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While working at University College London, Jana Patey holds an Associate Lectureship at the University of West of England and is a visiting fellow at the University of East Anglia. She has previously served as a Senior Research Associate at Norwich Business School, working on a prestigious ESRC funded project investigating factors affecting the introduction of health and wellbeing practices within organizations to foster higher levels of productivity and staff engagement. Between 2013 and 2019, while completing her PhD, she worked as an Occasional Lecturer at the University of Suffolk, teaching both postgraduate and undergraduate modules in Business Management and Organizational Behaviour within CIPD accredited courses. She is an experienced qualitative researcher with essential training in quantitative methods, and is passionate about impactful research in areas such as individual and organizational wellness, critique of wellbeing practices, the effects of work and organizational malpractice, creativity at work, the influence of supporting and suppressing structures, artificial intelligence in organizations, future of work, entrepreneurship studies focusing on women and innovations, and issues surrounding gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in organizational life. From 2010 to 2019, she held HR advisory positions in both private and public sector organizations, focusing on the mitigation of organizational risks related to employment relations and improving wellbeing and performance through effective policies and processes. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.