Rebuilding and reimagining context and connection at work

About this episode

Dr Helen Fitzhugh interviews Dr Laura Byrne about successful workplace wellbeing strategies and the importance of context.

In this episode, Dr Helen Fitzhugh of the Evolve team speaks with Dr Laura Byrne, lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Leadership and Management department at Aston Business School, Aston University. She wrote a PhD thesis on whole-organisation wellbeing strategies in context and shares here useful insights on what makes these successful (or not!) Laura's refreshing and hopeful take on workplace wellbeing includes paying attention to context and the ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Helen Fitzhugh

Guest: Dr Laura Byrne

Topics covered

• workplace wellbeing
• human resource management
• organisational behaviour
• whole-organisation strategies
• contextual factors

Keywords

• workplace wellbeing
• HR management
• organisational behaviour
• context
• whole-organisation strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aston Business School, Aston University

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