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Overview
I am a lecturer within the Management, Employment and Organisation subject group at Cardiff Business School.
Broadly speaking, my research interests relate to critical management and organisation studies, particularly regarding issues such as power and identity in the workplace. More specifically, my research currently focusses on workplace health promotion and the discourse of workplace wellbeing. I have recently been interested in thinking about how critical approaches to workplace health promotion may lead to arguments for alternative forms of organisation.
I completed my PhD at Cardiff University in 2019. My thesis looked at workplace wellbeing programmes in terms of the power relations between employer and employee, considering what it means to be sick or healthy within the workplace. Since completing my thesis I have been working on publications relating to this research.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and I teach on modules related to business ethics and critical management studies. I am also a departmental representative on the School's research ethics committee.
Publication
2024
- Harvey, G. and Wallace, J. 2024. A third indeterminacy of labour power: Worker health investment and the indeterminacy of labour health. Sociology of Health & Illness 46(8), pp. 1587-1601. (10.1111/1467-9566.13807)
- Harvey, G. and Wallace, J. 2024. Work-related health and safety issues must be paid for by employers, not the public. The Conversation 2024(27 May)
2023
- Galazka, A. M. and Wallace, J. 2023. Challenging the ‘dirty worker’ – ‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualising worker-client relations in dirty work. International Journal of Management Reviews 25(4), pp. 707-724. (10.1111/ijmr.12330)
- Watson, D., Wallace, J., Land, C. and Patey, J. 2023. Re-organising wellbeing: Contexts, critiques and contestations of dominant wellbeing narratives. Organization 30(3), pp. 441-452. (10.1177/13505084231156267)
- Wallace, J. and Prakasam, N. 2023. Power and the dark side of leadership. In: Prakasam, N. ed. Leadership: A Diverse, Inclusive and Critical Approach. Sage Publications, pp. 131-156.
2022
- Wallace, J. 2022. Making a healthy change: a historical analysis of workplace wellbeing. Management and Organizational History 17(1-2), pp. 20-42. (10.1080/17449359.2022.2068152)
- Wallace, J., Willmott, H. and Brewis, J. 2022. Culture. In: Knights, D. and Wilmott, H. eds. Introducing Organizational Behaviour & Management. Cengage, pp. 344-376.
2019
- Wallace, J. 2019. Productive sickness: Wellbeing discourse, employee subjectivity and the organisation of ill-health. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2018
- Wallace, J. 2018. Why having a conversation about mental health in the workplace might not be so simple. The Conversation 2018(Oct 10)
Articles
- Harvey, G. and Wallace, J. 2024. A third indeterminacy of labour power: Worker health investment and the indeterminacy of labour health. Sociology of Health & Illness 46(8), pp. 1587-1601. (10.1111/1467-9566.13807)
- Harvey, G. and Wallace, J. 2024. Work-related health and safety issues must be paid for by employers, not the public. The Conversation 2024(27 May)
- Galazka, A. M. and Wallace, J. 2023. Challenging the ‘dirty worker’ – ‘clean client’ dichotomy: Conceptualising worker-client relations in dirty work. International Journal of Management Reviews 25(4), pp. 707-724. (10.1111/ijmr.12330)
- Watson, D., Wallace, J., Land, C. and Patey, J. 2023. Re-organising wellbeing: Contexts, critiques and contestations of dominant wellbeing narratives. Organization 30(3), pp. 441-452. (10.1177/13505084231156267)
- Wallace, J. 2022. Making a healthy change: a historical analysis of workplace wellbeing. Management and Organizational History 17(1-2), pp. 20-42. (10.1080/17449359.2022.2068152)
- Wallace, J. 2018. Why having a conversation about mental health in the workplace might not be so simple. The Conversation 2018(Oct 10)
Book sections
- Wallace, J. and Prakasam, N. 2023. Power and the dark side of leadership. In: Prakasam, N. ed. Leadership: A Diverse, Inclusive and Critical Approach. Sage Publications, pp. 131-156.
- Wallace, J., Willmott, H. and Brewis, J. 2022. Culture. In: Knights, D. and Wilmott, H. eds. Introducing Organizational Behaviour & Management. Cengage, pp. 344-376.
Thesis
- Wallace, J. 2019. Productive sickness: Wellbeing discourse, employee subjectivity and the organisation of ill-health. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Contact Details
+44 29225 10746
Aberconway Building, Room D01, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Research themes
Specialisms
- Organisation and management theory
- Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
- Organisational behaviour
- Business ethics