Recently added articles from Irish Journal of Management:
Research for Action and Research in Action: Processual and Action Research in Dialogue?
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Change is a key area of concern for academics and practitioners alike. However, the approaches applied in the research of change have been subject to sustained critiques regarding their neglect of the context and process of change, as well as the relationship between scholars ...
An Initial Exploration of the Cultural Adaptation and Motivations of Immigrant Workers in Ireland
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Ireland has become a destination host country for a new wave of immigrants. This new multiculturalism creates challenges for human resource professionals. The present study was an initial exploration into the motivations and cultural adaptation of immigrants who have entered the ...
Charting the Contours of Union Recognition in Foreign-Owned MNCs: Survey Evidence from the Republic of Ireland
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This paper reports findings from the first large-scale representative survey of employment practices in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. Using data from some 260 MNCs, it investigates the contention that foreign- and Irish-owned MNCs differ in their approach to ...
Is There a Potential 'Representation Gap' in the New Irish Economy? An Examination of Union Density Levels and Employee Attitudes to Trade Unions
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT In many countries between 1980 and the mid-1990s trade union density registered a considerable decline. Using data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), we examine the trend in union density across different industrial sectors, occupations, gender, age and educational levels ...
The Evolution and Transformation of Networks: A Study of Private Health Insurance in Ireland
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The focus of this research is the process of network evolution and transformation in health insurance. It uses network theory to express the dynamics of change in the private health insurance market and it emphasises the structural features of density and sparseness, as well as ...