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Dr Maeve O'Sullivan

PhD, MSc, BBS, MCIPD

Contact Details

Lecturer Above The Bar
E: OSullivanM@nuigalway.ie

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in HRM & Decent Work
J.E Cairnes School of Business & Economics
University of Galway
Newcastle
Galway
T: +353-91-492601
E: osullivanm@universityofgalway.ie
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-8431

Biography

Maeve is assistant professor/lecturer in Human Resource Management and Decent Work at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway, Ireland. Prior to this, she was a lecturer and MSc in Human Resource Management programme director at University College Cork.

Maeve researches and lectures in a variety of human resource management, organisational behavior, leadership and management-related subjects. Previously, Maeve held senior management and consultancy roles in both public and private sector organisations in Ireland, the UK and at the European Commission in Brussels. This experience has led to a wide range of research and consultancy interests relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including labour market equality, decent work and green HRM policies and practices.

Research Interests

Labour market inequalities are growing. Maeve's research to date has been primarily centred on identifying the factors influencing these inequalities and finding multi-level, impactful solutions to inform policy and improve individual work and organisational performance.

Specific scholarship strands relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including labour market equality, decent work and green HRM policies and practices. Explicit research interest focuses on poor quality employment (part-time, precarious and gig economy work) as well as low-paid sectors of the economy and inequalities in the labour market, pertaining to gender, age and access to decent work. Additional research project involvement includes exploring attitudes to and experiences of menopause in the workplace and working as part of a team to explore pregnancy loss in Workplaces: Informing policymakers on support mechanisms.

Research Projects

	Project	Start Date	End Date
	PLACES \| Pregnancy Loss in Workplaces: Informing policymakers on support mechanisms	01-SEP-22	31-DEC-23

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Creating a Community of Praxis at University College Cork' Cotter, G., Bonenfant, G., Butler,, J., Caulfield, M., Doyle Prestwich, B., Griffin, R., Khabbar, S., Mishra, N., Hally, R., Murphy, M., Murphy, O., O'Sullivan, M., Phelan, M., Reidy, D., Schneider, J., Sharifi Isaloo, A., Turner, B., Usher, R., Williamson Sinalo, C. (2022) 'Creating a Community of Praxis at University College Cork'. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 14 (2):1-12 [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part-time work' O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C. and Lavelle, J. (2021) 'Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part-time work'. Industrial Relations Journal, 52 (5):423-441 [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland' O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C., and Lavelle, J. (2020) 'The forgotten labour force: Characteristics and trends for older female part-time workers in Ireland'. Irish Journal Of Management, 39 (1):47-60 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction, 2nd Edition' O'Sullivan, M. (2022) 'Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction, 2nd Edition' In: Managing Diversity. London, U.K: Bloomsbury Publishing. [Details]
	(2019)	'Human Resource Management at the Crossroads: Challenges and Future Directions' O'Sullivan, M., Cross, C. and Lavelle, J. (2019) 'Human Resource Management at the Crossroads: Challenges and Future Directions' In: Older Female Part-time Workers¿ Job Characteristics. :108-133 Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K: Cambridge Scholars. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	Irish Academy of Management, O'Sullivan, M., Duggan, J., O'Sullivan, M. (2022) Essential or excluded? Analysing government supports for gig workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. [Conference Paper], Irish Academy of Management, Trinity College, Dublin , 25-AUG-22 - 26-AUG-22. [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2021	Research Award winner 2021: Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research (Social Research Committee)	University College Cork
2021	Research Centre of the Year, College of Business and Law, UCC	University College Cork
2020	Research Centre of the Year, College of Business and Law, UCC	University College Cork

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development	Associate member	10-JAN-12 /
Sociological Association of Ireland	Member	28-JUN-21 /
Irish Academy of Management	Member	01-SEP-14 /
British Psychological Society	Occupational Tester/Member	01-SEP-11 /

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Research & Policy committee, TASC (Think-tank for Action of Social Change)	Committee member	01-OCT-22 /
Technological University of the Shannon (Athlone)	External Examiner, Department of Business and Management	01-SEP-21 /
UK Economic and Social Research Council, Transforming Working Lives Funding Call (total fund: £4.3 million), 2021	Review panellist	01-JUN-21 / 01-SEP-21

Languages

	Language
	English
	French
	Gaeilge

Teaching Interests

Sustainable Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Leadership, Work & organisational behaviour, Social psychology of organisations

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