The loyalty deficit: Most Canadians workers feel they give more than they get and the deal is broken

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Scott Schieman is professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. Paul Glavin is an associate professor of sociology at McMaster University. Alexander Wilson is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Toronto.

“These days, employers expect loyalty from workers but do not show loyalty to workers in return.”

If that resonates, then you’re not alone.

With increasing fears about artificial intelligence-related displacement of workers, we think it’s time to initiate a conversation about loyalty. So, from September 8 to 18, we partnered with Angus Reid Global to field a nationally representative survey of 2,519 working Canadians – our seventh annual survey in our ongoing Canadian Quality of Work and Economic Life Study (C-QWELS).

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