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Canada Linda Duxbury is a distinguished Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, recognized for her extensive research and insights into work-life balance, employee wellbeing, and organizational change.
Linda Duxbury co-authored a series of reports for Health Canada about work-life balance within the country and conducted a national study on work-life conflict, funded by Health Canada, in 2001.
Linda Duxbury is currently working with the Conference Board of Canada on a study focused on motivating change in the development and implementation of policies and practices that support balancing work and caregiving.
Carleton University credits Whole Life Challenge for programs impacting work-life balance; Linda Duxbury is cited as a professor specializing in work-life balance and employee well-being and co-author of "Something's Got to Give."
Duxbury has contributed her knowledge and expertise to numerous national studies on work-life balance topics and their impact on business, cited in an article about remote work.
Linda Duxbury, Chancellor's Professor of Management at Carleton University, emphasizes the importance of social interactions at work in an article on making office life worthwhile in a hybrid model.
Duxbury discusses how remote and hybrid work is dividing Canadian employees.
Duxbury discusses the challenges facing police recruitment and the potential benefits of a compressed work week, as well as the link between parental stress and pandemic restrictions.
Duxbury discusses how adaptive leadership is key to the new world of work.
Duxbury discusses the RCMP’s bid to be more transparent.
Duxbury discusses employees returning to the office, the much-hyped hybrid work model, her survey showing most Mounties are struggling with job stress, the challenges of working from home, what work will look like post-pandemic, and how to make working from home better.
Duxbury discusses how to find balance during a time of social distancing and working from home.
Duxbury discusses modernizing work with a four-day week.
Duxbury study reveals officers with Police Scotland are overworked, stressed and burning out.
Duxbury explains why millennials want to break with the old culture in medicine and why she feels sorry for Gen X doctors.
Duxbury discusses the possible benefits of part-time work.
Linda Duxbury speaks on the changing face of public service.
Linda Duxbury is interviewed on topics related to the workplace.
Linda Duxbury is a Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. She holds a BSc and MASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and a PhD in Management Sciences, also from the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on work-life balance, employee wellbeing, and managing organizational change, with a particular emphasis on the impact of work-family conflict, supportive work environments, and the use of technology in the workplace. Over two decades, Duxbury has conducted major studies on balancing work and family in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, involving over 70,000 Canadian employees. Her work also explores the implications of email use on employee wellbeing, the dynamics of managing the new workforce, and the importance of supportive management styles.
Her academic contributions include widely published works in both academic and practitioner literature. A notable publication is “Something’s Got to Give: Balancing Work, Childcare and Eldercare,” co-authored with C. Higgins and published by the University of Toronto Press in 2017. Duxbury’s research has also involved working with police services in Canada and Scotland, specifically addressing issues related to police officer wellbeing and the sustainability of policing. She is currently leading four major studies that investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-life balance and employee wellbeing, demonstrating her ongoing engagement with contemporary workplace challenges.
Throughout her career, Linda Duxbury has been actively involved in communicating her research findings to a broader audience. She has delivered over 500 plenary talks to public, private, and not-for-profit sector audiences. Her expertise is frequently sought by major corporations and government agencies for her insights on creating supportive work environments. Duxbury has received numerous recognitions, including the Canadian Pension and Benefits National Speaker Award, the Carleton University Students Association Teaching Excellence Award, and the Chancellor’s Professorship at Carleton University in 2014-15, acknowledging her significant research output and teaching excellence. She was also recognized as one of Deloitte’s Women of Influence and received the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award.
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