Biography
Dr Jean McCarthy BBS PhD MCIPD is an Associate Professor A in Organisational Behaviour at the Kemmy Business School (KBS), University of Limerick.Jean is a former Fulbright Scholar at Colorado State University (2012-3) and Ambassador for the Fulbright Commission in Ireland. She has been a visiting lecturer at Colorado State University (2015), at Teacher's College, Columbia University (2015), and a visiting case method scholar at Harvard Business School (2019). She is currently Adjunct Professor in Organisational Behavior at the International University of Monaco.
Jean has extensive experience in teaching and supervision at undergraduate, postgraduate, executive and post-experience levels, as well as working with community-based and youth-reach education and training programmes. Jean is a multi award winning teacher and teaching case writer, and was named a National Teaching Hero in 2021 by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Beyond her core interests in multi-level teaching, learning and development, Jean's focus of scholarly research centres on understanding organisational attitudes and behaviour which promote a more inclusive and sustainable workplace. Jean is a Global Research Associate with the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, and co-director of the Age in the Workplace Research Network (AWR-net). She is also a member of the European Centre for the Study of Hate and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Network.
Jean's research has attracted financial support from, inter alia, the Fulbright Commission, the Irish Research Council, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She has published the findings of her research in several top-tier peer-reviewed outlets (ABS 4*, 4, 3), published a number of books and book chapters, and presented at numerous national and international conferences.
Research Interests
Dr McCarthy's primary focus of research centres on the challenges aligned with an increasingly ageing, and age diverse, workforce. She is a Global Research Associate with the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, and co-director of the Age in the Workplace Research Network (AWR-net) which is an international network of researchers seeking to address issues associated with age, generations and diversity at work. Her other research interests include the social psychology of prejudice at work, multi-level learning, and 'third age' entrepreneurship.Dr McCarthy's research has attracted financial support from, inter alia, the Fulbright Commission, the Irish Research Council, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the. She has published a number of books and book chapters, and the findings of her research in a number of peer-reviewed outlets (including ABS 4*) and presented at numerous national and international conferences. She has served as a keynote speaker for Teacher's College, Columbia University, the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Association of Colorado (IOPAC), the Portland Industrial and Organizational Psychology Association (PIOPA), the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF). She served on the editorial board of Work, Aging & Retirement, and acts as a reviewer for the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Personnel Review, Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, European Journal of Training and Development and the Irish Journal of Management. Dr McCarthy was named as Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Publishing Literati Awards, 2017.
Professional Activities
Award
- 2019 - KBS Seed Funding
- 2019 - Fulbright Alumni Ambassador
- 2018 - KBS Seed Funding
- 2018 - European Institute of Innovation & Technology Health E-Labs Award
- 2018 - Case Centre Scholar
- 2017 - Outstanding Reviewer Emerald Publishing Literati Awards
- 2017 - KBS Seed Funding
- 2017 - UFHRD Teaching & Learning Prize
- 2016 - Irish Research Council New Foundations Award
- 2015 - College of Natural Sciences International Summer Scholar
- 2015 - Irish Research Council New Foundations Award
- 2012 - Fulbright Scholarship
- 2012 - Time-Place Management Research Award
- 2012 - Guest of Honour, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Association of Colorado Annual Banquet
- 2011 - Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) New Ideas Award
- 2009 - PhD Scholarship Award
Education
- 2011 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- 2006 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)
Association
- Member, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
- Member, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Member, University Forum for Human Resource Development
- Member, Irish Academy of Management
- Academic Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
Committee
- Kemmy Business School Teaching & Learning Committee,
- 4th Age in the Workplace Expert Group Meeting, Leuphana University, Luneberg, Germany, 9-11th November 2017 ,
- Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative (HaPAI) Steering Committee,
- Age in the Workplace Summer School, University of Limerick, Ireland, 27th June-1st July 2016 ,
- 3rd Age in the Workplace Expert Group Meeting, University of Limerick, Ireland, 5-7th November 2015,
- 2nd Age in the Workplace Expert Group Meeting, University of Trento, Italy, 21st-23rd November 2013,
- Age in the Workplace Research Network (AWR-net),
- International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) 11th World Congress, University of Limerick, Ireland, 26-29th June 2012,