before.

Paper by Prof. Suzanne Gagnon chosen as Organization Studies Editor’s Pick

�鶹AV — Thu, 04 May 2017 19:25:43 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management is pleased to congratulate Assistant Professor Suzanne Gagnon for having her paper selected as Organization Studies’ Editor’s Pick for May.

Integrity: leaders who have it can reduce it in employees

�鶹AV — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:33:05 +0000

A new study, authored in part by Desautels Associate Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin, explores how leaders who have greater integrity can have an inverse effect on the integrity of their employees. Essentially, followers can take on a façade of conformity, where they pretend to mesh with the company’s values in order to ensure their own success. A leader who is an example of integrity could cause employees to suppress their own values in order to do what they see as most helpful to the leader.

Jobs and youth: is the degree still the best start?

�鶹AV — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:12:28 +0000

On a recent Breakfast Television youth employment panel, Desautels Assistant Professor Matissa Hollister said that, though it’s not necessarily an employment guarantee, “on average, it’s very clear that the university degree is the smarter, the better way to go.” But even so, the world has changed, and a degree by itself just isn’t enough. First, there’s the perennial chicken-and-egg issue, where it takes a job to get the experience required to get a job.

Comment un petit PDG deviendra-t-il grand?

�鶹AV — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:50:14 +0000

A new generation, a new model of leadership

With each session at the Institute of Leadership, cofounder Eric Paquette helps turn 250 managers and executives into true leaders, developing rhetoric skills, personal awareness and methods for getting everyone working together towards a unified goal.

Mark Michaud Commended by the Quebec Government

�鶹AV — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:48:21 +0000

Mark Michaud, MBA'14, Director of Administration, recently received a commendation letter from the Ministry of Education’s Director General of University Affairs, Jean-François Lehoux, thanking him for his outstanding contribution to the workgroup that spent over a year reviewing the academic classification system used by the Quebec Government.

How to attract top talent to engineering

�鶹AV — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:01:03 +0000

...Sexism plays a role. Professor Brian Rubineau of �鶹AV in Canada conducted a long-term study of 700 female engineering students. The survey included voluntary diary entries to log their experiences. Professor Rubineau concludes: “Many of the women in our study experienced blatant gender bias in their project teams and internships. Much of the hands-on aspects of engineering are treated as men’s work, with women relegated to more secretarial duties.”

“Put the kettle on, love”: how sexism is forcing women from engineering

�鶹AV — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:54:00 +0000

According to Prof Brian Rubineau of Desautels Faculty of Management, �鶹AV, female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously.

Read full article: The Engineer, November 11, 2016

Why female engineering students leave the field

�鶹AV — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:16:00 +0000

Female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously, according to Professor Brian Rubineau of Desautels Faculty of Management, �鶹AV.

Read full article: Times Higher Education, October 27, 2016

Building a future for engineering

�鶹AV — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:45:39 +0000

In recent years, there has been a noticeable push in many developed nations for more girls to study maths and science at school in order to broaden their representation in fields such as engineering. Yet these efforts are not as fruitful as many believe. In fact, the young women who are successfully attracted to engineering are leaving the field faster than their male counterparts.

Brian Rubineau is associate professor of organisational behaviour at �鶹AV, Canada.

Suzanne Gagnon and Saku Mantere awarded 2016 SSHRC Insight Grant

�鶹AV — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:38:43 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Suzanne Gagnon of Organizational Behaviour and Saku Mantere of Strategy and Organization on being awarded 2016 SSHRC Insight Grant" "Social Innovation in Human Rights, Equity and Diversity: Complex Systems and Discourses of Change".

Trade-offs and disappearing acts: shifting societal discourses of diversity in Canada over three decades

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:40:13 +0000

Authors: Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Roach, E., Elmi, M., Yap, M., Rodrigues, S.

Publication: The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Thought leadership series: Professor Lisa Cohen

�鶹AV — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:03:03 +0000

Are you a thought leader? Emily Sexton-Brown asks professors from across the globe to pinpoint just what true leadership looks like. Professor Lisa Cohen, Desautels Faculty of Management, �鶹AV enlightens...

Read full article: Changeboard, August 1, 2016

Women are leaving engineering because they are not taken seriously

�鶹AV — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:47:44 +0000

Female engineers are leaving the field because they are not taken seriously, according to a new study.

