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Viewpoint: Extreme Heat Increases Risk of Workplace Injuries Across Canada
Heat warnings have stretched across Canada this summer, from Atlantic Canada and southern British Columbia to the Prairies, central Canada and the Northwest Territories. During one mid-July heat wave, humidex readings reached up to 45 C across parts of southern Ontario and western Québec, according to Environment Canada. For millions of Canadians, those warnings changed day-to-day plans.
Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada
A recent nationwide U.S. study reached a similar conclusion. Researchers geocoded more than 845,000 injury reports and matched them with daily weather conditions. Compared with a heat index of 80 F (about 27 C), the odds of injury were three per cent higher at 90 F (32 C), 10 per cent higher at 100 F (38 C) and 20 per cent higher at 110 F (43 C). The researchers estimated heat caused roughly 28,000 additional workplace injuries across the U.S. in 2023.
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Heat warnings have stretched across Canada this summer, from Atlantic Canada and southern British Columbia to the Prairies, central Canada and the Northwest Territories. During one mid-July heat wave, humidex readings reached up to 45 C across parts of southern Ontario and western Québec, according to Environment Canada. For millions of Canadians, those warnings changed day-to-day plans.
Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada
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Ce que signifie vraiment « aimer son travail » – et quand cet amour peut devenir un problème
De nouvelles recherches outre-Atlantique explorent la psychologie qui sous-tend « l’amour du travail » et ses implications pour les entreprises. Que signifie aimer son travail ? Le champ lexical de l’amour revient souvent dans les débats lorsqu’on parle du monde du travail.
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain What does it mean to love your job? The language of love has become increasingly common in contemporary discussions of work. People say they want to love their jobs, organizations promise roles candidates will love, and recruitment ads frame employment as an emotional commitment rather than an economic transaction. Yet despite its ubiquity, the idea of "loving your job" is rarely defined with precision. What does it actually mean to love your job?
What it really means to love your job - and when that love can become a liability
What does it mean to love your job? The language of love has become increasingly common in contemporary discussions of work. People say they want to love their jobs, organizations promise roles candidates will love, and recruitment ads frame employment as an emotional commitment rather than an economic transaction. Yet despite its ubiquity, the idea of “loving your job” is rarely defined with precision. What does it actually mean to love your job?
Love of the Job: What It Is, How to Measure It, and Why It Matters for Work Outcomes
We are most alive when we're in love. —John Updike. Social scientific research has long focused on connecting work to human potential and optimal functioning (Nielsen et al. 2017; Turner et al. 2002). Work offers opportunities for psychological need satisfaction (Deci and Ryan 2000), personal identification (Riketta and Landerer 2005), time structure and social status (Jahoda 1982), and engagement in meaningful activities (Wrzesniewski et al. 2013).
Why the burden of leadership is really about managing relationships
Management is often painted as a discipline of strategy, efficiency and resource allocation. Leadership, in this view, is largely about positioning people effectively — much like moving pieces on a chessboard — and success is won by promotions and annual bonuses. This understanding is also reflected in how leadership roles are typically described and evaluated.
Why the burden of leadership is really about managing relationships
Management is often painted as a discipline of strategy, efficiency and resource allocation. Leadership, in this view, is largely about positioning people effectivelymuch like moving pieces on a chessboardand success is won by promotions and annual bonuses. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. This understanding is also reflected in how leadership roles are typically described and evaluated.
Why the burden of leadership is really about managing relationships Original
Management is often painted as a discipline of strategy, efficiency and resource allocation. Leadership, in this view, is largely about positioning people effectively — much like moving pieces on a chessboard — and success is won by promotions and annual bonuses. This understanding is also reflected in how leadership roles are typically described and evaluated.
The Behavioral Science Behind Spotify Wrapped's Viral Success
It’s December once again, a most special time of year for many of us. We have so much to look forward to in just one month: beloved holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve, and of course, the release of Spotify Wrapped. In case you’ve somehow missed the boat on this cultural phenomenon, Spotify Wrapped is an annual campaign where users of the music-streaming platform can view a dolled-up summary of their listening data over the past year, set to snippets of their favorite tracks.
The Hidden Power of Intellectual Humility
The 2008 financial crisis was undoubtedly a convoluted event in history. Despite its complexity, in its aftermath, many economists aimed to provide bulletproof explanations for what went wrong. Russ Roberts, a notable economist, contributed his own explanation through an essay and subsequent book, both titled Gambling With Other People’s Money.
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