We have a problem with work stress, but it isn’t what you think

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.

How often do you find your work stressful? Would you say always, often, sometimes, hardly ever or never?

We posed this question to 5,000 American workers through the research firm YouGov and replicated the study with 2,500 Canadian workers with help from the Angus Reid Group. Our study, the MESSI: Measuring Employment Sentiments and Social Inequality, is designed to be representative of the working populations in the United States and Canada.

Given the ongoing narrative about how stressed everyone is these days

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