Sociology OSO Speaker | Dr. Scott Schieman

I Want M.O.R.E.: Why Your Job Still Matters.

Scott Schieman is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, where he held a Canada Research Chair for over a decade. Since 2005, he has surveyed more than 55,000 workers across Canada and the United States — amassing one of the most comprehensive bodies of quantitative and qualitative evidence on the quality of work and economic life in North America. Professor Schieman studies what people think and feel about work–and how they talk about it. He is especially interested in the ways that work shapes the sense of self, status, and well-being. That research has been supported by more than $5.5 million in grants and has produced over 120 peer-reviewed publications. Time magazine recognized his idea — the "Stress of Higher Status" — as one of ten ideas changing your life, and his insights are a regular presence in the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. His book, I Want M.O.R.E.: Why Your Job Still Matters, makes a bold, evidence-driven case for why work is one of the most powerful forces shaping who we are.

Have you ever found yourself considering what your life would be like in the absence of work? Would you feel a sense of loss past the finances? More people than ever before believe that a job is just a way of earning money – nothing more. While the popularity of this transactional mindset is understandable, I Want M.O.R.E. argues that it depletes our vision of our professional lives. Sociologist Scott Schieman has drawn upon decades of research to investigate what people think and feel about work. Helping readers harness their sense of self and better their quality of life, the M.O.R.E. framework catalogues each element, along with metrics to assess your current job, what you value in a job, and what you aspire to achieve. A crucial guide for anyone who wants to get more out of their life and work, I Want M.O.R.E. energizes and empowers readers by encouraging a transformational new mindset about the purpose of work. How you see yourself is at the centre of who you are, and that is too important to leave to chance. And a little M.O.R.E. often produces big results.