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Dr Tony Royle BA, PhD
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Biography:
| Dr Royle is an internationally recognized authority in international and comparative employment relations with particular expertise in the area of low-paid service sector employment in multinational corporations, but also in the areas of international labour standards and European Union social policy and legislation. He has acted as an adviser to a number of international institutions including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Social Affairs Committee of the European Union Parliament, international trade union bodies such as the global union the IUF, and national bodies such as the Irish Labour Relations Commission as well as a number of trade union confederations such as the Dutch and Japanese Trade Union Confederations (FNV and RENGO). Research and Publication His books (published with Routledge) in 2000 and 2002 have been widely acclaimed internationally and have been sold in large numbers in the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, attracting many favourable reviews in academic journals His publications output to date amounts to some 56 academic and practitioner publications plus nearly around 80 peer reviewed conference papers, several of which have been presented as opening conference plenary papers and other invited plenaries at prestigious international conferences. His work has achieved a high level of international citations in top international journals, not only in the main his field of international and comparative employment relations, but also in a wide array of international publications as diverse as the Stanford Technology Law Review (2004) and special reports for the European Union Research Institute (2006). In addition his work is widely used as a resource for teaching in universities around the world and has also been published in German, Italian and Spanish. He is currently engaged in a number of different international research projects and writing a textbook with Palgrave MacMillan aimed at final year undergraduates and masters students entitled Global and Comparative Employment Relations: A Critical Analysis to be published in September 2013. Internal Appointments In addition to a wide range of teaching experience, module and course development and programme leadership, Dr Royle was Head of the Department of Management at NUI Galway and is subject head for the human resource management and industrial relations group. He is chair of the Management Discipline Graduate Research Committee, Director of Cairnes School PhD Programme, a member of the research performance quality review panel of the Institute for Business Social Science and Public Policy and a member of NUIG’s Academic Standing Committee. Media Coverage, TV, Radio and Guest Lectures Dr Royle’s research work has also received a lot of attention in the media, with reviews in the Financial Times and other newspaper articles in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Belgium and Finland. He has also made a number of appearances on both the TV and radio (for example BBC radio, Canadian Television, Irish and Italian radio and he has recently appeared in a Swedish TV documentary (SVT) which focused on employment relations in the international fast-food industry. In addition he has been invited to give over 30 guest lectures at other universities and other international institutions including for example: the Berlin Social Science Research Centre (WZB); the London School of Economics; and the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (University of London); the Centre for Workplace Studies, Wayne State University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo and the British TUC and the Irish labour Relations Commission. He has also given plenary papers at prestigious international conferences such as the Marco Biagi Foundation Conference, University of Modena, the British Universities Industrial Association Conference and the Irish Academy of Management. External Appointments He has held a number visiting appointments including Visiting Professor at the Marco Biagi Foundation, School for Advanced Studies in Comparative Industrial Relations and Labour Law, the University of Modena, the University of Keele and the University of Hertfordshire. He is also a member of the Marco Biagi Foundation’s International Scientific Doctoral Committee. He has also held a number of External Examiner and appointments for several British Universities at PhD level, masters and undergraduate levels (including for example the London School of Economics). He served two terms as a member of the Executive of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association until July 2009 and was for three years a member of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Association of Industrial Relations . Editorial Boards, Journal and Conference Referee Dr Royle is currently a member of four editorial boards including the Work, Employment and Society, the Industrial Relations Journal, the Irish Journal of Management and the Anadolu Journal of Social Sciences. He regularly acts as a referee for a wide range of international journals such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations (Berkeley), Human Relations, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Personnel Review, Industrial Relations Journal, Economic and Industrial Democracy, International Journal of HRM, Employee Relations, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal and the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Journal of International Management and Work, Employment and Society. He regularly provides book reviews for a range of similar journals. He has acted as track chair and conference referee for a number of prestigious international conferences (such as the International Labour Process Conference; Work, Employment and Society Conference; the BUIRA Conference and the Irish Academy of Management Conference. Selected Publications: Curley, C. and Royle, T. (2013) ‘The Degradation of Work and the End of the Skilled Emotion Worker at Aer Lingus: Is it all Trolley Dolleys now?’, Work, Employment and Society, 27, 1, forthcoming Royle, T. and Urano, E. (2012) ‘A New Form of Union Organizing in Japan? Community Unions and the Case of the McDonald’s ‘McUnion’, Work, Employment and Society, 26, 4: 606-622. Royle, T. (2010) ‘McDonald’s and the Global ‘McJob’: A longitudinal study of work, pay and unionization in the international fast-food industry’, (US) Labor History, 51, 2, 249-69. Royle, T and Ortiz, L. (2009) ‘Dominance Effects from local competitors: setting institutional parameters for employment relations in multinational subsidiaries; a case from the Spanish supermarket sector’, British Journal of Industrial Relations , 47, 4: 653-675. |
Books
| Royle, T (2012) Comparative Global Employment Relations: A Critical Analysis. London: Palgrave MacMillan [Details] |
