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Biography

Tony Dundon is Professor of HRM and Employment Relations, Department of Work & Employment Studies in the Kemmy Business School. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD); former Chief Examiner for the CIPD; and was Editor-in-Chief of the Human Resource Management Journal (HRMJ). He is Visiting Professor at the Work & Equalities Institute, The University of Manchester; Honorary Visiting Professor at St Andrews University Management School, Scotland, and previously Head of Management at NUI Galway. His research has been published in journals such as: Human Relations, Organizational Research Methods, British Journal of Management, Work Employment & Society, International Journal of HRM (among other). Recent books include: Handbook of Research on Employee Voice, 2e (2020, Edward Elgar);Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (2020); A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Employment Relations (2017, Sage); Routledge Companion of Employment Relations (2018); HRM: Texts & Cases, 5e, (Pearson, 2017); Routledge Companion of Employment Relations (2018).

A selection of media/press commentary from Professor Dundon include: ‘Automation and the Myth of the End of Work' (The Conversation); ‘Strikes are a natural consequence of a market environment' (Irish Times); ‘Why talent management became a business obsession' (RTÉ Brainstorm); 'What's the point of a business school' (Irish Times); and policy briefings on ‘Gig-Work'; ‘Artificial Intelligence and Robotics'; ‘Irish trade union resilience amidst austerity'.

Research Interests

Tony's research interests include aspects of employment regulation and work equalities: employee voice; worker silence; trade union organisation; gig-economy work; technology and digital work platforms; HRM & organisational performance; labour migration.




Professional Activities

Award

  • 2017 - Literati Paper Award (with M Heffernan)
  • 2016 - Best Conference Thematic Paper (with B Harney)
  • 2016 - Teresa Brannick Award (with B Harney)
  • 2010 - President's Award for Teaching and Learning Excellence
  • 2006 - Literati Paper Award (with M. Marchington, A. Wilkinson, P. Ackers)
  • 2006 - Best Conference Paper
  • 1998 - Research Excellence Literati Award (with D Eva)

Committee

  • 2013 Irish Government Apprenticeship Commission , Member of Government Commission (Republic of Ireland) to review and revise occupations and skills for apprenticeship training and qualifications
  • 2004 Irish Academy of Management (IAM) ,
  • 2003 Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA),
  • 2003 Irish Association for Industrial Relations ,

Association

  • 2013 Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
  • 2003 Member, Irish Association for Industrial Relations
  • 2001 Member, Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
  • 2000 Member, British Academy of Management (BAM)
  • 1999 Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
  • 1997 Member, British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)
  • 1997 Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Other

  • Honorary Visiting Professor: University of St Andrews Management School, Scotland
  • Visiting Research Fellow: Queensland University of Technology Business School, Australia (March-April 2016)
  • Visiting Research Fellow: Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University Business School, Australia (Jan-Feb 2016)
  • Visiting Research Scholar: Toulouse Business School, France (April – June 2010)
  • International Visiting Research Fellow: University of Sydney, Australia (Dec 2008 - April 2009)
  • Visiting Research Fellow: Bowater School of Management, Deakin University, Melbourne (Jan 2005-April 2006)
  • Visiting Professor: Work & Equalities Institute (WEI), Alliance Manchester Business School, UK

Publications

Book

2020

Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management
Dundon, T and Wilkinson, A
(2020) Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management
Dundon, T and Wilkinson, A(Ed.) Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
DOI: n/a

2020

Handbook of Research on Employee Voice
Wilkinson, A., Donaghey, J., Dundon, T. & Freeman, RB
(2020) Handbook of Research on Employee Voice
London : Edward Elgar

2019

Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Keith Townsend, Kenneth Cafferkey, Aoife M. McDermott & Tony Dundon (Eds)
(2019) Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar

2018

Routledge Companion of Employment Relations
Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey & Alex Covin (Eds)
(2018) Routledge Companion of Employment Relations
London : Routledge

2017

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Employment Relations
Tony Dundon, Niall Cullinane & Adrian Wilkinson
(2017) A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Employment Relations
London : Sage

2017

Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases
A. Wilkinson, T. Redman, T Dundon
(2017) Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases
London : Pearson

2011

Understanding Employment Relations
Tony Dundon & Derek Rollinson
(2011) Understanding Employment Relations
London : McGraw Hill

Peer Reviewed Journal

2020

Tracking employee voice: developing the concept of voice pathways
Townsend K.;Wilkinson A.;Dundon T.;Mowbray P.K.
(2020) Tracking employee voice: developing the concept of voice pathways
In Asia Pacific Journal Of Human Resources;
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12271

2020

Different strokes for different folks: Group variation in employee outcomes to human resource management
Cafferkey K.;Dundon T.;Winterton J.;Townsend K.
(2020) Different strokes for different folks: Group variation in employee outcomes to human resource management
In Journal Of Organizational Effectiveness;
DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-12-2018-0114
[ULIR]

2020

Employer silencing in a context of voice regulations: Case studies of non-compliance
Hickland E, Cullinane N, Dobbins T, Dundon T, Donaghey J
(2020) Employer silencing in a context of voice regulations: Case studies of non-compliance
In Human Resource Management Journal;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.1228516

2019

The fracturing of work and employment relations
Tony Dundon
(2019) The fracturing of work and employment relations
In Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work; pp. 6-18
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2018.1537047
[ULIR]

2019

Perceptions of HRM system strength and affective commitment: the role of human relations and internal process climate
Cafferkey K.;Heffernan M.;Harney B.;Dundon T.;Townsend K.
(2019) Perceptions of HRM system strength and affective commitment: the role of human relations and internal process climate
In International Journal Of Human Resource Management; pp. 3026-3048
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2018.1448295
[ULIR]

