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Dr Denise Holland

B.Comm, M.Sc., PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer Above The Bar
MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
University of Galway
E: denise.holland@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Having worked in the private sector for over 30 years, Denise has broad management experience from a range of disciplines including Business Development, Operations, Quality, Human Resource Management, Global Vendor Management and Management Consulting. In 2011, she was awarded a first class honours Masters in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management. She completed a self-funded PhD in 2015 on Talent retention post M&A  "an interpretive study of talent's pull-to-stay post-acquisition, a multiple case study".

Denise is the Programme Director of the MSc in International Management at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway. Her research interests are Talent and Talent Management and the modules she teaches include: Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management and Digital Business & People Analytics.

She holds a PostGrad Cert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (2018), is an associate member of CIPD and holds certification in Levels A & B+ Intermediate Psychometric Testing.

Research Interests

Talent Management
Human side of Cross-Border Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Psychological Contract
People Analytics

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
Achieving Scientific Excellence and Impact in Ireland: The Role of Talent and Human Capital Management in National Science Foundations 01-MAR-18 30-SEP-21

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'Talent management in public science funding organizations: institutional logics, paradoxical tensions and HR actor responses'
McCarthy, A., Garavan, T., Holland, D., Bohle Carbonell, K., Virtanen, T., O'Kane, P. and Van Wart, M. (2022) 'Talent management in public science funding organizations: institutional logics, paradoxical tensions and HR actor responses'. Public Management Review, [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'Towards a Talent Retention Model: Mapping the Building Blocks of the Psychological Contract to the Three Stages of the Acquisition Process'
Holland, D., and Scullion, H. (2019) 'Towards a Talent Retention Model: Mapping the Building Blocks of the Psychological Contract to the Three Stages of the Acquisition Process'. International Journal Of Human Resource Management, [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Subjective Bias in Talent Identification'
Holland, D. (2019) 'Subjective Bias in Talent Identification' In: Managing Talent: Understanding Critical Perscpectives. :75-96 UK: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2023) Academy of Management, US
McCarthy, A. and Holland, D. (2023) Putting Intersectionality Front and Centre in Public Sector Talent Management Research: A Review and Future Research Agenda Academy of Management, US [Details]
(2019) Irish Academy of Management
Bohle Carbonell, K., McCarthy, A., Holland, D. and Van Wart, M. (2019) A Bibliometric Analysis of the Intellectual Structure of Talent Management Research: Accounting for Context Irish Academy of Management [Details]
(2019) International Research Society for Public Management
McCarthy, A., Bohle Carbonell, K., Holland, D. and Van Wart, M. (2019) Talent Management in Public Sector Organisations International Research Society for Public Management [Details]
(2017) Irish Academy of Management 2017
Igoe, J., and Holland, D (2017) Subsidiary Viability and Sustainability in the MedTech Sector in Ireland: The Role of Talent in a time of ‘Unusual Uncertainty Irish Academy of Management 2017 Belfast, [Details]
(2018) Irish Academy of Management 2018
Holland, D. (2018) Divestitures and the role of Divisional Top Management Irish Academy of Management 2018 Cork, [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2020) Effectively Managing Human Resources and Talent in Science Funding Agencies: Lessons, Recommendations and Future Directions. Insights from Ireland, Finland, Hong Kong, China and New Zealand.
Bohle Carbonell, K., McCarthy, A. Holland, D., Virtanen, T., O¿Kane, P., Burns. J and Van Wart, M. (2020) Effectively Managing Human Resources and Talent in Science Funding Agencies: Lessons, Recommendations and Future Directions. Insights from Ireland, Finland, Hong Kong, China and New Zealand. NUI Galway Whitaker Institute, Galway, Ireland. [Details]
(2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in Science Foundation Ireland: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives.
McCarthy, A., Bohle Carbonell, K. and Holland, D. (2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in Science Foundation Ireland: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives. NUI Galway Whitaker Institute, Galway, Ireland. [Details]
(2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in SSIP New Zealand: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives.
McCarthy, A., Bohle Carbonell, K. and Holland, D. (2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in SSIP New Zealand: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives. NUI Galway Whitaker Institute, Galway, Ireland. [Details]
(2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in Academy of Finland: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives.
McCarthy, A., Bohle Carbonell, K. and Holland, D. (2020) Human Resource and Talent Management in Academy of Finland: Research Report of Management and Employee Perspectives. NUI Galway Whitaker Institute, Galway, Ireland. [Details]
(2019) Senior Public Service and Principal Officer Executive Leadership Programme Evaluation Report.
McCarthy, A., Holland, D. and Bohle Carbonell, K. (2019) Senior Public Service and Principal Officer Executive Leadership Programme Evaluation Report. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Dublin. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2019) Whitaker Institute Research Conference,
McCarthy, A., Holland, D., Bohle Carbonell, K., and Van Wart, M. (2019) Whitaker Institute Research conference. [Poster Presentation], Whitaker Institute Research Conference, NUI Galway , 01-APR-19 - 01-APR-19. [Details]

Conference Paper

  Year Publication
(2019) Towards a Talent Management Model that considers the Institutional Mechanisms & Logics of Public Sector Organisations.
McCarthy, A., Holland, D., Bohle Carbonell, K., and Van Wart, M. (2019). (2019) Towards a Talent Management Model that considers the Institutional Mechanisms & Logics of Public Sector Organisations. Conference Paper [Details]

Policy Contribution

  Year Publication
(2020) Leadership Development for Senior Civil and Public Service Managers.
McCarthy, A., Holland, D. and Bohle Carbonell, K. (2020) Leadership Development for Senior Civil and Public Service Managers. Policy Contribution [Details]

Workshops

  Year Publication
(2016) The identification and evaluation of talent in cross-border acquisitions.
Holland, D (2016) The identification and evaluation of talent in cross-border acquisitions. Workshops [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Certified member /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1981 NUI Galway BACHELOR OF COMMERCE Commerce
2015 NUI Galway PhD Management
2011 NUI Galway MASTERS OF SCIENCE Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management