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Dr Deirdre Curran B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD.
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Biography:
| Deirdre has been employed as a lecturer in the Management Discipline since 1997. Prior to joining NUIG, Deirdre worked as an associate lecturer for the National College of Ireland and as an independent management consultant. In the recent past Deirdre was the director of one of the School’s postgraduate programmes and she remains on the programme board of two postgraduate programmes. Deirdre currently acts as the School co-ordinator for the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). She is also the College of Business & Law representative on the university’s Access Steering Committee. Selected Publications: Curran, D., and Quinn, M. (2012) ‘Attitudes to Employment Law and the Consequent Impact of Legislation on Employment Relations Practice’, Employee Relations, Vol. 34 (5) Quinn, M. and Curran, D. 2010, “The impact of the Racial Equality Directive: a survey of trade unions and employers in the Member States of the European Union - Ireland”, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, (FRA), Vienna http://194.30.12.221/fraWebsite/research/publications/publications_per_year/2010/pub_racial_equal_directive_en.htm [Research Report] Collings, D. G., Curran, D. and Scullion, H. (2008) ‘International Human Resource Management’ in Wood, G and Collings, D. G. (eds) Human Resource Management : A Critical Text [Book Chapter] Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M. and Ryan, P. (2005) Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland, British Journal of Industrial Relations [Article] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Curran, D., and Quinn, M. (2012) 'Attitudes to Employment Law and the Consequent Impact of Legislation on Employment Relations Practice'. Employee Relations, 35 (5). [Details] |
| Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M., Ryan, P. (2005) 'Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland, Accepted for publication to a special edition of the British Journal of Industrial Relations'. BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, . [Details] |
Published Reports
Quinn, M., and Curran, D. (2010) Quinn, M. and Curran, D. 2010, “The impact of the Racial Equality Directive: a survey of trade unions and employers in the Member States of the European Union - Ireland”. European Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna.  [Details] |
Conference Paper
| Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M., Ryan, P. Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland.. Paper presented at the Irish Academy of Management Conference, Sept 2005. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D and Green, R Assessing the Likely Impact of the Information and Consultation Regulations on Employee Voice in the Irish Workplace. Paper presented at the Irish Academy of Management Conference, Sept 2005. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, M and Curran, D (2010) “The impact of the Racial Equality Directive: a survey of trade unions and employers in the Member States of the European Union - Ireland”, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, (FRA). Vienna: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D and Quinn, M. (2009) The Impact of the Law in Bringing About Change in Workplace Employment Relations Practice, Irish Academy of Management Conference. Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D., Quinn, M. (2009) The Effectiveness of the Selection Interview in the Primary Education Sector. Irish Academy of Management Conference Galway Mayo Institute of Technology Galway, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D., Quinn, M. (2009) The Impact of the Law in Bringing About Change in Workplace Employment Relations Practice. Irish Academy of Management Conference Galway Mayo Institute of Technology Galway, Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Collings, D G, Curran, D and Scullion, H (2008) ‘International Human Resource Management’ Human Resource Management : A Critical Text. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D., Gallina, P. (2006) Rationale, timing and adequate representation: on-going problematical issues in effective employee information and consultation. Irish Academy of Management Conference. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Dundon, T, Curran, D, Maloney, M and Ryan, P (2005) Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland, British Journal of Industrial Relations. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D and Green, R (2005) Assessing the Likely Impact of the Information and Consultation Regulations on Employee Voice in the Irish Workplace, Paper presented at the Irish Academy of Management Conference. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M., Ryan, P. (2005) Conceptualising the dynamics of employee information and consultation: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland. Irish Academy of Management Conference. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D., Green, R. (2005) Assessing the Likely Impact of the Information and Consultation Regulations on Employee Voice in the Irish Workplace. Irish Academy of Management Conference. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D and Green, R. (2004) Meeting the Challenge of Change:. Labour Relation Commission Symposium. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Dundon, T., Curran, D., Maloney, M., Ryan, P. (2003) Employee Information and Consultation: The Rising of a New Collectivist Dawn. ERU Conference Cardiff Business School. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D. (2001) Enterprise Level Partnership in Ireland: A Critical Review of the Current Situation. Doctoral Colloquium University College Cork. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Curran, D., Green, R. (2001) Enterprise Level Partnership in Ireland: A Review of the Current Position. Irish Academy of Management Conference. Conference Paper [Details] |
Other Item
| Quinn, M., Curran, D. (2010) The impact of the Racial Equality Directive: a survey of trade unions and employers in the Member States of the European Union - Ireland. 22 American Journal of Criminal Law. Other Item [Details] |
| Collings, D. G., Curran, D., Scullion, H. (2008) International Human Resource Management. The Machinery of Death, New York: Amnesty International USA. Other Item [Details] |
Teaching Interests
| Deirdre contributes to a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. A sample of her teaching commitments is included here. Deirdre’s teaching philosophy is to develop in students not only knowledge of the subject area but also the ability to think critically about the concepts, rationale and implications for life outside the university. Employment Law to the MSc Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management students Leadership & Change to the MSc Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management students and the MSc Strategy Innovation & People Management Students Communications to the postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies students Employment Relations to the Bachelor of Commerce, Corporate Law, and Diploma in Business Studies students Industrial Relations to engineering students from various undergraduate degree programmes Deirdre constantly strives to improve the quality of her inputs by involving students in their own learning and using innovative learning techniques. |