2019

Forming Effective Employee Information and Consultation: A Five-Stage Trust and Justice Process
Kougiannou N.;Dundon T.;Wilkinson A.
(2019) Forming Effective Employee Information and Consultation: A Five-Stage Trust and Justice Process
In British Journal Of Management;
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12382
[ULIR]

2018

Towards an integration of employee voice and silence
Nechanska E.;Hughes E.;Dundon T.
(2018) Towards an integration of employee voice and silence
In Human Resource Management Review;
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.11.002
[ULIR]

2018

The (potential) demise of HRM
Tony Dundon & Anthony Rafferty
(2018) The (potential) demise of HRM
In Human Resource Management Journal; pp. 337-391
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12195
[ULIR]

2017

Whistle-blowing and the employment relations implications of the ‘Protected Disclosures Act 2014' in the Republic of Ireland
Lisa Halpin & Tony Dundon
(2017) Whistle-blowing and the employment relations implications of the ‘Protected Disclosures Act 2014' in the Republic of Ireland
In Irish Journal Of Management; pp. 221-232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijm-2017-0009
[ULIR]

2017

Triggering employee voice under the European Information and Consultation Directive: A non-union case study
Cullinane N.;Hickland E.;Dundon T.;Dobbins T.;Donaghey J.
(2017) Triggering employee voice under the European Information and Consultation Directive: A non-union case study
In Economic And Industrial Democracy; pp. 629-655
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X15584085
[ULIR]

2017

The Chimera of Sustainable Labour–Management Partnership
Dobbins T.;Dundon T.
(2017) The Chimera of Sustainable Labour–Management Partnership
In British Journal Of Management; pp. 519-533
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12128
[ULIR]

2016

The shifting contours of collective bargaining in the manufacturing sector in the Republic of Ireland: Government, employer and union responses since the economic crisis
Hickland E.;Dundon T.
(2016) The shifting contours of collective bargaining in the manufacturing sector in the Republic of Ireland: Government, employer and union responses since the economic crisis
In European Journal Of Industrial Relations; pp. 235-249
DOI: 10.1177/0959680116643208
[ULIR]

2016

Cross-level effects of high-performance work systems (HPWS) and employee well-being: The mediating effect of organisational justice
Heffernan M.;Dundon T.
(2016) Cross-level effects of high-performance work systems (HPWS) and employee well-being: The mediating effect of organisational justice
In Human Resource Management Journal; pp. 211-231
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12095
[ULIR]

2015

Double-breasting employee voice: An assessment of motives, arrangements and durability
Dundon T.;Cullinane N.;Donaghey J.;Dobbins T.;Wilkinson A.;Hickland E.
(2015) Double-breasting employee voice: An assessment of motives, arrangements and durability
In Human Relations; pp. 489-513
DOI: 10.1177/0018726714531997
[ULIR]

2015

Militant partnership: a radical pluralist analysis of workforce dialectics
Dundon T.;Dobbins T.
(2015) Militant partnership: a radical pluralist analysis of workforce dialectics
In Work Employment And Society; pp. 912-931
DOI: 10.1177/0950017014559961
[ULIR]

2014

Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies
Dundon T.;Dobbins T.;Cullinane N.;Hickland E.;Donaghey J.
(2014) Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies
In Work Employment And Society; pp. 21-39
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012466688
[ULIR]

2014

Unitarism and employer resistance to trade unionism
Cullinane N.;Dundon T.
(2014) Unitarism and employer resistance to trade unionism
In International Journal Of Human Resource Management; pp. 2573-2590
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.667428
[ULIR]

2012

Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
Carney G.;Dundon T.;Léime A.
(2012) Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
In Action Research; pp. 313-330
DOI: 10.1177/1476750312451279
[ULIR]

2011

Reconceptualising employee silence: Problems and prognosis
Donaghey J.;Cullinane N.;Dundon T.;Wilkinson A.
(2011) Reconceptualising employee silence: Problems and prognosis
In Work Employment And Society; pp. 51-67
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010389239
[ULIR]

2010

Interviewing reluctant respondents: Strikes, henchmen, and gaelic games
Dundon T.;Ryan P.
(2010) Interviewing reluctant respondents: Strikes, henchmen, and gaelic games
In Organizational Research Methods; pp. 562-581
DOI: 10.1177/1094428109335571
[ULIR]

2007

Bitten by the celtic tiger: Immigrant workers and industrial relations in the New 'Glocalized' Ireland
Dundon T.;Gonzlez-Prez M.;McDonough T.
(2007) Bitten by the celtic tiger: Immigrant workers and industrial relations in the New 'Glocalized' Ireland
In Economic And Industrial Democracy; pp. 501-522
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07082122
[ULIR]

2006

The psychological contract: A critical review
Cullinane N.;Dundon T.
(2006) The psychological contract: A critical review
In International Journal Of Management Reviews; pp. 113-129
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2006.00123.x
[ULIR]

2004

The meanings and purpose of employee voice
Dundon T.;Wilkinson A.;Marchington M.;Ackers P.
(2004) The meanings and purpose of employee voice
In International Journal Of Human Resource Management; pp. 1149-1170
DOI: 10.1080/095851904100016773359
[ULIR]

Other Publication

2020

Precarious conditions in university sector put all of society at risk
Tumulty, P., Dundon, T., Ryan, L. and Dobbins, T.
(2020) Precarious conditions in university sector put all of society at risk
Dublin : Sunday Post

Email: business@ul.ie

Phone: +353-61-202116

Postal Address: Faculty Office, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.