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Tag: In the News
News, research, and other announcements.
In The News: Why We All Might Want to Bring a Bit of Barbie to Work
Associate Professor Trish Ruebottom explores the impact of the Barbie movie's message on the workplace with The Globe and Mail.
In The News: Does Lower Trust In The Workplace Lead To Lower Productivity?
Professor Erin Reid discusses the relationship between trust and productivity in the workplace with the Human Resources Director.
In The News: Canada’s Inflation Rate is Falling, So Why are Grocery Prices Still So Expensive
Assistant Professor William Huggins discusses the high cost of groceries in relation to Canada's inflation rate with CTV News.
In The News: Why Canadians are Still Stuck on Hold Despite Rise of Automated Customer Service
Assistant Professor Sean O'Brady talks about the challenges of increasing chatbot use in replacing human customer service with CBC News.
In the News: X Under Fire for Hate
Associate professor Goran Calic comments on a CTV News story about the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
In the News: Are Unproductive Business Team Meetings Taking Over Your Calendar?
In this Toronto Star article, Catherine Connelly explains how ineffective team meetings can lower employee morale and cost companies money.
In the News: The Ethical Values and Behaviours of CEOs Play a Crucial Role in Attracting New Talent
Research by Associate Professor Meena Andiappan shows CEOs who demonstrate ethical leadership can help their company attract top candidates.
In the News: Meta Launches Threads App as it Looks to Take on Twitter
DeGroote associate professor Goran Calic speaks to CTV News, CP24 and CHCH about Meta's new Threads app.
In the News: Canadian Annuity Prices Show Asymmetrical Response to Interest Rate Shifts
Finance professor Narat Charupat's latest research on the efficiency of the Canadian annuity market is featured in Benefits Canada.
In the News: Identifying fake news requires actively open-minded thinking
A recent paper by co-author Khaled Hassanein is featured in The Suburban and provides insight into why people fail to identify fake news.
In the News: Even High-Wage Temporary Foreign Workers are at Risk of Exploitation
Catherine Connelly wrote an op-ed for The Hill Times that explains why high-wage TFWs are frequently overlooked but still need protections.
In the News: Temporary Foreign Worker Program Must Have Open Work Permits
In this Toronto Star op/ed Catherine Connelly says the biggest problem of the temporary foreign worker program is closed work permits.