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Scott Schieman

Toronto
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Professor of Sociology & Canada Research Chair @ UofT; Studies trends in quality of worklife and how it shapes the sense of self/identity, status, & well-being.
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While the noisiest students are disruptive, there’s a not-so-hidden value to it

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By Scott Schieman
| The Globe and Mail
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The rippling effect: Your work reaches further than you think

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By Scott Schieman
| The Globe and Mail
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Op-Ed: Interesting work loses its appeal

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By Scott Schieman
| Canadian Affairs
Read: 3 min How important is having an interesting job? As a sociologist who studies what people value about work, I have been tracking North Americans’ values about work for years. One pattern stands out: people care less about having an interesting job today than they used to. Two decades ago, 61 per cent of Canadians and 57 per cent of Americans said that having an interesting job was personally very important to them.
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