PRTLI_HPWS:

"High Performance Work Systems in Ireland"

This is one of the five major CISC projects financed under Cycle 3 of the PRTLI (Programme of Research in Third Level Institutions) managed by the Higher Education Authority under the Irish Government's National Development Plan.

Background
Recent decades have witnessed the erosion of traditional organisational structures and hierarchies. A recent OECD report has noted that, 'the emergence of knowledge based economies ... has profound implications for the determinants of growth, the organisation of production and its effects on employment and skill requirements and may call for new orientations in industry-related policies' (OECD, 1998).
These developments have led one commentator to suggest that there now exists a growing 'representation gap' between employee and employer which may impede organisational performance (Towers, 1997). There is a tendency in much of the existing literature to over-simplify the impact of HPWS into one of two divergent perspectives. At one extreme is a 'low road' or 'bleak-house' perspective (Roche, 1999; Roche & Geary, 2000), which indicates that management systems are authoritarian, dictatorial and exploitative. Here, employers seek greater flexibility through the elimination of collective representation and intensified work regimes. In contrast, 'high road' employers may seek to foster greater trust and commitment through investments in human capital (Appelbaum et al, 2000). Such techniques can engender new forms of workplace democracy and social partnership as a key to improved organisational performance (Sparrow and Marchington 1998; Wood, 1995).

Interesting as these two divergent perspectives are, theorising about the impact of HPWS on organisational effectiveness in such 'either-or' terms tends to oversimplify and polarise practices that are, in fact, remarkably diverse and complex. High or increasing levels of trust and commitment between employer and employee may also show a 'fear of management' and 'abuse of the managerial prerogative' (Edwards, 1995; Dundon et al, 1999). It is also apparent that a 'bundle' of high performance work practices can be extremely difficult to implement (Marchington & Grugulis, 2000; Osterman, 1994). In other words, 'systems' of innovative work design remain patchy and irregular (Purcell, 1999).

This project is concerned with assessing the 'scope, impact and meaning' of HPWS and addressing the controversies which have attended its introduction in the knowledge-based economy in Ireland. It will do so through a rigorous methodological approach, as summarised under the following technical description and timeframe.

Project Leader:

Dr Tony Dundon

Participants:

Angelos Alexopoulos

Ralf Burbach

Niall Cullinane

Dr Tony Dundon

Tom Gormley

Professor Roy Green

Margaret Heffernan

Dr Kathy Monks

Dr Yasmin Rittau

Professor William Roche

Technical description

Task 1 Literature review, conceptualisation of issues, consideration of appropriate research instruments.The first task is to undertake a comprehensive review of existing theoretical and empirical literature concerning high performance work systems. It is envisaged that such a review will focus attention on the advantages and limitations of different research methodologies that seek to draw meaningful conclusions in the area of HPWS and its links to performance.
Task 2 Design of research framework and piloting of data collection instruments The main focus during the second stage will be the operationalisation of the conceptual, empirical and theoretical frameworks identified above. It is also anticipated that the literature review will be on-going during this task, with a focus on recent institutional, political and cultural factors that have shaped the context of changing skills, technologies and employment.

Task 3 Fieldwork ö survey data collection Task three will focus on a survey of the work practices across a stratified sample of regional innovative organisations. The aim is to establish the extent and range of HPWS across the growing 'knowledge-based' economy of Ireland. The full survey will follow analysis of a pilot questionnaire to test the conceptual and empirical research framework previously identified.

Task 4 Fieldwork - case study data collection The research team will spend a period of time in a selected number of case study organisations. The aim is to follow up issues identified during the survey stage. This will provide deeper analysis from company management, employees and union representatives (where recognised). The basis for selecting suitable case studies will be determined by the criteria for defining regional innovative organisations but also reflect dissimilarity in terms of sector, workforce, sizes and union and non-unionised cases.

Task 5 Writing-up, dissemination of results The final stage in the project will be analysis and write-up. It is the intention to disseminate findings at both academic and practitioner conferences.

