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Project Description:
Burnout at work is a prominent issue and changing forms of work have brought novel forms of job strain. This research project seeks to better understand the contemporary experience of workplace stress and burnout and the role technology can play in alleviating and mitigating these outcomes. Building on current knowledge and collaborating with industry, the aim of the research is to investigate and build a data-driven technological solution that drives behaviour change and more positive work outcomes.

Researchers: Simon Hanratty, Dr. Jean Cushen, Prof. Markus Helfert, Dr. Marco Alfano

Funding: SFI – Lero

Collaboration / Partners: The research is carried out in collaboration with an industry partner company.

Timeframe: 2022-2025

About the Researchers:

Simon Hanratty
Associate Professor, School of Business

Dr Jean Cushen
Director of Innovation Value Institute

Professor Markus Helfert
Senior Researcher / Digital Health Cluster Lead

Dr Marco Alfano

Simon Hanratty

Simon is currently studying for a PhD while on career break from Irish Life where he served as CIO. He has more than thirty years’ experience across a range of industries in IT, Strategy/Change and Operations roles including more than twenty years at managerial level. Simon holds a master’s in design Innovation from Maynooth University and is a graduate of INSEAD and the Smurfit Business School.

Associate Professor, School of Business

Dr Jean Cushen

Jean is an Associate Professor of HRM within the School of Business, Maynooth University. Jean also serves as Deputy Head of School with responsibility for Accreditation, having previously held the role of ‘Academic Director Postgraduate Teaching and Learning’. Jean’s research explores the contemporary employment experience focusing on sustainability leadership, financialization and human resource management (HRM). Jean has published on these topics in top ranked international journals including ‘Accounting, Organizations and Society’ and ‘Work Employment and Society’. Jean has also contributed to HRM related publications including HRM encyclopaedias and textbooks, Skillnet, CIPD and IBEC publications. Jean teaches in the areas of HRM and ‘careers’ and ‘research methods’. Jean is an academic member of the CIPD, an Academic Fellow of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes and is on the judging panel of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Before joining MU, Jean worked as a lecturer in Dublin City University (DCU) and Queens University Belfast. In her first year in DCU Jean was awarded the ‘President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching’. She completed her PhD in 2010 in Trinity College Dublin with a full scholarship from the IRCHSS. Prior to entering academic life Jean worked for several years as a ‘Human Capital Consultant’ for the global professional services company Willis Towers Watson; then Watson Wyatt. During this time Jean worked both in Dublin and Toronto and advised organisations on the design and implementation of a range of HRM techniques.

Director of Innovation Value Institute

Professor Markus Helfert

Markus Helfert is the Director of IVI and Director of Empower – the SFI funded Programme on Data Governance. He is also Professor of Digital Service Innovation and Director of the Business Informatics Group at Maynooth University. He is a Principle Investigator at Lero – The Irish Software Research Centre and at the Adapt Research Centre. His research is centred on Digital Service Innovation, Smart Cities and IoT based Smart Environments and includes research areas such as Service Innovation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart Services, Building Information Management, FinTech, Data Value, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Adoption, Analytics, Business Process Managem ent. Prof. Helfert is an expert in Data Governance Standards and is involved in European Standardisation initiatives. Markus Helfert has authored more than 200+ academic articles, journal and book contributions and has presented his work at international conferences. Helfert has received national and international grants from agencies such as European Union (FP7; H2020), Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, was project coordinator on EU projects, and is the Project coordinator of the H2020 Projects: PERFORM on Digital Retail.

Senior Researcher / Digital Health Cluster Lead

Dr Marco Alfano

Dr. Marco Alfano is a Senior Researcher at the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), Maynooth University, and leader of the IVI Person-Driven, Health & Wellbeing research cluster. He is also affiliated with Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, and receives SFI funding for his research. He is currently working on responsible use of AI in health and well-being by facilitating person/patient empowerment and seamless communication within the healthcare system (http://cohealth.ivi.ie/). His research interests include Responsible AI, Digital Health Transformation, Patient Empowerment, Human-machine communication, Data analytics, Semantic Web, Smart cities, Cybersecurity, and Open Data/Big Data. He has authored more than fifty peer reviewed articles for journals, books, and conferences. He has participated in several European projects and has received grants from international bodies, such as the European Union (under the FP7 and H2020 framework programs), and national bodies, such as Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, and the National Research Council of Italy.