...Anthony McDonnell; John Burgess; Patrick Gunnigle; Jonathan Lavelle; Sinéad Monaghan Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on human resource management (HRM) in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. It focuses on four key areas of HR, namely staffing...

...Alan Barrett; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Alan Barrett; Corona Joyce; Bertrand Maître Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the rates of receipt of welfare for immigrants and natives in Ireland, to see if the outcome is consistent with the operation of a policy which...

... a million researchers (or 1.2 million research‐related personnel) would be needed to reach that goal (Gago et al., 2004, p. 1). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Employment Education Pay differentials Training Ireland A detailed outline of the variables used in the study...

.../value The paper provides a profile and analysis of occupational changes in the Irish labour market. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Knowledge management Labour market Ireland It is now considered to be axiomatic that the application of knowledge is the driving force...

...John McCartney; Paul Teague This paper focuses on the behaviour and character of enterprises in modern Ireland by examining the extent to which high performance employment practices are being adopted by organisations. This paper draws on the results of an establishment‐level survey of work...

...Gerard Hughes; Philip J. O'Connell; James Williams This paper identifies market forces which induce employers to provide training in Ireland. It investigates if they are present in sufficient strength in the consumer service sectors with a high concentration of low‐skill jobs to provide a basis...

... the benefits of adopting a broad societal effect approach to the analysis of the Irish skill‐formation or VET system. Ireland, a very small open economy, is a semi‐peripheral, late‐industrializing member of the EU. Up to 1922, Ireland was a peripheral region of the UK which, with the exception...

...Michael Morley; Patrick Gunnigle; Noreen Haraty Using the Irish data from the Price Waterhouse Cranfield Project on International Strategic Human Resource Management, examines developments in flexible working practices in the Republic of Ireland. Reviews relevant literature and presents an overview...