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Training Investments and Innovation Gains in Knowledge Intensive Businesses: The Role of Firm Level Human Capital and Knowledge Sharing Climate

Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Garavan, T., & Morley, M. (online)
Training Investments and Innovation Gains in Knowledge Intensive Businesses: The Role of Firm Level Human Capital and Knowledge Sharing Climate. Human Resource Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12586
Training investments are important in securing innovation gains. However, research on this relationship in knowledge intensive businesses is nascent. In particular, questions ...

How Knowledge Transfer Impact Happens at the Farm Level: Insights from Advisers and Farmers in the Irish Agricultural Sector

Journal Article
Cawley, A., Heanue, K., Hilliard, R., O’Donoghue, C., & Sheehan, M. (2023)
How Knowledge Transfer Impact Happens at the Farm Level: Insights from Advisers and Farmers in the Irish Agricultural Sector. Sustainability, 15(4), Article 3226. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043226
Many studies show that interaction with agricultural advisory services impacts productivity and profitability on farms. However, less attention is paid to explaining how this ...

The Political Economy of Covid-19: Covid-19, Inequality and Government Responses

Book
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2022)
The Political Economy of Covid-19: Covid-19, Inequality and Government Responses. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003307440
This comprehensive book brings together research published during 2021 analysing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy – on output and employment, on inequality, ...

The Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities for Incremental and Radical Innovation in Knowledge‐Intensive Businesses

Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. J. (in press)
The Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities for Incremental and Radical Innovation in Knowledge‐Intensive Businesses. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12582
We theorize and test the impact of two microfoundations of dynamic capabilities on incremental and radical innovation in knowledge-intensive businesses (KIBs). We argue that n...

High-Performance Work Practices and Labour Productivity: A Six Wave Longitudinal Study of UK Manufacturing and Service SMEs

Journal Article
Sheehan, M., & Garavan, T. (2022)
High-Performance Work Practices and Labour Productivity: A Six Wave Longitudinal Study of UK Manufacturing and Service SMEs. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(16), 3353-3386. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.2005658
This study utilises both evolutionary resource-based view (EBRV) and open systems theory to investigate the long term impact of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) on labo...

The ‘Great Reset’ to tackle Covid-19 and other crises

Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2021)
The ‘Great Reset’ to tackle Covid-19 and other crises. International Review of Applied Economics, 35(6), 793-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2021.1999690
The 2021 World Economic Forum pledged a ‘Great Reset’, recognising that the Covid-19 crisis would be compounded by several other crises, actual and threatened, including the c...

Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Clarke, N., Carbery, R., Gubbins, C., …Saunders, M. N. (2021)
Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(4), 870-903. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12337
Research investigating training and firm performance is currently at an inflection point; capable of recognising previous achievements but also having a focus on the future. B...

Building back better?

Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2021)
Building back better?. International Review of Applied Economics, 35(2), 111-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2021.1882035
A global health and economic crisis was created by the spread of Covid-19 across the world during the course of 2020 and into 2021. This Special Issue of the International Rev...

A Model of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
A Model of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (49-98). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_4
This chapter presents an open system informed model of training effectiveness in organisations. The model is composed of inputs, process components and outputs. The inputs con...

The Current State of Research on Training Effectiveness

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
The Current State of Research on Training Effectiveness. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (99-152). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_5
This chapter addresses the current state of research on training effectiveness in organisations. It summarises the key findings on what we know about training effectiveness, t...
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Becoming International: Strengthening the Global Position by Unlocking Regional Powers

2025 - date
Christine Wacker | Director of Studies: Dr Sharif Alaydi | Second Supervisor: Prof Maura Sheehan

The impact of sustainability risks on long-term sovereign bond yields.

2023 - date
This research seeks to demonstrate the significant impact of sustainability risk, as measured by an innovative country-level susta...
Nawaz Peerbocus | Director of Studies: Dr Anna Du | Second Supervisor: Prof Janusz Brzeszczynski

Strategic financial responses to income shocks in small island developing states, with a focus on The Bahamas

2021 - date
Delroy Dennis | Director of Studies: Dr Antonios Siganos | Second Supervisor: Dr Wenzhao Wang

How we Bring them In: Signalling and Recruitment Messages. A Study on the Effects of Attraction, Recruitment, Selection and On-boarding on Psychological Contract Creation and Employee Outcomes.

2021 - date
Ewurabena Wilson | Director of Studies: Prof Maura Sheehan | Second Supervisor: Prof Kirsteen Grant

Tensions in talent: Stakeholder perceptions of talent paradoxes within Merseyside Police Force

2019 - date
Sara Whinnett | Director of Studies: Prof Kirsteen Grant | Second Supervisor: Prof Maura Sheehan

Overeducation in Arab labour markets; incidence and determinants

2019 - date
Halah Alattas | Director of Studies: Prof Maura Sheehan | Second Supervisor: Dr Kenny Crossan

Talent management in the Jamaican BPO industry: A phenomenological study of relationship challenges and prospects

2017 - 2023
Annmarie Blackwood | Director of Studies: Prof Kirsteen Grant | Second Supervisor: Prof Maura Sheehan

Exploring the perceptions of employers on the ‘soft skills’ deficiencies of University graduates: Evidence from the service sector in Guyana

2016 - date
Coleen Patterson | Director of Studies: Prof Maura Sheehan | Second Supervisor: Dr Cathy Olusanmi

An exploration into the roles of managerial support and occupational stigma in the employee turnover process: The emergence of incivility as a driver of turnover amongst non-managerial quick service workers in Guyana

2015 - 2020
Terrence Campbell | Director of Studies: Dr Patrick Harte | Second Supervisor: Prof Maura Sheehan