Publications, presentations etc, for this project:

Books:

Dundon, T., Rollinson, D. "Employment Relations in Non-Union Firms" Book/Research Monograph. Routledge: London (2004) June

Flood, P., M. Heffernan, J. Farrell, S. MacCurtain, T. O'Hara, P. O'Regan, and C. Carroll. 2002. "Managing Knowledge-based Organisations - Top Management Teams and Innovation in the Indigenous Software Industry."

Journal articles:

Alexopoulos, A., 2007 Human resource Development in a Knowledge Economy by R. Harrisson & J. Kessels, Personnel Review 36 (1) 155 -158

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B., 2006, 'University-Business Collaboration: Company Formation Issues and Challenges', Irish Journal of Management Studies, Vol 26

Dundon, T. "Employer Hostility to Union Organising in the Uk." Industrial Relations Journal, 2002, 33(3), pp. 234-45.

Dundon, T. "Facilitating Change through Employee Involvement." Journal of Human Resources and Employment Review, 2003, 1(3), pp. 132-38.

Dundon, T. "Management Choice and Employee Voice." Industrial Relations News, 2002, 30, pp. 19-23.

Dundon, T. "Personnel Policies and Procedures." The Informed Student Guide to Human Resource Management, 2002.

Dundon, T. "The State of Employee Information & Consultation in Ireland." LRC Review, 2003, 1(2), pp. 15-20.

Dundon, T. "Trade Union Recognition." The Informed Student Guide to Human Resource Management, 2002.

Dundon, T. Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. and McDonough, T. �Bitten by the Celtic Tiger: immigrant workers and industrial relations in the new �Glocalised� Ireland�. Economic and Industrial Democracy. (Forthcoming)

Dundon, T., 'Book review of 'Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice (2004)', IRL Press, Ithaca' Comparative Labour Law and Policy Journal, Volume 24 (3), p 525-528, 2005

Dundon, T., 'Book review of 'The Future of Worker Representation', by G. Healy, E. Heery, P. Taylor and W. Brown (2004)', Palgrave Macmillan, Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 47 (2), p 242, 2005

Dundon, T., Wilkinson, A., Marchington, M. & Ackers, P., The meanings and purpose of employee voice Journal Article International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2004 (September) Vol 15 (6), pp 1150-1171

Dundon, T., Wilkinson, A., Marchington, M., & Ackeres, P., 'The Management of Voice in Non-Union Organisations: Managers Perspectives' Employee Relations, Vol 27 (3), pp 307-319, February 2005

Flood, P.; Heffernan, M.; Farrell, J.; MacCurtain, S.; O'Hara, T.; O'Regan, P. and Carroll, C. "Managing Knowledge-Based Organisations - Top Management Teams and Innovation in the Indigenous Software Industry." 2002.

Geary, J.F. and Roche, W.K. "Workplace Partnership and the Displaced Activist Thesis." Industrial Relations Journal, 2003, 34(1), pp. 32-51.

Gormley, T., 'After Habermas: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere'Book Review in International Journal of Contempory Sociology, April 2005

Harney, B. (2006) �Myths, leprechauns and the illusive pot of gold: The challenge of sustaining Ireland�s economic success�, International Affairs Journal, UC Davies, Spring 2006.

Harney, B. and Dundon, T. (2006) �An Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises�, Advances in Industrial Relations, Vol. 16 (forthcoming)

Harney, B., & Dundon, T., 'Capturing Complexity: Developing an integrated approach to analysing HRM in SMEs' Human Resource Management Journal, Vol 16, No 1, pp 48-73

O'Donnell, D.; Porter, G.; McGuire, D.; Garavan, T.N. and Heffernan, M. "Creating Intellectual Capital: A Habermasian Community of Practice Introduction." Journal of European Industrial Training, 2003, 27(2/3/4), pp. 80-88.

Rittau, Y. "Regional Labour Councils, Local Employment Generation and Labour-Community Coalitions." Journal of Industrial Relations, 2003, pp. 397-402.

