Think that job tenure is evaporating? Not so fast
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鈥檛 necessarily support that position. It鈥檚 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鈥檚 Pick
The Desautels Faculty of Management is pleased to congratulate Assistant Professor Suzanne Gagnon for having her paper selected as Organization Studies鈥� Editor鈥檚 Pick for May.
Integrity: leaders who have it can reduce it in employees
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 fa莽ade of conformity, where they pretend to mesh with the company鈥檚 values in order to ensure their own success.
Jobs and youth: is the degree still the best start?
On a recent Breakfast Television youth employment panel, Desautels Assistant Professor Matissa Hollister said that, though it鈥檚 not necessarily an employment guarantee, 鈥渙n average, it鈥檚 very clear that the university degree is the smarter, the better way to go.鈥� But even so, the world has changed, and a degree by itself just isn鈥檛 enough.
Comment un petit PDG deviendra-t-il grand?
A new generation, a new model of leadershipWith 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
Mark Michaud, MBA'14,聽Director of Administration, recently received a commendation letter from the Ministry of Education鈥檚 Director General of University Affairs, Jean-Fran莽ois 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
...Sexism plays a role. Professor Brian Rubineau of 成人VR视频 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: 鈥淢any 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鈥檚 work, with women relegated to more secretarial duties.鈥�
鈥淧ut the kettle on, love鈥�: how sexism is forcing women from engineering
According to Prof Brian Rubineau of Desautels Faculty of Management, 成人VR视频, 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聽
Why female engineering students leave the field
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, 成人VR视频.聽
Read full article: Times Higher Education, October 27, 2016聽
Building a future for engineering
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.
Suzanne Gagnon and Saku Mantere awarded 2016 SSHRC Insight Grant
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".聽
Trade-offs and disappearing acts: shifting societal discourses of diversity in Canada over three decades
Authors: Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Roach, E., Elmi, M., Yap, M., Rodrigues, S.
Publication: The International Journal of Human Resource Management聽
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Thought leadership series: Professor Lisa Cohen
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, 成人VR视频 enlightens...
Read full article: Changeboard, August 1, 2016
Women are leaving engineering because they are not taken seriously
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, 鈥淎lthough engineering programs have focused on reforming their curricula to encourage women鈥檚 participation, we are finding that social interactions outside of classrooms are contributing substantially to women鈥檚 negative experiences of the field.鈥�
Why female engineering students leave the field
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, 成人VR视频.
