Professor Gordon Flett offers insight into beating procrastination

Undergraduate and graduate students are especially likely to procrastinate when they feel that others expect them to be perfect, according to research from York University.  “Perfectionism does not necessarily result in higher levels of performance and may even backfire,” says Gordon Flett, a psychology professor in York University’s Faculty of Health and Canada Research Chair […]

Perfectionist professors have lower research productivity, study shows

Professor Gordon Flett collaborated in the online psychology study Perfectionism is sometimes viewed as a positive personality trait to be rewarded or reinforced, but Dalhousie University psychology professor Simon Sherry believes it is mostly a self-defeating behaviour, wrote University Affairs, Jan. 12: In professors, the effect can be particularly pernicious: in a new study, Sherry […]

Four Canada Research Chairs renewed at York for $5.6 million

Four professors at York had their Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) renewed by the federal government yesterday, bringing $5.6 million to invest in their research at the University. Tier 1 CRCs were renewed for professors Gordon Flett, Eric Hessels and John Tsotsos. Professor Leah Vosko was awarded an Advancement Chair, taking her from a Tier 2 to […]