Roche, W.K. and Cradden, T. "Neo-Corporatism and Social Partnership," M. a. M. Adshead, eds, Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: Theory and Methods. London: Routledge, 2003, 69-87.

Roche, W.K. "Whither Partnership in the Public Sector." Administrations, 2002, 50(3), pp. 3-26.

Roche, W.K. and Geary, J. "Advocates, Critics and Union Involvement in Workplace Partnership: Irish Airports." British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2002, 40(4), pp. 659-88.

Royle, T. "Employment Practices of Multinationals in the Spanish and German Quick-Food Sectors: Low Road Convergence." European Journal of Industrial Relations, 10(1), pp. 51-71.

Royle, T. and Towers, B. Regulating Employee Interest Representation: The Case of Mcdonald's in the Europe Union. Connecticut, 2003.

Royle, T., 'Realism or Idealism? Corporate social responsibility and the employee stakeholder in the global fast-food industry' Business Ethics: A European Review, Vol 14, No. 1, 42-55, January 2005

Royle. T., 'The union recognition dispute at McDonald's Moscow food processing factory' Industrial Relations Journal, July 2005, 36, 4: 318-332

Ryan, P.; Dundon, T. and Harvey, N. "A Study of Conditions in the Irish Hotel and Transport Sectors," European Foundation for Working & Living Conditions, 2003.

Wilkinson, A., Dundon, T., Marchington, M., & Ackers, P. "The Changing Patterns of Employee Voice" Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004 (September), Vol 46 (3), pp 297-321

Book chapters:

Ackers, P., Marchington, M., Wilkinson, A., Dundon, T., "Partnership and Voice, with or without Trade Unions: Changing UK management approaches to organizational participation" Book Chapter, in M. Stuart, and M. Martinez Lucio (eds) Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations, Routledge: London (2004, September)

Dundon, T. and Wilkinson, A. "Employment Relations in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises," in Handbook of Employment Relations and Employment Law. London: Kogan Press, 2003

Dundon, T., & Wilkinson, A., "Employment Relations in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises", Book Chapter: in B. Towers (ed), Handbook of Employment Relations and Employment Law, London, Kogan Press.

Roche, WK., and Geary, J., 'The Future of Information and Consultation in Ireland' In J. Storey ed. The Future of Information and Consultation, London: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2005

Royle, T. and Towers, B. 'Regulating employee interest representation: the case of McDonald's in the Europe Union', in Cooke, W. N. (ed.) Multinationals and the Global Human Resource Strategies, Connecticut: Quorum 2003

CISC Working papers:

Burbach, R. and Dundon, T. "The Use of People Management Technologies in Ireland," CISC Working Paper No. 11 Details >>

Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M., & Ryan, P., 'Organisational Change and Employee Information and Consultation', CISC Working Paper No. 12, Details >>

Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., McDonough, T, & Dundon, T., Labour Relations Practices and Migrant Workers in Ireland, CISC Working Paper No: 22, December 2005 Details >>

Monks, K.; Loughnane, M. and McMackin, J. 'Designing a HR System: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Performance', CISC Working Paper No. 6 Details >>

Monks, K.; Loughnane, M. and McMackin, J. 'Greenfield Sites in Brownfield Locations: Creating New HR Systems by Managing Old HR Problems', CISC Working Paper No. 5 Details >>

Rittau, Y., 'Regional Union Response to Restructuring : a case study of an Australian trades council', CISC Working Paper No. 4. Details >>

Reports, monographs, working papers etc:

Ackers, P., Marchington, M., Wilkinson A., and Dundon, T., (2003), "Partnership and Voice, With or Without Trade Unions: Changing UK Management Approaches to Organisational Participation", Loughborough University Business School Working Series Papers No 4, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK. Details >>

Burbach, R. and Dundon, T. "Ebusiness Enablement for Irish Smes: Report on Survey Use of Human Resource Information Systems," Enterprise Ireland/CISC Report, 2003.

Burbach, R., Dundon, T., "The Use of People Management Technologies in Ireland" Centre for Innovation & Structural Change (CISC), Research Report No. 11

Cunningham, J., & Harney,B., 'Varieties of Excellence: A Review of International Best Practice Pertaining to the Structure, Activities and Responsibliities of ILOs (Industrial Liaison Offices)' Policy Report presented to Technology Transfer Review Group, National University of Ireland, Galway, September 2004

Dundon, T., Wilkinson, A., Marchington, M., and Ackers, P., (2003), 'The Changing Patterns of Employee Voice' Loughborough University Business School Working Series Papers No 2, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.

Heffernan, M., & Dundon, T., High Performance Work Systems and Employee Outcomes: Rebalancing the argument Working Paper Series International Industrial Relations Association (HRM Study Group) September 2004

Conference papers/presentations:

Ackers, P., Marchington, M., Wilkinson A., and Dundon, T., 'Partnership with or without Trade Unions: Changing Management Approaches to Organizational Participation' paper presented at the 19th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference, Copenhagen, 3rd-5th July 2003 Details >>

Ackers, P.; Marchington, M.; Wilkinson, A. and Dundon, T. "Partnership & Voice, with or without Trade Unions: Changing Uk Management Approaches to Organisational Participation," Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, 2003.

Alexopoulos, A. An Empirical Test of the Impact of Social Capital on Interpersonal Knowledge Transfer. The 8th Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management, 7th-9th September 2005 Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland. Conference Proceedings.

Alexopoulous, A.,& Monks, K., "A Social Capital Perspective on the Role of Human Resources Practices in Intra-Organisational Knowledge Sharing", 5th International Conference on Human Resource Development (HRD) Research and Practice across Europe, University of Limerick, Ireland, 27th - 28th May 2004.

Burbach, R., & Dundon, T., "The Strategic Potential of Human Resource Information Systems in Ireland" Irish Academy of Management Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 2-3 September, 2004 Paper Presentation International

Burbach, R., & Dundon, T., 'Exhausting the Strategic Potential of Human Resource Information Technology', Conference paper to International Association of Management Conference Proceedings, Volume 21, Number 2, pp. 313-320, Norfolk, Virginia, 14th - 18th April 2004

Colleran-Murphy, A., & Dundon, T., "The Diffusion of Training and Development Practices: The Case of a Public Sector Organisation", Conference paper presented at the 5th UFHRD Conference in HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, University of Limerick, 27th - 28th May 2004

Conway, E., & Monks, K., 'Understanding Employee Commitment to Change: The role of line managers and Human Resource Practices' European Academy of Management Conference, 5th May 2005

Conway, E., Monks, K., Whitney, F., 'Building commitment to change in the health service: do human resource management practices matter? Irish Acamdey of Management Conference, September 2005

Cunningham, J and Harney, B. (2006) �Unearthing the Strategist�, European Academy of Management, Oslo 17-20th May 2006.

Cunningham, J., Harney, B., and O�Dea, E. �In Search of the Strategist: Lessons from TravelCo�, British Academy of Management, Oxford University, September 2005 (Awarded best paper in Strategy as Practice Track)

Cunningham, J., Harney, B., and O�Dea, E. �The Formation, Motivation, Skills and Roles of the Strategist: The Case of TravelCo�, Strategic Management Society, Florida, October 2005

Cunningham, J., Harney, B., and O�Dea, E. �The Strategist and Strategizing: The Case of TravelCo��, Irish Academy of Management Conference, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, September 2005

Curran, D., Dundon, T., Maloney M., & Ryan, P.,"Employee Information and Consultation: The Rising of a 'New' Collectivist Dawn"?, paper presented to the 18th Annual Employment Research Conference, Cardiff Business School, 10th-11th September 2003

Curran, D.; Dundon, T.; Maloney, M. and Ryan, P. "Employee Information and Consultation: The Rising of a 'New' Collectivist Dawn?," 18th Annual Employment Research Conference. Cardiff Business School, 2003. Details >>

Dundon, T. "Innovation and High Performance Work Systems in a Knowledge-Based Economy," European Knowledge Management Conference, MIK/Connex Research Congress. San Sebastian, Spain, 2003.

Dundon, T. "The Changing Pattern of Employee Voice: Reflections, Regulations and Future Directions from the Uk and Republic of Ireland," Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Annual Conference. Melbourne, 2003.

Dundon, T. "Union Avoidance and Employer Hostility to Union Organising in the Uk," 54th Annual Industrial Relations Research Association Conference, Shaping the Workplace of the Future. Atlanta, USA, 2002.

Dundon, T. "Union Busting and Union Organising: Comparative Reflections and International Trajectories," International Human Resource Management Conference. University of Limerick, 2003.

Dundon, T., & Ryan, P., "Organisational Change, Employment Regulation and Participation: The European Information and Consultation Directive", Paper presented to Colloquium on the Workplace of the Future: Perspectives from the European Union and Canada, Bishop's University, Quebec, Canada, 27-28th May 2004

Dundon, T., 'An emerging regulatory environment for employee information and consultation: evidence from Irish case studies' Department of Personnel and Employment Relations, University of Limerick, 14th April 2005

Dundon, T., 'Partnership and Voice: cooperative relations and behavioural outcomes' CISC (HPWS) Colloquium Workshop, NUI Galway, 18th May 2005

Dundon, T., (2003), "Innovation and high performance work systems in a knowledge-based economy", paper presented to the European Knowledge Management Conference, MIK/Connex Research Congress, San Sebastian, Spain, 12-14th November, 2003.

Dundon, T., (2003), Symposium: "Union busting and union organising: comparative reflections and international trajectories", paper presented to the International Human Resource Management Conference, 3rd-6th June, University of Limerick.

Dundon, T., Curran, D., Ryan, P., & Maloney, M., 'Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: evidence from the Republic of Ireland' Workshop on Consultation and non-union employee representation in the European workplace, London School of Economics (LSE), 17th of March 2005

Dundon, T., Harney, B., "An Open Systems Theory of HRM: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland Industrial Relations in Europe Conference: Governance issues in shifting industrial and employment relations", Utrecht, 26-28 August 2004 Paper Presentation International

Dundon, T.; Curran, D.; Ryan, P. and Maloney, M. "Employee Information and Consultation in a Changing Economy," IV International HRM Workshop. Cadiz, Spain, 2003.

Dundon, T.; Wilkinson, A.; Marchington, M. and Ackers, P. "The Changing Patterns of Employee Voice," Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, 2003.

Flood, P.; Halpin, B.; Heffernan, M. and Lynch, L. "Employability - the New Moral Contract," Irish Academy of Management Conference. Waterford Institute of Technology, 2002.

Gonzalez Perez, M., Dundon, T., "Those the Celtic Tiger Have Bitten: The Integration of Migrant Workers in Ireland" The 17th Annual Conference of the Women's Studies Association, UK and Ireland, University College Dublin, 8 - 10 July 2004 Paper Presentation International

Gonzalez Perez, Maria-Alejandra Integration of Latin-American workers in the European and United States labour market: a psycho-sociological perspective Forum on Psychological Research, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia. 26th August 2004 Oral Presentation International

Gonzalez, MA., and Dundon, T., 'Labour rights issues for non-national workers in Ireland", paper presented to the Conference: Global Trade and the Implications for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, 4th October 2003

Gonzalez-Perez, M., & Glavee, T., 'Is Fair Trade Fair?' NUIG's Global Awareness Week (GRA). 10th March 2005, at Bank of Ireland Theatre. NUI, Galway,Ireland

Gonzalez-Perez, M., 'Social Responsibility Networks and Labour Relations: a case study from the banana industry in Colombia' Development Economics Symposium, 14th April 2005, at NUI Galway, Ireland

Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., & McDonough T., Banana Wars: Multi-stakeholders and Corporate Governance. Paper read at 3rd International Conference on Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility , 4th July 2004, at The Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., & McDonough T., Social Responsibiity Networks: Integrating the social movement on non-traditional bargaining issues in labour relations: The case of the banana industry. Paper presented at the Seminar Series of the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 3rd June 2005

Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., & McDonough, T., 'Placing Ireland in socially responsible networks of global banana production' Paper read at Conference of Irish Geographers 2005, 7th May 2005 at NUI Galway, Ireland

Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., Sindicalismo e integracion de trabajadores inmigrante en los Estados Unidos y en Irlanda. Paper read at Jornadas de Investigacion en Psicologia, 26th August 2004, at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia

Gormley, T.,"Critical Theory and Labour-Management Partnership: The Structure of Dialogue and its Impact on Outcomes" Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Annual Conference. Paper: 3 Sept 2003

Harney, B �It's a small but complex world: The dynamic nature of informality and control in employment relations in Irish SMEs�, Irish Academy of Management Conference, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, September 2005 Details >>

Harney, B. and Dundon, T. (2006) �An Open System Approach to Capturing the Determinants of HRM in SMEs: Evidence from Ireland�, European Academy of Management, Oslo 17-20th May 2006.

Harney, B. and Dundon, T. (2006) �An Open System Approach to Capturing the Determinants of HRM in SMEs: Evidence from Ireland�, European Academy of Management, Oslo 17-20th May 2006.

Harney, B. and Jordan, C. (2006) �Unlocking the Black Box: Line managers, HRM and Performance in a Call Centre Context�, European Academy of Management, Oslo 17-20th May 2006.

Harney, B. and Jordan, C. (2006) �Unlocking the Black Box: Line managers, HRM and Performance in a Call Centre Context�, European Academy of Management, Oslo 17-20th May 2006.

Harney, B. �(Re)evaluating the nature and extent of strategic choice in HRM decisions�, Judge Business School, Inaugural Doctoral Conference, December, 2005

Harney, B., & Dundon, T., 'An Emergent Theory of HRM: A theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)' AILR/IRRA Best Paper Section, Industrial Relations Research Association Annual Meeting, January 2005, Philadelphia

Harney, B., 'Contemporty Developments in Strategy', Invited Lectures, Department of Management NUI Galway, February 2004, 2005, 2006

Harney, B., 2004 'University Technology Transfer and Commercialisation of Research, Lessons from International Best Practice', Paper presented at the National University of Ireland, Galway Annual CISC Seminar Series, October 2004

Harney, B., and Dundon, T., Towards an "Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)" Irish Academy of Management Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 2-3 September 2004 (Awarded Joint Best Paper in the HRM Track)

Harney, B., Change Management, Guest Lecture, November 30th 2005

Heffernan, M., High Performance Work Systems and Employee Outcomes: Rebalancing the debate IIRA HRM Study Group, 7th IIRA European Congress, September 11th 2004 Poster Presentation International Conference

Heffernan, M., High Performance Work Systems and Employee Outcomes: Rebalancing the debate Irish Academy of Management, Trinity College, Dublin 2-5th September, 2004 Paper Presentation International Conference

Heffernan, M., Why integrate Competencies into HR Strategy? Using Competency based tools and applications to Drive Strategy CIPD Northern Ireland Branch, Belfast. 20th October, 2004 Invited Guest speaker. Professional knowledge update- linking research and best practice National Seminar

Heffernan, M., 'High Performance Work Systems and Employee Outcomes: The role of social justice theory in rebalancing the debate'. EURAM-EDAMBA-EIASM Doctoral Consortium, European Academy of Management (EURAM), Munich, 4-7 May 2005

Heffernan, M., High Performance Work Systems and Employee Outcomes Rebalancing the Debate, Paper presented at UCC/IAM Doctoral Colloquium, University College Cork, April 26th 2004

Jordan, C. and Harney, B �Unlocking the black box: An exploratory study into the mediating variables of the HRM � Performance link in the call centre context�, Irish Academy of Management Conference, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, September, 2005

Monks, K., Unwrapping the HRM bundle: Bundles or building blocks? Department of HRM, University of Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2004 Guest Lecture International

Monks, K., "The design of HR systems in power stations: researching change processes". HRM Research conference, University of Bath. Paper. British national conference.

Monks, K., Loughnane, M., 'Unwrapping the Bundle: Human Resource Management in Power Utilities' Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, New Zealand, 11-13 Decmeber 2004

Monks, K., McMackin, J., and Loughnane, M., 'Designing a HR System: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Performance', Irish Academy of Management Conference, Graduate School of Business, Dublin, 2/3 September 2003

Monks, K.; McMackin, J. and Loughnane, M. "Greenfield Sites in Brownfield Locations, Creating New Hr Systems by Solving Old Hr Problems," 7th Conference on International HRM. Limerick, 4-6 June 2003.

Rittau, Y. and Dundon, T. "Cross-Dressing of New and Old Industrial Relations: Interrelationships between Enterprise Partnership and Traditional Industrial Relations in Ireland," Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. Noosa Australia, February 2004.

Rittau, Y., 'Regional Union Response to Regional Restructuring' paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Conference, London 2-5 September 2003

Rittau, Y., Dundon, T., 'Workplace Union Organisation and Partnership: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland'British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Nottingham University, 1st - 3rd July 2004 Paper Presentation International

Roche, B. Human Resource Management & Business Programme Fas Excellence Through People Networking Day Oral Presentation National

Roche, B. "Social Partnership and the Eu and Social Partnership in Ireland," University of Malta and Fredrich Ebert Foundation, 5th December 2003.

Roche, B., "Partnership in Irish Airports". Presentation at the University of Malta, 4th December 2003

Roche, B., 'The Changing Landscape of Industrial Relations in Ireland' Labour Relations Commission and Labour Relations Agency of Northern Ireland Dublin, November 2005

Roche, W. K., 'Making Sense of Change in Irish Employment Relations' Lecture in Queen's University Belfast, 11th February 2005

Royle, T. "Global Avoidance Strategies: Busting Trade Unions and Eliminating Independent Employee Representation on Three Continents," The Industrial Relations Research Association Conference. San Diego, California, USA, 1-3 January 2004.

Royle, T. "Low Road Convergence: Diversity of the Beginning of the End for National Industrial Relations Systems," The Industrial Relations Research Association Conference. San Diego, California, USA, 1-3 January 2004.

Royle, T., "The Dominance Effect": Multinational Corporation Employment Practices in the Italian Quick Food Service Sector International Conference on Multinationals. IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, 15-17 July 2004 Oral Plenary Presentation International

Royle, T., "Corporate social responsibility and the employee stakeholder in the European quick food sector". Symposium on corporate social responsibility, University of Nottingham, December 2003 Oral presentation. National conference.

Royle, T., "Workplace futures and the dominance effect of multinational corporations". EU-Canada Colloquium on the workplace of the future, Montreal, 26-28th May 2004 Oral presentation. International conference.

Royle, T., 'Changing Employment relations in the Italian Quick Food Service Sector' 23rd International Labour Process Conference , University of Strasthclyde, Glasgow, 21-23 March 2005

Royle, T., 'Customised social regimes and the dominance effect: The cross-firm transmission of employee relations practices in the French and Italian quick food service sectors' British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference 7 - 9 July 2005, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Royle, T., 'The Dominance Effect: Multinational Corporation Employment Practices in the Italian Quick Food Service Sector' Guest lecture at the Smurfitt Business School, UCD, Dublin 11th March 2005

Zeffane, R., Morgan, D., & Dundon, T., Organisational Change and the Fate of Employee Loyalty in Competitive Markets: Management and Change Strategies in Financial and Business Services British Academy of Management Annual Conference, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 30 August ? 1 September 2004 Paper Presentation International

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