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An Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
(Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 2006-11)
Utilizing data drawn from 18 in-depth case studies the authors explore in detail the factors shaping employment in a diverse range of Irish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Existing theory in HRM is deemed inadequate ...
Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: evidence from the Republic of Ireland
(Industrial Relations Journal, 2006)
The debate concerning the emerging regulatory environment for employee voice continues apace, in particular the requirements to inform and consult employees as a
result of the European Employee Information and Consultation ...
Exploring the Relationship between HRM, Creativity Climate and Organisational Performance: Evidence from Ireland
(Academy of Management, 2009-08)
The last decade witnessed growing academic evidence suggesting that HR practices are an important predictor of organisational performance. However, the reality is that we know very little about the intermediary mechanisms ...
Different rooms, different voices: Double-breasting, multi-channel representation and the managerial agenda
(2011)
Double-breasting has been identified as where companies run union voice and non-union voice mechanisms across different plants. While research has focused on the incidence of such arrangements, there is a dearth of evidence ...
Realism or Idealism? Corporate social responsibility and the employee stakeholder in the global fast-food Industry
(2005)
The more extreme forms of employee exploitation usually found in third world or developing countries, often receives a lot of media attention. Much less is said about the exploitation of employees in the industrialised ...
The effects of implementing a Lean Six Sigma tool, Visual Process Controls, to improve month-end activities in a finance department - An Empirical Case Study
(2010-08-31)
The world that companies operate in today forces them to continually seek out and strive for new cost savings and where possible create a competitive advantage. Lean, Lean Thinking and Lean Six Sigma has seen tools and ...
The meanings and purpose of employee voice
(International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2004)
In this paper we present and assess an analytical framework for examining the different 'meanings, purposes and practices' of employee voice. The data were collected from eighteen organizations in England, Scotland and ...
Bitten by the Celtic Tiger: Immigrant Workers and Industrial Relations in the New 'Glocalized' Ireland
(Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2007)
The growth of global economic activity has resulted in a worldwide increase in migration. Despite the growing interest in migratory labour flows, there remains little detailed empirical research about the labour relations ...
Systems for team empowerment: Research on practice 2018
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2018-07)
Welcome to this collection of research papers on Systems for Team Empowerment. Achieving
empowerment in teams is complex. Not only do team leaders need to understand the complex and
nebulous interplays between systems, ...
Systems for team empowerment: Research on practice 2020
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-07)
Teams are incredible. Teamwork has raised humanity’s achievements to greatness. Not only have
most of humanity’s greatest achievement resulted from teamwork but those teams were empowered
by systems of work, systems of ...