Co-author of the research, Professor Brian Rubineau said, “Although engineering programs have focused on reforming their curricula to encourage women’s participation, we are finding that social interactions outside of classrooms are contributing substantially to women’s negative experiences of the field.”

Read full article: We Are the City, October 5, 2016

Why female engineering students leave the field

�鶹AV — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:45:55 +0000

Rubineau, along with co-authors Carroll Seron (UC Irvine), Erin Cech (University of Michigan) and Susan Silbey (MIT), found that unchallenging projects, blatant sexual harassment and greater isolation from support networks contribute to women’s exit from engineering.

Sexism and stereotyping sees female engineering students leave the field

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:37:51 +0000

Female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously. Researchers have found that unchallenging projects, sexual harassment and isolation from support networks contribute to women’s exit from engineering.

Female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously, according to Professor Brian Rubineau of Desautels Faculty of Management, �鶹AV.

Why female engineering students leave the field

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:34:36 +0000

Resistance through difference: The co-constitution of dissent and inclusion

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:29:28 +0000

Authors: Gagnon, S., Collinson, D. L.

Publication: Organization Studies

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Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Mary Dean Lee of Organizational Behavior on being awarded JMS Best Paper 2015

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:14:53 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Mary Dean Lee of Organizational Behavior on being awarded JMS Best Paper 2015 for "Going Off Script: How Managers Make Sense of the Ending of Their Careers".

Authors: Vough, H.C., Bataille, C.D., Sung, N.C., Lee, M.D.

Publication: Journal of Management Studies

Why female engineering students leave the field

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:37:09 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Brian Rubineau on receiving a SSHRC Partnership grant

�鶹AV — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:45:05 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Brian Rubineau (Co-investigator) on receiving a SSHRC Partnership grant for, A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities, which was ranked 3rd among 16 applications.

Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?

�鶹AV — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:54:41 +0000

Engineering is the most male-dominated field in STEM. It may perhaps be the most male-dominated profession in the U.S., with women making up only 13% of the engineering workforce.

Misfit and Milestones: Structural Elaboration and Capability Reinforcement in the Evolution of Entrepreneurial Top Management Teams

�鶹AV — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:33:55 +0000

Authors: Ferguson, A.J., Cohen, L., Burton, M.D., Beckman, C.M.

Publication: Academy of Management Journal

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Are Women Exiting Engineering Because Men Have All the Fun?

�鶹AV — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:04:12 +0000

Researchers Caroll Serron at the University of California at Irvine, Susan S. Silbey at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erin Cech (who performed the research at Rice University but is now at the University of Michigan), and Brian Rubineau at �鶹AV conducted the study to try to get a better idea of just why women who made it through years of STEM education start migrating out of tech. The effort, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, looked at 40 undergraduate engineering students, male and female, spread among the four schools.

Why do women leave engineering?

�鶹AV — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:09:32 +0000

Women who go to college intending to become engineers stay in the profession less often than men. Why is this? While multiple reasons have been offered in the past, a new study co-authored by an MIT sociologist develops a novel explanation: The negative group dynamics women tend to experience during team-based work projects makes the profession less appealing.

Big picture is better: The social implications of construal level for advice taking

�鶹AV — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:02:57 +0000

Authors: Reyt, J.N, Wiesenfeld, B.N., Trope, Y.

Publications: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

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Engineering culture and the reproduction of sex segregation

�鶹AV — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:04:33 +0000

Men and women tend to work in different jobs. This tendency, called occupational sex segregation, is a primary cause of the gender pay gap. A recent McKinsey study finds that reducing occupational sex segregation could contribute $2 Trillion to the U.S. economy.

Despite advances toward equality in other areas, occupational sex segregation has remained essentially unchanged over the last quarter century. What keeps some jobs dominated by men and others by women?

Tenure time

�鶹AV — Thu, 26 May 2016 15:40:02 +0000

Tenure is granted to professors and librarians in recognition of excellent performance – and is the University’s strongest guarantee of academic freedom in research, teaching, and service. The year-long application process is a rigorous evaluation of performance.

At its May 16, 2016, meeting, �鶹AV’s Board of Governors granted tenure to the 50 people in the 2015-2016 tenure cohort.

