Biography
Dr. Caroline Murphy is a Lecturer in Employment Relations, and Director of the BA in HRM at the Department of Work and Employment Studies at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. 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, 2019-20), HR Practices in Ireland (CIPD, 2017-2020).
Her current research interests include job quality and precarious employment, female labour market participation, formal and informal care work, employee representation, and HR Analytics.
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
Publications
Book
Zero Hours and On-call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries
O'Sullivan, M., Lavelle, J. MacMahon, J., Ryan, L., Murphy, C., Turner, T. & Gunnigle, P.
Book Chapter
Resistance, mischief and misbehavior@ The Jad-Gin Co.(JGC).
Murphy, C., Ryan, L., & Dundon, T.
Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management.
Conflict and Mobilisation Theory
Ryan, L., Murphy, C., Troy, D.
Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations.
Social mobilization theory in HR and employment relations
Ryan, L., Murphy, C. and Troy, D.
Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations
Zero Hours Work in Ireland
Murphy, C., Lavelle, J., Turner, T., Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
Zero Hours and On-Call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries
Zero Hours Work in Ireland
Murphy, C., Lavelle, J., Turner, T., Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., O'Brien, M., Gunnigle, P.
Zero Hours and On-call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries
Human Resource Analytics
Murphy, C. and McCarthy, J.
Human Resource Management
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)
The New Foundations of Labour Law
Gender, Age and Labour Market Experiences'
Murphy, C. and Cross, C.
A Handbook of Age Diversity and Work
Tripartite responses to the precarious employment of young workers in Europe
Murphy, C and Simms, M
A Handbook of Age Diversity in the Workplace
Organisational Culture
McCarthy, J and Murphy C
Organisational Behaviour
Workplace Activists in Union Organising Campaigns: A Critical Resource?
Murphy, C and Turner, T
Are trade unions still relevant?: Union recognition 100 years on
Conference Contribution
Defining and Measuring Precarious Work
Ryan, L., MacMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M. and Murphy, C.
Conference Publication
ILO Conference on Regulating Decent Work 7-10 July 2019
O'Sullivan, M. McMahon, J., (presenting) Lavelle j., Murphy C., Ryan, L and Dundon T
37th International Labour Process Conference, 24-26 April, University of Vienna, 2019
Ryan, L., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
CRIMT international Conference: What Kind of Work for the Future: Disruption, Experimentation and Re regulation
MacMahon J. O'Sullivan M, Ryan L, Lavelle, J Murphy C, O'Brien M and Gunnigle P
Labour Employment Relations Association Conference
Ryan, L., O'Sullivan, M., Lavelle, J., and Murphy, C.
CRIMT - Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work
McMahon, J. O'Sullivan, M., Ryan, L., Turner, T. Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P
3rd Global Conference of International Human Resource Management
Ryan, L., McMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P
ReMarkLab Conference: New Foundations of Labour Law in the Globalised Market Economy?
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference,
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P
19th Annual Irish Academy of Management Conference
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
19th Annual Irish Academy of Management Conference
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
ReMarkLab Conference: New Foundations of Labour Law in the Globalised Market Economy?
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
New Foundations of Labour Law in the Globalised Market Economy?
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P
Fifth International Conference on Precarious Work and Vulnerable Workers
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
4th NERI Labour Market Conference
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., McMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
9th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment
MacMahon, J, Ryan, L., McCurtain, S., O'Sullivan, M. and Murphy, C.
16th Annual Irish Academy of Management Conference
MacMahon, J, Ryan, L., McCurtain, S., O'Sullivan, M. and Murphy, C.
Edited Book
Other Publication
RTE Brainstorming: Is Resilience a good thing for employees?
Murphy C and MacMahon J
Peer Reviewed Journal
Tipping the Scales for Labour in Ireland? Collective Bargaining and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015
Murphy C.;Turner T.
Industrial Law Journal
DOI: 10.1093/indlaw/dwz019
Trade Union Responses to zero hours work in Ireland.
Murphy, C., Turner, T., O'Sullivan, M., MacMahon, J., Lavelle, J., Ryan, L., Gunnigle, P., & O'Brien,
Industrial Relations Journal
Tipping the Scales for Labour in Ireland? Collective Bargaining and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015.
Murphy, C., Turner, T.
Industrial Law Journal
The Same But Different: Regulating Zero Hours Work in Two Liberal Market Economies
Ryan, L., MacMahon, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M., and Gunnigle, P.
Irish Journal Of Management
DOI: 10.2478/ijm-2019-0002
Trade Union Responses to zero hours work in Ireland
Murphy C.;Turner T.;O'Sullivan M.;MacMahon J.;Lavelle J.;Ryan L.;Gunnigle P.;O'Brien M.
Journal Of Industrial Relations
DOI: 10.1111/irj.12271
Defining and Regulating Zero Hours Work: Lessons from a Liberal Market Economy
Ryan, L. MacMahon, J., Lavelle, J., O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Murphy, C., O'Brien, M. and Gunnigle, P.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
'The Role of the State in Shaping Zero Hours Work in an Atypical Liberal Market Economy'
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., Lavelle, J., MacMahon, J., Ryan, L., Murphy, C., Gunnigle, P. and O'Brien, M.
Economic And Industrial Democracy
Speaking up or staying silent in bullying situations: the significance of management control
MacMahon, J;O'Sullivan, M;Murphy, C;Ryan, L;MacCurtain, S
Industrial Relations Journal
DOI: 10.1111/irj.12230
To stand back or step in? Exploring the responses of employees who observe workplace bullying
MacCurtain, S,Murphy, C,O'Sullivan, M,MacMahon, J,Turner, T
Nursing inquiry
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12207
Speaking up or Staying Silent in bullying situations: the significance of managerial control
MacMahon J, O'Sullivan M, Murphy C, Ryan L and MacCurtain S
Industrial Relations Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12240
Occupations, age and gender: Men and women's earnings in the Irish labour market.
Turner, T., Cross, C., & Murphy, C
Economic And Industrial Democracy
Formal and informal long term care work: policy conflict in a liberal welfare state
Murphy, C,Turner, T
International Journal Of Sociology And Social Policy
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-06-2015-0069
The unintended consequences of role-modelling behaviour in female career progression
Cross, C,Linehan, M,Murphy, C
Personnel Review
DOI: 10.1108/PR-06-2015-0177
Fear and Leadership in Union Organizing Campaigns,
Murphy, C
Journal Of Workplace Rights
Organising precarious workers: Can a public campaign overcome weak grassroots mobilisation at workplace level?
Murphy, C,Turner, T
Journal Of Industrial Relations
DOI: 10.1177/0022185615623082
Organising non‐standard workers: union recruitment in the Irish care sector
Murphy, C and Turner, T
Industrial Relations Journal
Published Report
HR Practices in Ireland
Murphy, C., MacMahon, J, and Cross C
Technology, Work & Skills. The impact of technology on employees
O'Sullivan, M., MacMahon, J., Murphy, C. ., Lavell, J., Ryan, L.
On-call work in industrialized countries
O'Sullivan, M., Lavelle, J., MacMahon, J., Ryan, L, Murphy, C. and O'Brien, M.
A Study on the Prevalence of Zero Hour Contracts among Irish Employers and the Impact on Employees,
O'Sullivan, M., Turner, T., MacMahon, J., Ryan, L., Lavelle, J., Murphy, C., Gunnigle, P and O'Brien, M
Workplace Bullying Among Nurses in Ireland,
McMahon, J, MacCurtain, S, O'Sullivan, M, Murphy, C and Turner T (