Prof. Tony Dundon

Kemmy Business School

Dept. Of Work & Employment Studies

Position: Professor

Email: tony.dundon@ul.ie

Biography

Tony Dundon is Professor of HRM and Employment Relations, Department of Work & Employment Studies in the Kemmy Business School. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS); Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts (FRSA); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD); former Chief Examiner for the CIPD; and was Editor-in-Chief of the Human Resource Management Journal (HRMJ). He is Visiting Professor at the Work & Equalities Institute, The University of Manchester; Honorary Visiting Professor at St Andrews University Management School, Scotland, and previously Head of Management at NUI Galway. His research has been published in journals such as: Human Relations, Organizational Research Methods, British Journal of Management, Work Employment & Society (among other). Recent books include: Missing Voice? Worker Voice and Social Dialogue in the Platform Economy (Elgar, 2022) HRM: Texts & Cases (6e, Sage, 2021); Handbook of Research on Employee Voice, 2e (2020, Elgar); Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management (2020); A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Employment Relations (2017, Sage); Routledge Companion of Employment Relations (2018).

A selection of media/press commentary from Professor Dundon include: A new fair work agenda for Ireland post-Covid' (Irish Times); Automation and the Myth of the End of Work' (The Conversation); Strikes are a natural consequence of a market environment' (Irish Times); Why talent management became a business obsession' (RTÉ Brainstorm); 'What's the point of a business school' (Irish

Research Interests

Tony's research interests include aspects of employment regulation and work equalities: employee voice; worker silence; trade union organisation; gig-economy work; technology and digital work platforms; HRM & organisational performance; labour migration.

Professional Activities

Association

2023 Fellow, Royal Society for Arts (RSA)
2013 Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
2003 Member, Irish Association for Industrial Relations
2001 Member, Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
2000 Member, British Academy of Management (BAM)
1999 Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
1997 Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
1997 Member, British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)

Award

2016 - Teresa Brannick Award (with B Harney)
2010 - President's Award for Teaching and Learning Excellence
2006 - Literati Paper Award (with M. Marchington, A. Wilkinson, P. Ackers)

Committee

2013 Irish Government Apprenticeship Commission , Member of Government Commission (Republic of Ireland) to review and revise occupations and skills for apprenticeship training and qualifications
2004 Irish Academy of Management (IAM) ,
2003 Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA),

Other

Visiting Professor: Work & Equalities Institute (WEI), Alliance Manchester Business School, UK
Honorary Visiting Professor: University of St Andrews Management School, Scotland

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Addressing big societal challenges in HRM research: A Society-Actors-Processes-Policy framework

Emma Hughes & Tony Dundon (2023) Addressing big societal challenges in HRM research: A Society-Actors-Processes-Policy framework. Academy of Management Perspectives

Biography

Research Interests

Professional Activities

Association

Award

Committee

Other

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Addressing big societal challenges in HRM research: A Society-Actors-Processes-Policy framework

ADDRESSING BIG SOCIETAL CHALLENGES IN HRM RESEARCH: A SOCIETY–ACTORS–PROCESSES–POLICY FRAMEWORK

Work in the Gig-Economy: The Role of the State and Non-State Actors Ceding and Seizing Regulatory Space

Mapping Employee Involvement and Participation (EIP) in institutional context: Mick Marchington's applied pluralist contributions to Human Resource Management (HRM) research methods, theory and policy

Embedding reciprocity in human resource management: A social exchange theory of the role of frontline managers

Inside the meetings: The role of managerial attitudes in approaches to information and consultation for employees

Mapping employee involvement and participation in institutional context: Mick Marchington's applied pluralist contributions to human resource management research methods, theory and policy

Victim or master of HRM implementation: the frontline manager conundrum

Forming Effective Employee Information and Consultation: A Five-Stage Trust and Justice Process

New Trajectories in Worker Voice: Integrating and Applying Contemporary Challenges in the Organization of Work

‘Zones of contention’ in industrial relations: Framing pluralism as praxis

Inside the meetings: The role of managerial attitudes in approaches to information and consultation for employees

Employer silencing in a context of voice regulations: Case studies of non-compliance

Employer silencing in a context of voice regulations: Case studies of non-compliance

The fracturing of work and employment relations

The (potential) demise of HRM

Employee voice mechanisms for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender expatriation: the role of Employee-Resource Groups (ERGs) and allies

Towards an integration of employee voice and silence

The Chimera of Sustainable Labour–Management Partnership

An analytical framework for employment regulation: investigating the regulatory space

Cross-level effects of high-performance work systems (HPWS) and employee well-being: The mediating effect of organisational justice

The shifting contours of collective bargaining in the manufacturing sector in the Republic of Ireland: Government, employer and union responses since the economic crisis

Militant partnership: a radical pluralist analysis of workforce dialectics

Double-breasting employee voice: An assessment of motives, arrangements and durability

Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&amp;C) Directive in liberal market economies

Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership

Reconceptualising employee silence: Problems and prognosis

Interviewing reluctant respondents: Strikes, henchmen, and gaelic games

Bitten by the celtic tiger: Immigrant workers and industrial relations in the New 'Glocalized' Ireland

The psychological contract: A critical review

The meanings and purpose of employee voice

Books

Handbook of Research on Employee Voice

Power, Politics & Influence at Work

Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Employment Relations

Book Chapters

Occupational Health and Wellbeing: Challenges and Opportunities in Theory and Practice

The hard problem: Human resource management and performance

Resistance, mischief and misbehavior@ The Jad-Gin Co.(JGC).

Fragmented Demands: Platform and Gig-Working in the UK

Edited Books

Missing Voice? Worker Voice and Social Dialogue in the Platform Economy

Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases (6th Edition)

Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management

Elgar introduction to theories of human resources and employment relations

HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON EMPLOYEE VOICE, Second Edition

Routledge Companion of Employment Relations

Other Journals

Conference Publications

Conference Contributions

Published Reports

Editorials

Book Reviews

Other Publications

Now is the time for Ireland to consider a fair-work agenda

Just when you thought it was safe to sign a zero hours contract

Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies