Linda Duxbury
Professor
Sprott School of Business
Ottawa, Ontario
linda.duxbury@carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 2385
Expert In
Balancing work and family
Work environment
Police mental health
Work role overload
Generational differences in work values
Impact of office technology
Employee well-being
Email use
Police in schools
Workforce change
Police employee well-being
Sustainability of policing in Canada
COVID-19 on employee wellbeing
Management support
Work-life balance
Managing change
Working from home
Bio/Research
Duxbury has completed major study on Balancing Work and Family in the public, private Sectors and not for profit sectors; Management Support (What is it and Why does it Matter?); generational differences in work values; the impact of office technology such as email; employee well-being, work role...
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Bio/Research
Duxbury has completed major study on Balancing Work and Family in the public, private Sectors and not for profit sectors; Management Support (What is it and Why does it Matter?); generational differences in work values; the impact of office technology such as email; employee well-being, work role overload and workforce change. Dr. Duxbury also conducts research which evaluates the organizational and individual impacts of E-mail, portable offices, smartphones, telework, flexible work arrangements and change management and studying what makes a “supportive” manager. She has completed three national studies (1991, 2001, 2012) on work-life balance in which over 70,000 Canadian employees participated. She has also just completed a major study on balancing work, childcare and eldercare (n = 5,000) and is currently working with the Conference Board of Canada on a study of how to motivate change in the development and implementation of policies and practices in support of balancing work and caregiving.
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Links
Media Appearances
Duxbury discusses how remote and hybrid work is dividing Canadian employees, Global News, June 5, 2022
Duxbury discusses the challenges facing police recruitment, Ottawa Citizen, April 14, 2022
Duxbury discusses how adaptive leadership is key to the new world of work, Ottawa Business Journal, April 5, 2022
Duxbury discusses the RCMP’s bid to be more transparent, National Post, April 29, 2020
Duxbury discusses employees returning to the office, CBC, March 28, 2022
Duxbury discusses the much-hyped hybrid work model, CBC, March 23, 2022
Duxbury discusses her survey showing most Mounties are struggling with job stress, CBC, September 2, 2021
Duxbury discusses how to find balance during a time of social distancing and working from home, Globe and Mail, April 13, 2020
Duxbury discusses the challenges of working from home, CBC, May 27, 2020
Duxbury discusses modernizing work with a four-day week, Policy Options, August 26, 2021
Duxbury discusses what work will look like post-pandemic, CBC, July 5, 2021
Duxbury discusses the potential adoption of a compressed work week, Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 2020
Duxbury study reveals officers with Police Scotland are overworked, stressed and burning out, The Times, June 1, 2021
Duxbury explains why millennials want to break with the old culture in medicine and why she feels sorry for Gen X doctors, Canadian Healthcare Network, April 19, 2020
Duxbury discusses how to make working from home a little better, CBC, July 27, 2020
Duxbury discusses the link between parental stress and pandemic restrictions, Ottawa Citizen, May 25, 2021
Duxbury discusses the possible benefits of part-time work, Harvard Business Review, November 18, 2019