Biography

Dr. Caroline Murphy is Associate Professor of Employment Relations, and Director of the MSc in HRM at the Department of Work and Employment Studies at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. She is also an Associate Research Fellow at the ESRC funded DIGIT centre for digital futures at work. Caroline is a former Industrial Relations Research Trust and Irish Research Council funded research scholar. She completed her PhD in 2011 in the area trade union organising and collective representation in the workplace. She also holds a Masters in International Tourism from the University of Limerick. She lectures in Employment Relations, HR Analytics, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. Caroline has extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate, post-graduate and post experience levels, and in the delivery of courses to specific industry groups. She has also consultancy experience in performance management and competency framework development. She has worked on a variety of research projects including: Union Organising in Ireland (2008-2010 funded by the Industrial Relations Research Trust, Trinity College Dublin), A Study of Workplace Bullying in Ireland (2011-2012, funded by the INMO), Gender Equality in Decision-Making (2014-2016, funded by the European Commission), A Study of Zero Hours Work in Ireland (2015, funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) and Reconciling Employment and elderCare Together (2016, funded by the Irish Council). On Call in Industrialised Economies (the International Labour Organisation, 2018), The Impact of Technology on Worker (Financial Services Union, 2019-21), HR Practices in Ireland (CIPD, 2017-2022),and Digitalisation and Work Design (2022)

Her current research interests include job quality and precarious employment, female labour market participation, formal and informal care work, employee representation, and the impact of techology on work.


Research Interests

Job Quality and Precarious Work
HR Analytics
Gender Equality in the labour market
Formal and informal care work
Employee representation and voice
Trade union organising

Professional Activities

Committee

  • 2017 Athena Swan Accreditation Committee,
  • 2016 Director of Reconciling Employment and Eldercare Together Research Network ,
  • 2016 KBS Internationalisation,
  • 2015 Work, Knowledge and Employment Research Stream,

Award

  • 2016 - Faculty Teaching Development Award
  • 2009 - Industrial Relations Research Trust Research Scholar Award

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH REGULATING ZERO HOURS WORK

Lavelle J.;McMahon J.;Murphy C.;Ryan L.;O’sullivan M.;O’brien M.;Gunnigle P.;Turner T. (2023) CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH REGULATING ZERO HOURS WORK. Tackling Precarious Work: Toward Sustainable Livelihoods :384-409

Books

Book Chapters

2019

Conflict and Mobilisation Theory

Ryan, L., Murphy, C., Troy, D. (2019) Conflict and Mobilisation Theory. Boston : Elgar Publishing Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations.

2019

Zero Hours Work in Ireland

Murphy, C., Lavelle, J., Turner, T., Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., O'Brien, M., Gunnigle, P. (2019) Zero Hours Work in Ireland. Singapore : Springer Zero Hours and On-call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries :21-40

2019

Zero Hours Work in Ireland

Murphy, C., Lavelle, J., Turner, T., Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P. (2019) Zero Hours Work in Ireland. London : Springer Zero Hours and On-Call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries

2019

Zero Hours Work in Ireland

3. Murphy, C., Lavelle, T., Turner, T., Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P. (2019) Zero Hours Work in Ireland. Singapore : Springer Zero Hours and On-call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries :21-40

2018

Human Resource Analytics

Murphy, C. and McCarthy, J. (2018) Human Resource Analytics. London : Palgrave Human Resource Management

2017

Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'

McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P. (2017) Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland' . Frankfurt : Peter Lang Publishing The New Foundations of Labour Law

2017

Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'

McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P. (2017) (2017) Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'. Frankfurt : Peter Lang Publishing The New Foundations of Labour Law

2017

Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'

McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P (2017) Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland' . Frankfurt, germany : Peter Lang The New Foundations of Labour law :147-162

2017

Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'

McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P (2017) Zero Hours Work and the Role of the Law in Ireland'. Frankfurt, Germany : Peter Lang The New Foundations of Labour law

2016

Organisational Culture

McCarthy, J and Murphy C (2016) Organisational Culture . UK : Palgrave Organisational Behaviour

Edited Books

Other Journals

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Conference Publications

2016

4th NERI Labour Market Conference

O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P. (2016) 4th NERI Labour Market Conference.

Conference Contributions

Published Reports

2018

On-call work in industrialized countries

O'Sullivan, M., Lavelle, J., MacMahon, J., Ryan, L, Murphy, C. and O'Brien, M. (2018) On-call work in industrialized countries. Geneva : International Labour Organisation

Editorials

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Book Reviews

Other Publications