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Dr Maeve O'Sullivan

PhD, MSc, BBS, MCIPD

Contact Details

Lecturer Above The Bar
E: OSullivanM@nuigalway.ie
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in HRM & Decent Work
J.E Cairnes School of Business & Economics
University of Galway
Newcastle
Galway
T: +353-91-492601
E: osullivanm@universityofgalway.ie
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-8431
 
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Biography

Maeve is assistant professor/lecturer in Human Resource Management and Decent Work at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway, Ireland. Prior to this, she was a lecturer and MSc in Human Resource Management programme director at University College Cork.

Maeve researches and lectures in a variety of human resource management, organisational behavior, leadership and management-related subjects. Previously, Maeve held senior management and consultancy roles in both public and private sector organisations in Ireland, the UK and at the European Commission in Brussels. This experience has led to a wide range of research and consultancy interests relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including labour market equality, decent work and green HRM policies and practices.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'Creating a Community of Praxis at University College Cork'
Cotter, G., Bonenfant, G., Butler,, J., Caulfield, M., Doyle Prestwich, B., Griffin, R., Khabbar, S., Mishra, N., Hally, R., Murphy, M., Murphy, O., O'Sullivan, M., Phelan, M., Reidy, D., Schneider, J., Sharifi Isaloo, A., Turner, B., Usher, R., Williamson Sinalo, C. (2022) 'Creating a Community of Praxis at University College Cork'. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 14 (2):1-12 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part-time work'
O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C. and Lavelle, J. (2021) 'Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part-time work'. Industrial Relations Journal, 52 (5):423-441 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland'
O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C., and Lavelle, J. (2020) 'The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland'. Irish Journal Of Management, 39 (1):47-60 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2022) 'Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction, 2nd Edition'
O'Sullivan, M. (2022) 'Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction, 2nd Edition' In: Managing Diversity. London, U.K: Bloomsbury Publishing. [Details]
(2019) 'Human Resource Management at the Crossroads: Challenges and Future Directions'
O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C. and Lavelle, J. (2019) 'Human Resource Management at the Crossroads: Challenges and Future Directions' In: Older Female Part-time Workers¿ Job Characteristics. :108-133 Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K: Cambridge Scholars. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2022) Irish Academy of Management,
O'Sullivan, M., Duggan, J., O'Sullivan, M. (2022) Essential or excluded? Analysing government supports for gig workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. [Conference Paper], Irish Academy of Management, Trinity College, Dublin , 25-AUG-22 - 26-AUG-22. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2021 Research Award winner 2021: Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research (Social Research Committee) University College Cork
2021 Research Centre of the Year, College of Business and Law, UCC University College Cork
2020 Research Centre of the Year, College of Business and Law, UCC University College Cork

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Associate member 10-JAN-12 /
Sociological Association of Ireland Member 28-JUN-21 /
Irish Academy of Management Member 01-SEP-14 /
British Psychological Society Occupational Tester/Member 01-SEP-11 /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Research & Policy committee, TASC (Think-tank for Action of Social Change) Committee member 01-OCT-22 /
Technological University of the Shannon (Athlone) External Examiner, Department of Business and Management 01-SEP-21 /
UK Economic and Social Research Council, Transforming Working Lives Funding Call (total fund: £4.3 million), 2021 Review panellist 01-JUN-21 / 01-SEP-21

Languages

  Language
English
French
Gaeilge

Teaching Interests

Sustainable Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Leadership, Work & organisational behaviour, Social psychology of organisations