鈥淕ut feelings鈥� don鈥檛 lead to good hiring
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently聽advised business leaders to聽look beyond the resume of job seekers, and trust in their interaction with candidates. But trusting your gut聽isn鈥檛聽a good way聽to build the best team, according to Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor at 海角社区 Desautels.
AI agents can automate tasks, but come with privacy and security risks聽
Most of us interact with large language models like ChatGPT and Claude through browsers or apps, but AI agents can apply the power of LLMs in entirely聽different ways.
Generative AI adoption has knock-on effects within an organization
Generative AI has聽begun聽replacing聽tasks聽at聽work,聽especially聽the聽dull,聽repetitive聽and simple聽ones. But聽when聽a聽task鈥攐r an聽entire聽job鈥攊s聽replaced聽by AI, the change聽doesn鈥檛聽stop聽there. The jobs of the people聽using聽AI-produced聽information change聽too.
This International Women鈥檚 Day, focus on the work that still needs to be done
This International Women鈥檚 Day,聽Desautels researcher,聽Janani Ramesh is urging us to see the big picture鈥攂y focusing a little less directly on success stories of individual women. 鈥淚nitiatives that celebrate how far women聽have聽come or single out women鈥檚 resilience do the opposite of what鈥檚 intended,鈥� Ramesh told HR Reporter.
Remote work helps busy families manage household responsibilities
Affordability has reached a breaking point, and most households now depend on two incomes just to stay afloat. In this environment, telework has become essential, Jean Nicolas Reyt told La Presse.
Telecommuting has been around for decades鈥攁nd big companies have never really been on board
Remote work leapt into the public consciousness during the Covid-19 pandemic, when many jobs shifted to a fully remote model for public health reasons. However, the concept of telecommuting long predates the pandemic. 鈥淚t was invented in the 1970s, for environmental reasons,鈥� Jean-Nicolas Reyt told La Presse.
Men and women respond to work incentives in very different ways
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reviews hundreds of thousands of applications each year, making efficiency a challenge. When managers introduced cash incentives for meeting quotas, men and women reacted differently.聽Men tended to increase their output to secure the bonus, but the quality of their reviews declined. Women, by contrast, often prioritized聽maintaining聽high-quality work, even if it meant聽missing out on聽the financial reward.
Does job hopping affect your career prospects? It depends.
Young聽professionals聽are聽frequently聽advised that the best way to progress professionally is to pursue new opportunities, even if it means changing jobs. Yet, in some cases, employers may view a history of frequent job changes unfavorably,聽according to research by Matissa Hollister, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour.
AI replaces tasks, not entire jobs
AI is changing the workplace, but it usually doesn鈥檛 replace entire jobs. Before laying people off because of 鈥楢I efficiencies鈥�, employers need a solid plan. 鈥淲e may or may not overestimate how much AI will affect the world of work, but we鈥檝e figured out that it does not destroys jobs, it destroys tasks,鈥� says Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at 海角社区 Desautels.
Employers are more open to negotiating employment terms than Canadians assume
Relatively few聽job candidates negotiate the terms of their employment, often because they fear losing the offer. Yet surveys show recruiters are open to negotiation, and it is rare for employers to withdraw an offer because a candidate聽attempted聽to negotiate.
Many workers are back in the office full-time鈥攁nd some aren鈥檛 happy about it
The world鈥檚 pivot to remote work in 2020 happened almost overnight, altering workplace expectations in ways still felt today. The return to the office is happening more slowly, but many of the country鈥檚 biggest employers now require workers to be in the office five days each week鈥攁nd not everyone is happy about it.
Employers should consider whether hybrid work will achieve the same aims as a return to the office
For many workers, the return to the office is already in full effect.
Former Provost Anthony C. Masi receives Lifetime Achievement Award
海角社区 Desautels Professor Anthony C. Masi was honoured with the Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Academic Leadership at Fall 2025 Convocation. Over his 46-year career, Masi has shaped the University through his leadership as Provost and contributions to digital transformation, faculty development, and teaching innovation. He founded Teaching and Learning Services, modernized 海角社区鈥檚 IT infrastructure, and advanced the University鈥檚 research and academic mission.
Stranded travellers should keep their cool
When 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike, more than 100,000 passengers were left stranded. For many of those affected, the experience has been an overwhelming one. For stranded passengers, the Air Canada strike combines three powerful stressors: uncertainty, lack of control and crowding, writes Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour Jean-Nicolas Reyt in The Conversation.
Companies are bringing employees back to the office, but over time, the trend could reverse
Large Canadian companies such as Rogers, RBC and BMO recently announced their employees will be required to spend more time in the office moving forward. Many employees aren鈥檛 happy about it at all. 鈥淩esearch tells us that employees are more productive when they can work the way they want to,鈥� said Prof. Jean-Nicolas Reyt in an interview with Radio-Canada鈥檚 Les faits d鈥檃bord.
