Biography
Dr. Elaine Berkery is a Lecturer in Management and a member of the Work, Knowledge and Employment research stream in the Kemmy Business School. Her teaching interests are in the area of management, international management and strategic management across health, public and tourism sectors. She teaches on a wide range of programmes at both undergraduate and post-graduate level, and has extensive experience of programme development including the MA in Business Management, for which she was Course Director from February 2008 - September 2012. She is an Alumnus of the International Teachers Programme (ITP) and has been nominated for the Large Group Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Limerick (2009, 3013).Elaine's main research interests are in the area of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Her research to date has examined areas such as gender in management; gender quotas; workplace flexibility; workforce diversity; and talent management in healthcare organizations. Elaine regularly presents her research to international audiences and has published her research in International Journals such as European Management Review, the European Management Journal, the Journal of Nursing Management, Social Politics, and Gender in Management: An International Journal. She is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development, a member of the Irish Academy of Management and British Academy of Management.
Research Interests
My main research interests include:Gender equality in the workplace
Women in management
Gender role stereotypes
Gender quotas
Talent management
Flexible working
Strategy development in NGOs
Professional Activities
Award
- 2023 - Best Developmental Paper, Public Management and Governance Track, British Academy of Management Conference
- 2021 - Best Developmental Paper Award, SIG Gender in Management, British Academy of Management Conference
- 2020 - Joint second place -European Management Journal Best Paper Award
- 2013 - Shortlisted for the Excellence in Large Group Teaching Award
- 2012 - Best Doctoral Paper Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development.
- 2008 - Shortlisted for the Excellence in Large Group Teaching Award
Association
- 2021 Member, British Academy of Management
- 2019 Member, Work and Family Researchers Network
- 2014 Member, Irish Academy of Management
- 2009 Alumnus, International Teachers Programme
- 2006 Fellow, Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development
Committee
- 2019 Outgoing Academic Erasmus Co-ordinator-BBS Programmes,
- 2018 KBS Equality and Diversity Committee ,
- 2008 Course Baord for the MA in Business Management ,
Education
- 2017 University of Limerick - PhD
- 2004 University of Limerick - Master of Arts in International Tourism
- 2003 University of Limerick - BBS
Employment
- 2006 University of Limerick - Lecturer in Management
- 2006 Shannon College of Hotel Management, Shannon, Co. Clare - Lecturer, part-time
- 2004 University of Limerick - Teaching Assistant
- 2004 Limerick Senior College, Mulgrave Street, Limerick - Lecturer, evening classes