PurposeThe main objective of this article is to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge on the determinants of perceived workplace discrimination and its consequences on workers' well-being in Canada.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a representative sample of 7,706 workers aged 18 to 65 based on data from the 2016 General Social Survey of Canadians at Work and Home to conduct logistic regression models.FindingsWomen and visible minorities are at greater risk of perceiving that they have experienced workplace discrimination, but immigrants' perceived workplace discrimination risk is no different from that of non-immigrants. This risk is higher in public administration than in other industries and varies between provinces. Perceived workplace discrimination increases stress and is associated with a lower level of self-reported mental health.Practical implicationsSince perceived discrimination has a detrimental effect on workers' well-being, organizations should pay special attention to their employees’ perceptions. Relying only on official complaints of discrimination can lead organizations to underestimate this issue because many employees are not inclined to file an official complaint, even if they believe they have been discriminated against.Originality/valueThe authors findings are original because they suggest that visible socio-demographic characteristics (gender and visible minority) affect perceived workplace discrimination, which is not the case for invisible socio-demographic characteristics (immigrant). They point out that the province of residence is an element of the context to be considered and they indicate that workers in the public sector are more likely to perceive discrimination than those in other industries. These empirical contributions highlight that, despite anti-discrimination laws and government efforts to promote equity, diversity and inclusion, perceived workplace discrimination persists in Canada, particularly among women and visible minorities and it has tangible impacts on the workers' well-being.

Cet article a pour objectif d’étudier les effets d’un dispositif de bureaucratie représentative active par l’extérieur sur la performance administrative. Le Conseil départemental de la Gironde a, en effet, souhaité initier un tel dispositif en vue d’étudier un projet d’expérimentation du revenu de base universel. La bureaucratie représentative se situe dans le cadre normatif plus large du nouveau service public qui suppose que l’administration publique est en premier lieu au service de la construction de solutions communes avec les citoyens. L’administration a donc vocation à représenter et à être le plus possible à l’image de ses administrés, tant dans son effectif que dans la mobilisation de ressources extérieures. C’est dans ce contexte qu’une observation participante en immersion de 18 mois au sein de l’administration a permis de suivre l’ensemble de ce dispositif atypique, allant de la commande politique jusqu’à l’adoption d’une résolution en assemblée plénière. De manière originale, la représentativité de l’administration a été travaillée sur le plan des identités, mais aussi des valeurs. La représentativité des valeurs publiques est en effet encore peu étudiée en gestion. Nous verrons que cette ouverture à la représentativité active par l’extérieur a été un levier important pour débloquer les conflits et permettre à l’administration de se saisir plus efficacement d’une commande complexe et clivante, offrant ainsi une meilleure performance administrative. L’expression de la diversité a permis de transcender des clivages et de construire des consensus sur un sujet pourtant source de tensions. Par la suite, les fonctionnaires ont été plus disposés à adopter des postures de représentation des citoyens traditionnellement plus éloignés des instances publiques.

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the Gross National Happiness indicator and the actual lifestyle of the people of Bhutan. Gross National Happiness is a macroeconomic indicator calculated in Bhutan. It was constructed in contrast to the Gross Domestic Product. Gross National Happiness is designed to guide the country's public policies. Using visual methods in anthropology, this study proposes an immersion in Lamshey, a village in Bhutan. The daily life of the inhabitants is then observed and analyzed with the way gross national happiness is measured. The sociology of quantification provides a framework for analysis that reveals important and new implications. Indeed, to bring together the experience of happiness as it is lived by the Bhutanese, it will be appropriate to distinguish three complementary "Gross National Happiness", according to whether it is measured, lived, or in its ethical dimension.