Articles

Graham Lowe's feature article in the current issue of Healthcare Quarterly examines the role of healthcare work-environment factors in creating a culture of safety. In the first study of its kind undertaken in Canada, Lowe uses survey evidence from allied health professional and technical workers in Alberta to assess the links between working conditions and […]

Op-ed article by Graham Lowe on 21st century job quality, published in the on-line edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper (www.globeandmail.com).

This report was prepared for the Federal Labour Standards Review Committee. It examines the research and relevant Canadian empirical evidence on work schedules, work time and work–life balance. It assesses trends and current practices in Canadian workplaces, particularly in sectors under federal jurisdiction. The paper also reviews empirical evidence on problems regarding work–life balance, increasing […]

This article discusses the key to building a trust-based corporate culture.

This article exlpores the relationship between high-trust work environments in government and the goals of service excellence.

This article provides advice on how managers can welcome new employees, so they become connected to the organization’s values and culture.

This article is part of a feature in Canadian Business magazine on the first annual Best Workplaces in Canada. It describes the steps managers can take to build high-trust, high-performing organiztional cultures.

This is the second of a two-part series on older employees that was published in the Canadian HR Reporter on February 27, 2006.

Like any knolwedge-based, high-performing organization in the private sector, a university must strive for excellence in its people practices, embedding these goals within its overall business plan.

This article describes the cultural practices of 7 hospitals on Fortune magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" list.