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Biography
I am a Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Aston Business School, Aston University. My research interests include workplace wellbeing strategy from the perspective of wellbeing practitioners, future-making and prospective theorising, and the ethics of imagining desirable futures, drawing on Pragmatist and existentialist philosophy. I am also interested in institutional theory and paradox theory.
I am a recipient of a Professor Mick Marchington Applied Research Grant 2025. This grant is awarded by the CIPD to early-career researchers in HR and related fields, and it will support my current research examining the experiences and wellbeing of professionals who implement wellbeing initiatives or strategies.
Teaching Activity
Postgraduate Modules
- Leadership and Decision Making (BHM395)
- Leadership Week (MBA, Aston Edge)
- Human Resources and Change Management (EM4050)
- Sustainable and Socially Responsible HRM (BLM106)
Undergraduate Modules
- Solving HR Issues (BH2277)
- Theories and Practice of Leadership (BH3318)
- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour (BH1124)
- International Perspectives in Organisations (BH1125)
Aston London
- Theories and Practice of Leadership (BH3318L)
Employment
- August 2024 - Present: Lecturer in HRM and OB, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham.
- February 2024 - July 2024: Associate Researcher, School of Management, University of Bath.
- January 2024 - July 2024: Sessional Lecturer, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham.
- April 2020 - December 2023: Doctoral Researcher, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, How is Wellbeing and the Wellbeing Strategy Defined, Enacted and Experienced in Organisations and Why is this the Case? A Bhaskarian Critical Realist Analysis., Aston University
1 Apr 2020 → 4 Dec 2023
Award Date: 4 Dec 2023
PG Cert, Social Science Research, Aston University
1 Apr 2021 → 8 Dec 2021
Award Date: 8 Dec 2021
MSc, Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (with Distinction), University of East London
1 Sept 2016 → 19 Jun 2019
Award Date: 19 Jun 2019
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Defining and enacting wellbeing strategy in organisations: A paradox theory perspective.
Byrne, L., Crawshaw, J., Scully, J. & Fletcher, L., Sept 2024.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review
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Why can enacting wellbeing in organisations backfire? A critical realist paradox perspective.
Byrne, L., Crawshaw, J., Scully, J. & Fletcher, L., Sept 2024.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review
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To what extent do workplace wellbeing interventions actually work? An analysis of existing systematic reviews.
Byrne, L., Fletcher, L., Crawshaw, J. & Scully, J., 25 Jan 2023, p. 40-43.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper
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The Uni-being model: A multi-dimensional wellbeing toolkit
Byrne, L. & Lomas, T., 4 Nov 2020, In: European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 4, 15 p., 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review