Forty-three Assistant Professors have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure:

Desautels Faculty of Management

Brian Rubineau Awarded SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant

�鶹AV — Fri, 06 May 2016 20:33:59 +0000

The proposed knowledge synthesis project will describe novel and implementable evidence based opportunities (EBOs) for promoting the participation and retention of women in STEM careers over the school-to-work transition. The project will focus on integrating scholarship and evidence regarding informal social dynamics involving peers – peer influence, social capital, and social networks – to identify these novel EBOs.

Want to Improve Diversity? Look to Networks

�鶹AV — Tue, 03 May 2016 17:39:32 +0000

Industry-leading tech companies recruit heavily from the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S., so is it any wonder that their employees lack diversity? The top 150 higher-ed institutions would have to recruit an additional 50,000 black students and 58,0000 Hispanic students each year if they want their student bodies to reflect the American population, according to research from the Posse Foundation, a New York-based organization that works to improve diversity on campus.

What you thought you knew about diversity is wrong

�鶹AV — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:11:15 +0000

As one of only two recruitment agencies that are also Stonewall members, diversity is an issue very close to the heart of our organisation. There is a huge decline in the portrayal of these issues as merely ‘tick boxes’ or HR matters alone, but it’s important that they must be championed from the top of an organisation all the way to the ground in order for them to thrive.

Why diversity never comes to some workplaces

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:31:49 +0000

Striving for greater diversity in the workplace – be it gender, race, age or experience levels among employees – is a long sought-after goal by business leaders looking for a competitive advantage.

Several studies show that companies with a diverse workforce are more likely to outperform others in the field. So, with so much on the line, why do so many firms still struggle with a lack of gender, race or age diversity within their ranks?

Leveraging Peer Relationships for Retaining Women Engineers

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:33:19 +0000

Moving the focus from the individual to the social group offers novel and promising tools to help ensure the success and retention of entry-level women engineers. In recent years, SWE has endorsed and partnered with several researchers who focus on women’s lack of advancement in the engineering profession.

Workforce diversity boosted by recommending a friend

�鶹AV — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:33:17 +0000

Referring friends and associates for job vacancies can help to create a diverse workforce, a new study from the Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹AV finds.

Word-of-mouth recruitment, the most common way to fill jobs, has previously been thought to cause segregation at work: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.

Workforce diversity boosted by recommending a friend

�鶹AV — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:01:42 +0000

Workforce diversity boosted by recommending a friend

Referring friends and associates for job vacancies can help to create a diverse workforce, a new study from the Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹AV finds.

Word-of-mouth recruitment, the most common way to fill jobs, has previously been thought to cause segregation at work: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.

Word-of-mouth leads to more diverse workforce says report

�鶹AV — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:31:07 +0000

A study from the Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹AV has found referring friends and associates for job vacancies can help to create a diverse workforce.

Word-of-mouth recruitment, the most common way to fill jobs, had previously been thought to cause segregation at work: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.

Tipping Points: The Gender Segregating and Desegregating Effects of Network Recruitment

�鶹AV — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:18:36 +0000

Author: Brian Rubineau, Roberto M. Fernandez

Word-of-mouth recruitment is the most common way to fill jobs, and management scholars have long thought that this practice contributes to job segregation by gender: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.

In fact, however, this form of recruitment can – and often does – contribute to gender desegregation, according to a study in the journal Organization Science by researchers at �鶹AV’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Majority of COC staff exposed to Marcel Aubut harassment: probe

�鶹AV — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:44:39 +0000

An independent probe of alleged impropriety by former Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut says a majority of the more than 100 staff members interviewed for the review experienced or saw sexual and personal harassment.

...The detailed recommendations drew praise from organizational behaviour expert Mallika Banerjee, an assistant professor at �鶹AV’s Desautels School of Management, who said they are broadly aligned with the latest management scholarship.

Bureaux partagés

�鶹AV — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:54:34 +0000

Entrevue avec Jean-Nicolas Reyt, professeur à la Faculté de management de l'Université �鶹AV.

Voir l'entrevue complet: RDI Economie, le 7 décembre 2015

To thine own self be true?: Facades of conformity, values incongruence, and the magnifying impact of leader integrity

�鶹AV — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:40:13 +0000

Authors: Burnett, M., Dumas, T., Hewlin, P.

Publication: Academy of Management

Tipping Points: The Gender Segregating and Desegregating Effects of Network Recruitment

�鶹AV — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:25:47 +0000

Authors: Fernandez, R. M. and Rubineau, B.

