Bad jobs vs no jobs: A look at the evidence

Posted on May 16, 2012 @ 1pm in Uncategorized

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sparked outrage with his comments in the House of Commons regarding proposed changes to the Employment Insurance program.  “There is no bad job, the only bad job is not having a job, said the minister,… [read more]

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What if you Googled “leadership”?

Posted on March 14, 2011 @ 12pm in Uncategorized

My quick test resulted in 210 million hits resulting from running a Google search on the term “leadership”.   Presumably, one could sift through all 210 million sites, eliminating redundancies, advertisements and peripheral content and end up with a core knowledge base… [read more]

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The Cost of a February Holiday in NS

Posted on February 22, 2011 @ 12am in Uncategorized

Here’s a simple experiment.  On day 1, take a 25 lb dumbbell and do as many arm curls as you can – keep going until you literally cannot lift the weight anymore.  Record the number of curls you did.  On… [read more]

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Welcome

Posted on February 16, 2011 @ 5pm in Uncategorized

Welcome to the new webpage!! I hope to use this forum to highlight research in occupational health psychology in general and, more specifically, the research we are doing here at the Occupational Health Psychology Data Centre. In 2009, Saint Mary’s… [read more]

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Psychology Month

Posted on February 2, 2011 @ 2pm in Uncategorized

February is Psychology Month and we recently honored this year’s winners of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards. Staples Contact Centre, the NS College of Physicians and Surgeons, Precision BioLogic and Corporate Research Associates were all recognized for their efforts to… [read more]

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What's New

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  • HTML

    Dr Kevin Kelloway will discuss the HTML model at the Safety Services NS conference “The Human Factor:  Evolving Health and Safety“, March 24th, 2011 at the Westin Hotel, Halifax, NS.  The HTML model comprises the four core principles for managing… [read more]

 
 

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