Biography
Dr. Fergal O'Brien is a Senior Lecturer in Finance and Assistant Dean of Graduate & Professional Studies at the University of Limerick. He completed his PhD 'An Empirical Investigation of FTSE 100 ESX and S&P 500 SPX Equity Index Option Returns' at Lancaster University in 2007. Dr. O'Brien's MBS thesis was awarded the Guinness Irish Management Institute Sir Charles Harvey Award in 1999. Dr. O'Brien is the Course Director for the MSc in Business Analytics at the Kemmy Business School. Dr. O'Brien is undertaking research primarily in the areas of finance, risk, process improvements in financial services and knowledge management. He is also involved in a tacit knowledge research project and ASSK Knowledge Analytics.
Research Interests
Option Returns; Asset Pricing Models; Sentiment in Equity Markets; Skewness and Kurtosis in Asset Returns; Returns to Horse Racing Bets; Tacit Knowledge
Professional Activities
Award
- 1999 - Guinness Irish Management Institute SirCharles Harvey Award
- - Edward Cahill Memorial Prize
Publications
Book Chapter
Job Characteristics, Organisational Culture and Safety Management
Garavan, TN; O'Brien, F
The Irish Safety and Health Handbook, Second Edition.
Conference Publication
The Intention to use E-Audit Technology: An Integration of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
Murtagh, S,Garavan, T,O'Brien, F,Gasco, M
Proceedings Of The 12th European Conference On Egovernment, Vols 1 And 2
19th Irish Accounting and Finance Annual Conference
Carr, M. and O'Brien, F.
18th Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference
Buckley, A. and O'Brien, F.
17th Irish Accounting and Finance Annual Conference
O Brien, F. and Shackleton, M.
7th Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference
O Brien, F. and Shackleton, M.
5th Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference
Garavan, T.N., O Brien, F. and Carbery, R.
The Irish Academy of Management Conference
Garavan, T.N., O'Brien, F. and Carbery, R.
5th Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference
Garavan, T.N. and O Brien, F.
The Irish Academy of Management Conference
Garavan, T.N., O'Brien, F., Maher, P.
British Accounting Association Annual Conference
O Brien, F. and Grapenfelt, C.
The Irish Academy of Management Conference
Garavan, T.N. and O'Brien, F.
5th Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference
Garavan, T.N., O Brien, F. and Maher P.
Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management September
Garavan, T.N. (with O¿Brien, F)
3rd Irish Academy of Management Conference
Garavan, T.N. and O Brien, F.
Irish Academy of Management
Garavan, T.N. and O'Brien, F.
Other Publication
Diversity Training Programme Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Alhejji, H,Garavan, T,Carbery, R,O'Brien, F,McGuire, D
Human Resource Development Quarterly
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21221
An Examination of European Firms' Derivatives Usage: The Importance of Model Selection
Carroll, A; O'Brien, F; Ryan, J
Career advancement of hotel managers since graduation: a comparative study
Garavan, TN; O'Brien, F; O'Hanlon, D
Personnel Review
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610656685
Predicting hotel managers' turnover cognitions
Carbery R., Garavan T.N., O'Brien F., McDonnell J.
Journal Of Managerial Psychology
Peer Reviewed Journal
An Examination of European Firms' Derivatives Usage: The Importance of Model Selection
Carroll, A,O'Brien, F,Ryan, J
European Financial Management
DOI: 10.1111/eufm.12115
The antecedents of leadership development practices in SMEs: The influence of HRM strategy and practice
Garavan, T,Watson, S,Carbery, R,O'Brien, F
International Small Business Journal
DOI: 10.1177/0266242615594215
Diversity Training Programme Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Alhejji, H., Garavan, T., Carbery, R., O'Brien, F. and McGuire, D.
Human Resource Development Quarterly
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21221
Leadership Development and Organizational Success
Garavan, T,O'Brien, F,Watson, S,Kraiger, K,Passmore, J,DosSantos, NR,Malvezzi, S
Wiley Blackwell Handbook Of The Psychology Of Training, Development, And Performance Improvement
The Impact of Arts-Based Leadership Development on Leader Mind-Set: A Field Experiment
Garavan, TN,McGarry, A,Watson, S,D'Annunzio-Green, N,O'Brien, F
Advances In Developing Human Resources
DOI: 10.1177/1523422315588358
The effect of malicious manipulations on prediction market accuracy
Buckley, P; O'Brien, F
Information Systems Frontiers
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-015-9617-7
Knowledge management in small and medium-sized enterprises: navigating informality and resource constraints
Garavan, T,O'Brien, F,Murphy, E,Ortenblad, A
Handbook Of Research On Knowledge Management: Adaptation And Context
On the complexity of knowledge management given the tacitness of knowledge in organizations
Garavan, T,O'Brien, F,Murphy, E,Ortenblad, A
Handbook Of Research On Knowledge Management: Adaptation And Context
The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors
Garavan, TN,O'Brien, F
European Journal Of International Management
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2013.055279
The The Role of Human Capital in Explaining the Cross-Sectional Variation of FTSE 100 Stock Returns
O'Brien, F; Carr, M
Irish Accounting Review
An Empirical Investigation of Option Returns: Overpricing and the Role of Higher Systematic Moments
O'Brien, F; Shackleton, M
Derivatives Use, Trading And Regulation
Predicting Hotel Managers Turnover Cognitions.
Carbery, R; Garavan, TN; O'Brien, F; McDonnell, J
Journal Of Managerial Psychology
The Non-Constancy of the Black-Scholes Variance Parameter: A Generalised Method of Moments Investigation
O'Brien, F
Accounting, Finance and Governance Review
An Investigation into the Relationship Between Safety Climate and Safety Behaviours in Irish Organisations
Garavan, TN; O'Brien, F
The Irish Journal Of Management
The Predictors of Safety Climate: A Cross-Sectional Study
Garavan, TN; O'Brien, F
Irish Journal Of Business & Administrative Research (Ib