Lina Siegl

Lina Siegl is a Lecturer of Organisational Psychology in the People, Management and Organisations department at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), the University of Manchester. As part of her role she serves as the academic lead for the Leadership and Wellbeing theme of the Thomas Ashton Institute.

Prior to her lecturer post, she worked as a Research Associate on two externally funded research projects. Her research involved an independent culture assessment of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the development a safety culture model and measure for the UK nuclear industry (NISCI).

She completed her PhD in 2023 which was supervised by Prof. Sharon Clarke and Prof. Sir Cary Cooper. Her doctoral research explored the concept of technostress in context of 'the right to disconnect'. The specific focus laid on the design, implementation and evaluation ouf team-level interventions to address the impact of constant connectivity through work e-mails on work-home conflict, recovery, burnout, and performance.  Her research aims to make a positive difference to organisations and their people by identifying ways that facilitate less stressful working conditions, as well as worker wellbeing and work-life balance. 

Since 2018, Dr Siegl has served as the Project Coordinator for the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work. The Forum’s purpose is to make workplaces in the UK and globally better by reinforcing the evidence and belief that ‘good health is good for business, and good business is good for health’. It was founded by Prof. Sir Cary Cooper and consists of over 40 HR Directors, Chief Medical Officers and other C-suite executives in the health and wellbeing arena across the private and public sector who meet regularly to discuss important workplace wellbeing issues and create expert guidance, toolkits, and papers.