Elina Honkasalo
D.Sc. (Econ.)
elina.honkasalo@utu.fi |
Stress; stress management; recovery; mindfulness; psychological flexibility; Acceptance and Commitment Training; occupational/work wellbeing; work–life-balance; resilience
My doctoral dissertation, published in 2025, examined recovery from work, with a particular focus on promoting recovery through a recovery intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Training. I am currently researching organisational factors influencing recovery from work and also work as a university teacher.
I work as a university teacher in the unit of Management and Organisation. I teach the courses TEVYA: Futures Thinking, Personal Competencies and Project Work and JO1: Leadership, Work Performance and Wellbeing. In addition, I supervise Bachelor’s theses in Management and Organisation.
I also serve as one of the teacher tutors ("omaopettaja") in our discipline and occasionally act as a guest lecturer on other courses. Furthermore, I regularly give lectures on my research themes outside the university.
- Recovery from work: Improving recovery through acceptance and commitment training (2025) Honkasalo, Elina
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for work stress recovery (Conference abstract, EAWOP Congress 2023, Katowice, Poland) (2023) EAWOP Congress. The Future is now: the Changing World of Work. Book of abstracts Honkasalo Elina, Jokisaari Markku
(Other publication) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based Intervention for Work Stress Recovery - Preliminary Results (Conference Poster, ACBS World Conference 2022, San Francisco, USA)
(2022) Honkasalo Elina, Jokisaari Markku
(Other publication) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Context of Work – A Systematic Review
(Conference abstract, WORK2021, Turku Finland) (2021) WORK2021: Work beyond crisis. Abstract book - WORK I Honkasalo Elina
(Other publication) - Recovery from Work Stress: A Mindful and Value-Based Approach on Recovery
(Presentation at the British Academy of Management Doctoral Symposium 2021)
(2021) Honkasalo Elina
(Other publication) - Research plan presentation at the Finnish Graduate School of Management and Organization (GRAMO) (2021) Honkasalo Elina
(Other publication) - Narrative Review of Work Stress Recovery Intervention Studies (Conference abstract, the Nordic Academy of Management Conference 2019, Vaasa Finland) (2019) Elina Honkasalo
(Other publication) - Research proposal presentation at EURAM Doctoral Colloquium (2019) Honkasalo Elina
(Other publication) - Työkuormituksesta ja -stressistä palautumisen lyhyt oppimäärä (2019)
- Henry ry: Blogit ja Kuukauden kasvo
(E1 Popularised article)