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Uncloaking the dark side of organizational behaviour: exploring organizational dysfunction in financial institutions in Ireland, the UK and the US

MacKenzie, Clíodhna (University of Limerick, 2014)

The financial crisis has highlighted the impact of human failure on a global scale. The financial crisis has illuminated the individual, organizational, institutional and societal impact of dysfunctional or dark side ...
Under the microscope: a profile of the family business in Ireland

Birdthistle, Naomi; Fleming, Patricia (National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway Ireland., 2007)

A review of the entrepreneurship and small business literature indicates that little to no research has examined family businesses in Ireland in terms of their structure and composition, the management of the family business, ...
The unintended consequences of role modelling behaviour in female career progression

Cross, Christine; Linehan, Margaret; Murphy, Caroline (Emerald Publishing Group Ltd, 2017)

Much of the literature identifies the positive nature of role models in career progression. In this paper we take the contrary perspective and explore whether role modelling behaviour of senior female managers can be ...
Union availability, union membership and immigrant workers: An empirical investigation of the Irish case

Turner, Thomas; D'Art, Daryl; O'Sullivan, Michelle (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.,, 2008)

Purpose – The paper’s purpose is to examine the propensity of recent immigrants to join Irish trade unions compared to Irish workers. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on the 2005 Quarterly National ...
Union status and double-breasting at multinational companies in three liberal market economies.

Ryan Lamare, J; Gunnigle, Patrick; Marginson, Paul; Murray, Gregor (SAGE Publications, 2013)

The relationships among employee representation, formal union status, and employer strategies within and across institutional regimes offer a variegated landscape in the context of globalization. Key questions remain ...
Unions on the edge? Industrial relations in multinational companies

Lavelle, Jonathan; Gunnigle, Patrick; McDonnell, Anthony (2008)

The extent and nature of collective employee representation in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland has been the subject of intense debate over recent decades. Yet despite numerous commentaries on this and other aspects ...
Unravelling home and host country effects: an investigation of the HR policies of an American multinational in four European countries

Almond, Philip; Edwards, Tony; Colling, Trevor; Ferner, Anthony; Gunnigle, Patrick; Muller-Camen, Michael; Quintanilla, Javier; Wachter, Hartmut (Wiley and Sons, 2005)

This article argues that the institutional “home” and “host” country effects on employment policy and practice in multinational corporations (MNCs) need to be analyzed within a framework which takes more account both of ...
Unveiling everyday reflexivity tactics in a sustainable community

Casey, Katherine; Lichrou, Maria; O'Malley, Lisa (SAGE Publications, 2016)

Approaches to enhancing sustainability have largely focused on altering individual consumption behaviors. However, this focus on the individual consumer has been recently critiqued because the behavior of individuals is ...
US multinationals and human resource management in Ireland: towards a qualitative research agenda

Gunnigle, Patrick; Collings, David G; Morley, Michael; McAvinue, Catherine; O'Callaghan, Anne; Shore, Deirdre (Irish Academy of Management, 2003)

US-owned multinational corporations (MNCs) are dominant actors in the world economy and are particularly significant in the Irish context. This paper profiles US foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ireland, focusing ...
Using prediction markets for decision support

Buckley, Patrick (University of Limerick, 2011)

Organisations have always faced the challenge of making decisions in the context of large, dynamic, complex environments. The information technology revolution has increased by several orders of magnitude the information ...
Using simulation to develop entrepreneurial skills and mind-set: an exploratory case study

Costin, Yvonne; O'Brien, Michael P.; Slattery, Darina M. (International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018)

Entrepreneurs need to develop a range of skills to be successful, including skills in decision making, risk management, problem solving, communication, and teamwork. Games and simulations are increasingly being used in ...
Weathering the storm? Multinational companies and human resource management through the global financial crisis

Gunnigle, Patrick; Lavelle, Jonathan; Monaghan, Sinéad (Emerald Publishing Group Ltd.,, 2013)

Purpose - This paper aims to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on human resource management (HRM) in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. It focuses on four key areas of BR, namely staffing, pay and ...
Welcome to college? Developing a richer understanding of the transition process for mature first year students using reflective written journals

Risquez, Angelica; Moore, Sarah; Morley, Michael (SAGE Publications, 2008)

This study investigates the process of adjustment among adult learners by focusing on their own perceptions as they make the transition to higher education in an Irish setting, in order to gain a richer understanding about ...
Well-being and functioning at work following thefts and robberies: a comparative study

Setti, Ilaria; van der Velden, Peter G.; Sommovigo, Valentina; Ferretti, Maria S.; Giorgi, Gabriele; O'Shea, Deirdre; Argentero, Piergiorgio (Frontiers Media, 2018)

Thefts and robberies may be traumatizing experiences for employees. The aim of this study is to explore to what extent experiencing robberies and/or thefts at work affect workers’ mental health, coping-self-efficacy, ...
What can we learn from "Not much more than g"?

Murphy, Kevin R (MDPI, 2017)

A series of papers showing that measures of general cognitive ability predicted performance on the job and in training and that measures of specific cognitive abilities rarely made an incremental contribution to prediction ...
When does proactivity have a cost? Motivation at work moderates the effects of proactive work behavior on employee job strain.

Strauss, Karoline; Parker, Sharon K; O'Shea, Deirdre (Elsevier, 2017)

The literature on proactivity has focused primarily on its positive performance outcomes. However, the effects of proactive behavior on employees' well-being are relatively unknown. We theorize that when an individuals' ...
Where’s the harm in tax competition? Lessons from US multinationals in Ireland

Killian, Sheila (Elsevier, 2006)

The term “harmful tax competition” has become endemic. It is taken as a tautology that competition among nations for the favors of multinational companies, using their tax systems as bait, is harmful. This is a view held ...
Who are the multinationals? A methodological critique

McDonnell, Anthony; Lavelle, Jonathan; Gunnigle, Patrick; Collings, David G (2005)

In the context of burgeoning research on multinational corporations (MNCs) this paper addresses the issue of the representativeness of databases of multinational corporations (MNCs) in Ireland. It identifies some important ...
Why humansitic approaches in HRD won't work

McGuire, David; Cross, Christine; O'Donnell, David (Wiley, 2005)

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone unchallenged, despite ...
Why Ireland? a qualitative review of the factors Influencing the location of US multinationals in Ireland with particular reference to the impact of labour issues

Gunnigle, Patrick; McGuine, David (Economic and Social Research Institute, 2001)

The encouragement of foreign direct investment (FDI) represents a key plank of industrial policy in Ireland. This paper considers the impact of labour issues on the decision of US multinational corporations (MNCs) to ...

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