Personal profile

Biography

Dr Laura A. Byrne is a Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Aston Business School, Aston University.  Laura’s research interests include wellbeing strategy in organisations, paradox theory, and critical realist philosophy.  Laura recently utilised critical realist philosophy and the comparative case study approach to investigate how wellbeing and the wellbeing strategy is defined, enacted and experienced in organisations. 

Teaching Activity

Postgraduate Modules

  • Leadership and Decision Making (BHM395)
  • Leadership Week (MBA, Aston Edge)

Undergraduate Modules

  • Solving HR Issues (BH2277)

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.

1 Apr 20204 Dec 2023

Award Date: 4 Dec 2023

PG Cert, Social Science Research

1 Apr 20218 Dec 2021

Award Date: 8 Dec 2021

MSc, Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (with Distinction), University of East London

1 Sept 201619 Jun 2019

Award Date: 19 Jun 2019