Publications: Organization Science

Misfit and Milestones: Structural Elaboration and Capability Reinforcement in the Evolution of Entrepreneurial Top Management Teams

�鶹AV — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:40:29 +0000

Authors: Ferguson, A. J., Cohen, L., Burton, M. D. and Beckman, C. M.
Publication: Academy of Management
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Bridging the Gap Between Gender and Leadership: Exploring the Real - Explicit and Implicit - Reasons Behind the Absence of Women on the 2014-2015 MUS Executive Council

�鶹AV — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:43:09 +0000

�鶹AV Women in Leadership (MWIL), Deautels Women in Business (DWIB), TEDxMontreal Women, the National Women in Business Conference, the Intercollegiate Business Convention. Evidently, as the non-exhaustive list above demonstrates, there are many occasions for women at �鶹AV to thrive and shine in the area of leadership, where they are chronically and critically underrepresented. Within Bronfman, and �鶹AV as a whole, women apply to volunteer, speak, participate, and join a host of clubs and initiatives highlighting female leaders.

Second Generation Bias: A Subtle but Powerful Presence

�鶹AV — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:41:39 +0000

Deeply embedded and frequently unconscious cultural and organizational biases can be challenged both through small "wins" and by establishing policies that take a whole-organization rather than a women-only approach. Second-generation gender bias is making its way into the lexicon of women's workplace issues as a subtle, covert, and at times unintentional, phenomenon that thwarts women's power and potential. ...

The Erosion of Expert Control Through Censure Episodes

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:24:11 +0000

Author: Huising, Ruthanne

Publication: Organization Science, November 2014

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Elite Business Magazine Nov 2014 - We need to create a level playing field

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:17:43 +0000

By: Lisa Cohen, assistant professor, Desautels Faculty of Management

Talking Management with Professor Karl Moore: What makes for a charismatic leader?

�鶹AV — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:12:29 +0000

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹AV, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to Raina Brands [assistant professor of organizational behaviour] from the London Business School.

... Raina, you have been looking at charismatic leaders. Do men and women differ in respect to charismatic leadership?

"Exploring Digital Creativity in the Workspace: The Role of Enterprise Mobile Applications on Perceived Job Performance and Creativity," Computers in Human Behavior

�鶹AV — Thu, 01 May 2014 13:48:45 +0000

Authors: Chung, Sunghun; Lee, Kyungyoung; Choi, Jinho

Publication: Computers in Human Behavior, 2014

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"Professions at the Helm or Left Behind? Trends in the Occupations of American College Graduates since the Second World War in the United States," Journal of Education and Work

�鶹AV — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:52:55 +0000

Author: Hollister, Matissa

Publication: Journal of Education and Work, 2014

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Making It to the Top

�鶹AV — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:09:35 +0000

Lisa Cohen, Assistant professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, �鶹AV, Canada, reveals the difficulty women encounter in being hired for higher level roles.

When Mary Barra became the first female chief executive of General Motors, we celebrated a woman reaching the height of her profession.

Read full article: Payroll Professional

Mattel to Buy Mega Bloks

�鶹AV — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:05:50 +0000

Mattel has made a friendly takeover offer for Montreal-based toy maker Mega Brands Inc., which has the world’s No. 2 line of construction sets after Lego. Desautels Executive in Residence Melissa Sonberg comments on the takeover.

Watch full interview: Global Montreal, February 28, 2014

Male (Job) Insecurity

�鶹AV — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:50:22 +0000

The long debate over whether America has gotten more economically unequal in the last few decades is over; all but the most recalcitrant acknowledge it. (As a recent New York Times story reported, sharp-eyed salesmen have acted on this reality, increasingly marketing to the top few percent.) The economic argument has now shifted to whether average Americans have nonetheless done alright even as the rich have become super-rich. Here one detects a subtle difference in vocabulary. Defenders of the broadening inequality insist that average family incomes have been nonetheless increasing.

Why Female Managers Are in Short Supply?

�鶹AV — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:27:20 +0000

It took Mary Barra more than three decades at General Motors to become the company’s first female chief executive. Even then we celebrated a woman reaching the pinnacle of her profession. The same happened again when Inga Beale became Lloyd's of London's first female CEO in the company’s 325-year history.

-Article by Lisa Cohen

Read full article: Financial, February 4, 2014

Study Untangles Divergent U.S. Job-Tenure Patterns

�鶹AV — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:50:19 +0000

Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past?

Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven’t been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time.

Cross-border Business Teams and the Entertainment Arena

�鶹AV — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:16:38 +0000

More and more companies are abandoning traditional organisational structures and creating cross-border teams of people who live and work thousands of miles apart.

But there’s a catch. Nancy J Adler, the S Bronfman Chair in Management at �鶹AV in Montreal, puts it like this: “Interconnectedness through modern technology has deluded many people. There is the false assumption that just because we can reach anyone in the world so easily through e-mail or Skype, we are therefore all the same.”

"Unmasking the Conflicting Trends in Job Tenure by Gender in the United States, 1983-2010," American Sociological Review.

�鶹AV — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:38:16 +0000

Authors: Hollister, Matissa N.; Kristin E. Smith

Publication: American Sociological Review (Forthcoming)

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"Whose Jobs Are These? The Impact of the Proportion of Female Managers on the Number of New Management Jobs Filled by Women versus Men," Administrative Science Quarterly

�鶹AV — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:00:32 +0000

Authors: Cohen, Lisa E.; Broschak, Joseph P.

Publication: Administrative Science Quarterly

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"Pursuing Career Success while Sustaining Personal and Family Well-Being: A Study of Reduced-Load Professionals over Time," Journal of Social Issues

�鶹AV — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:02:33 +0000

Authors: Hall, Douglas T. Hall; Lee, Mary Dean; Kossek, Ellen Ernst; Heras, Mireia Las

Publication: Journal of Social Issues, December 2012

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"Do Women Choose Different Jobs from Men? Mechanisms of Application Segregation in the Market for Managerial Workers," Organization Science

�鶹AV — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:48:38 +0000

Authors: Barbulescu, Roxana; Bidwell, Matthew

Publication: Organization Science, May-June 2013

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"Friend or Foe? The Effects of Contingent Employees on Standard Employees' Work Attitudes," The International Journal of Human Resources Management

�鶹AV — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:30:40 +0000

Authors: Banerjee, Mallika; Tolbert, Pamela S,; DiCiccio, Thomas

Publication: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2012

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Success Is What You Make It

�鶹AV — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:51:31 +0000

What is success and how do you measure it? The experiences of a diversegroup of workers show how – and how much – they managed to balance career success with family responsibilities. Those who managed to strike the balance defined success on their own terms, had a strong sense of self and wereprepared to make trade-offs.

"Effects of Social and Temporal Distance on Evaluation of Corporate Ambivalent Behavior," Social Behavior and Personality

�鶹AV — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:16:54 +0000

Authors: Chung, Sunghun; Park, Jooyoung

Publication: Social Behavior and Personality, 2013

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"Constructing Consequences for Noncompliance: The Case of Academic Laboratories," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

�鶹AV — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:30:02 +0000

Authors: Huising, Ruthanne; Silbey, Susan S.

Publication: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2013

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"The use of favors by emerging market managers: Facilitator or inhibitor of international expansion?," Asia Pacific Journal of Management

�鶹AV — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:43:45 +0000

Authors: Puffer, Sheila M.; McCarthy, Daniel J.; Jaeger, Alfred M.; Dunlap, Denise

Publication: Asia Pacific Journal of Management, June 2013

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"Reinventing Retirement: New Pathways, New Arrangements, New Meanings," Human Relations

�鶹AV — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:07 +0000

Authors: Sargent, Leisa; Lee, Mary Dean; Martin, Bill; Zikic, Jelena

Publication: Human Relations, January 2013

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Website Lets Workers Rate Their Bosses Anonymously

�鶹AV — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:15:19 +0000

What's it like to work at struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry, one of Canada's big banks or scandal-ridden engineering firm SNC-Lavalin?
... �鶹AV associate professor Lisa Cohen said job review websites provide useful information to prospective employees, especially when it comes to salaries and corporate culture.
The information is also potentially valuable for a company's human resources staff, she said.

"Assembling Jobs: A Model of How Tasks Are Bundled Into and Across Jobs," Organization Science

�鶹AV — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:11:37 +0000

Author: Cohen, Lisa

Publication: Organization Science, March/April 2013

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Professor Lisa Cohen awarded a SSHRC Connections Grant

�鶹AV — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:53:15 +0000

Prof. Lisa Cohen was awarded a SSHRC Connections Grant for her project “The structure and structuring of work within and across organization.” Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating.