Scott Schieman

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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Enjoyed participating in CBC's Just Asking with Saroja Coelho, taking caller questions and sharing insights from my research about the return to office trend. https://t.co/zcgf5X7NWm

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My interview this morning on the perception glitch about financial well-being in Canada and the US @iHeartRadio https://t.co/spfbg2ju4D

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Believing that most others are worse off than they really are is a problem. I show that 27% of Canadians & Americans say they are struggling financially. That's a concern, but 65% of Canadians & 43% of Americans perceive that most others are struggling👉 https://t.co/pwlzp0wUmQ

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And you thought Americans were in a foul mood about money! My new piece in The Conversation shows how much more pessimistic Canadians are--and how perception glitches I've discovered about work also apply to economic life. 👇https://t.co/LC9oQlIaAw via @ConversationCA

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My piece in the Globe & Mail finds that most Canadians report high satisfaction with their work. At the same time, we don’t think others are satisfied doing their jobs. People believe a key reason is the amount we complain about work. /via @globeandmail https://t.co/WTPJgT1gjL

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I've continued to track Canadian workers' perceptions of the state of the economy--finding slight improvement from a year ago, with the share reporting "poor" dipping by 10 percentage points. 👉 https://t.co/6r9Kzab3Md

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All the hype that we're in an "age of anti-ambition" is overblown. My latest surveys find that most Canadians still believe in its importance--but slightly less strongly than Americans. 👉 https://t.co/uF2wtOx1Uz

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It's who you know. What does it take to get ahead? My research finds softening belief in "hard work" and "ambition"--but a rise in "knowing the right people." 👉 https://t.co/JyJxzFNdo5

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After years of media messaging about a supposedly new era of "anti-work/anti-ambition," where do things stand? There's been some softening in the importance Americans place on "hard work." 👉 https://t.co/uF2wtOx1Uz

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I've been tracking how people think and talk about getting ahead...so Harris's "ambition" message caught my attention. In this piece, I ask: Will it resonate? https://t.co/lVtHBgrlGb via @ConversationCA

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My latest column in the Globe and Mail (with Daniel Hill) tells a story about the nature and consequences of fun at work using quant and qual data from my 2024 Measuring Employment Sentiments and Social Inequality (MESSI) study. @globeandmail https://t.co/UTXz997roX

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The weird truth about work is we actually like it- my research on perception glitches featured in the Financial Times https://t.co/c0pwq5XkcG via @ft

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My new column in the Globe and Mail reports on how the money-more scale has tipped...and why that might not be a good thing /via @globeandmail https://t.co/XBNDuqF3Hb

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Why would anyone continue to work into their 80s? In my latest Globe & Mail piece, I write that we all get psychosocial rewards from work –that's why some don't want to give it up /via @globeandmail https://t.co/7gVikBSIyZ

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Over the past year, the share of Liberal & NDP voters who describe Canada’s economy as “poor” decreased. By contrast, Conservative voters — who already held a much more negative view of the economy in 2023 — soured even further. 👉 https://t.co/TQHfFQEDxV

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Has Canada become the land of extreme inequality? My new piece with Bruce Liang and Alex Wilson in the Financial Post finds that some believe it more than others: https://t.co/TQHfFQEDxV

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Please do NOT make me watch this debate!

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Your job is more stressful than mine! A minority of American workers describe their own job as extremely stressful--but the vast majority believe most others experience extreme stress. Find other perception glitches here: https://t.co/OQlnZWvQyl

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The Misery Myth: Are your coworkers happier than you think? Paul Glavin & I find more perception glitches about work. https://t.co/JspQXwBj64 via @torontostar

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Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality https://t.co/hOkEzrqbct via @ConversationCA