Lisa Cohen, McGill University

Research

job design sociology of work task mobility qualitative methods quantitative methods hiring organizaitonal structure entrepreneurship

Latest funding

Task Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$53,699
Task Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$125,133
Beyond warm bodies: a study of the effects of hiring on organizational structure
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$124,343

All 4 grants and awards

Task Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cohen, Lisa

Keywords: task mobility; sociology of work; job design; qualitative methods; quantitative methods

$53,699

Task Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cohen, Lisa

Keywords: task mobility; sociology of work; job design; qualitative methods; quantitative methods

$125,133

Beyond warm bodies: a study of the effects of hiring on organizational structure

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cohen, Lisa E.

Keywords: hiring; organizaitonal structure; job design; sociology of work; entrepreneurship

$124,343

The structure and structuring of work within and across organizations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Cohen, Lisa E.

Keywords: work; organizations; employment; industrial relations

$24,835

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: job design Dear Professor Cohen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on job design connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Task Mobility: The Movement of Work Tasks across Jobs and Organizations" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]