| Royle, T (2002) Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry, London and New York: Routledge: Hardback. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2000) Working for McDonald’s in Europe: The Unequal Struggle? London and New York: Routledge. Hardback. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Royle, T. (2012) 'Globalization and the Global Fast-Food Industry’' In: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. London: Blackwell. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2011) '‘Regulating Global Capital through Public and Private Codes: An Analysis of International Labour Standards and Corporate Voluntary Initiatives’' In: Wilkinson, A. and Barry, M. (eds.) Comparative Employment Relations, London: Sage. London and California: Sage. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2007) 'McTrabajo en Europa’' In: Los Tentáculos de la McDonaldizacion. Rioja, Spain: Editorial Popular. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2006) 'McWork in Europe’' In: McDonaldization: the Reader. California: Thousand Oaks. [Details] |
| Royle, T. and Towers, B. (2003) 'Regulating employee interest representation: the case of McDonald’s in the Europe Union' In: Multinationals and the Global Human Resource Strategies. Quoroum: Connecticut. [Details] |
| Royle, T. and Towers, B. (2002) 'Summary and Conclusions: MNCs, regulatory systems and employment rights' In: Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2002) 'Introduction' In: Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2002) 'Undermining the System? Labour Relations in the German fast-food industry’' In: Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2002) 'Resistance is useless!’ The problems of trade union organization in the European Fast-Food Industry: The Case of McDonald’s' In: Challenges for European Management in a Global Context. Basingstoke: Palgrave. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2002) '51st State of the USA? Labour relations in the UK fast-food industry’' In: Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2000) 'Sich fügende Mitarbeiter und das multinationale Unternehmen: Eine Analyse der Arbeitsbeziehung bei der McDonald’s Corporation in Deutschland und Grossbritannien’' In: Grenzenlose Kontrolle: Organisatorischer Wandel und politische Macht multinationaler Unternehmen. Berlin: Edition Sigma. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Royle, T. and Towers, B (Ed.). (2002) Labour Relations in the Global fast-Food Industry. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| O’Sullivan, M. and Royle, T. (2013) 'Attacking the Low Paid: Fast-Food Employers and the Threat to Minimum Wage Regulation in Ireland'. Economic And Industrial Democracy, . [Details] |
| Curley, C. and Royle, T. (2013) '‘The Degradation of Work and the End of the Skilled Emotion Worker at Aer Lingus: Is it all Trolley Dolleys now?’'. Work, Employment And Society, 27 (1). [Details] |
| Royle, T,Urano, E (2012) 'A new form of union organizing in Japan? Community unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion''. Work Employment And Society, 26 :606-622. [DOI] [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2012) '‘Socially Inclusive or Exclusive? An Analysis of European Social Policy, Legislation and European Case Law’'. Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations, 80 :25-48. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2012) '‘It’s all ‘Trolley Dollies’ now: the demise of the skilled emotion worker at Aer Lingus’'. Work, Employment And Society, 26 (5). [Details] |
| Royle, T (2011) '‘La svolta dell’OIL per i principi promozionali e la “privatizzazione” dei diritti dei lavoratori: un’analisi dei Labour Standards, dei principi di autoregolazione e delle clausole sociali’'. Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali, (1):26-294. [Details] |
| Burbach, R. and Royle, T. (2010) 'Talent on demand? Talent Management in the German and Irish Subsidiaries of a US Multinational Corporation''. Personnel Review, 39 (4):414-431. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2010) '‘McDonald’s and the Global ‘McJob’: A longitudinal study of work, pay and unionization in the international fast-food industry’'. Labor History, . [Details] |
| Royle, T (2010) '‘The ILO’s shift to promotional principles and the ‘privatization’ of labour rights: An analysis of labour Standards, Voluntary self-regulation and social clauses’'. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 26 (3):249-272. [Details] |
| Royle, T (2010) ''Low-road Americanization' and the global 'McJob': a longitudinal analysis of work, pay and unionization in the international fast-food industry'. Labor History, 50 :249-270. [DOI] [Details] |
| Royle, T and Ortiz, L (2009) '‘Dominance Effects from local competitors: setting institutional parameters for employment relations in multinational subsidiaries; a case from the Spanish supermarket sector’'. British Journal Of Industrial Relations, 47 (4):653-675. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2008) '‘What’s the Beef with Fast-Food? Work and Employment in the Global Fast-Food Industry’'. Food Ethics: Magazine of the UK Food Ethics Council, 3 (4):12-17. [Details] |
| Royle, T (2007) '‘Le pratiche occupazionali nel settore italiano dei fast food’'. Quaderni Rassegna Sindicale, VIII (2):269-293. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2006) '‘The Dominance Effect? Multinational Corporations in the Italian Quick Food Service Sector’'. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 44 (4):757-779. [Details] |
| Royle, T (2005) 'The union recognition dispute at McDonald’s Moscow food-processing factory’'. Industrial Relations Journal, 36 (4):318-332. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2005) '‘Realism or Idealism? Corporate social responsibility and the employee stakeholder in the global fast-food Industry’'. Business Ethics: A European Review, 14 (1):42-55. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2004) '‘Low Road Convergence? The significance of sectoral factors in understanding MNC cross-border behaviour: the case of the Spanish and German quick food service sectors’'. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 10 (1):51-71. [DOI] [Details] |
| Royle, T (2002) 'Just vote no! Union busting in the European fast-food industry: the case of McDonald’s’'. Industrial Relations Journal, 33 (3):262-278. [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2002) '‘Multinational corporations, employers’ associations and trade union exclusion strategies in the German fast-food industry’'. Employee Relations, 4 (4):437-460. [Details] |
| Royle, T (2001) '‘McDonald’s and the Struggle for Employee representation in Europe’'. Croner Employee Relations Briefing, 50 . [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2001) '‘Workplace representation under threat? The McDonald’s Corporation and the effectiveness of legislatively underpinned works councils in seven European Union countries’'. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2 . [Details] |
| Royle, T (2001) '‘Underneath the Arches’'. People Management, 6 (19):40-42. [Details] |
| Royle, T (1999) 'Recruiting the Acquiescent Worker: a comparative analysis of McDonald’s in Germany and the UK’'. Employee Relations, 21 (6):540-555. [Details] |
| Royle, T (1999) 'The Reluctant Bargainers: McDonald’s, Unions and Pay Determination in Germany and the UK’'. Industrial Relations Journal, 30 (2):135-150. [Details] |
| Royle, T (1999) 'Where’s the Beef? McDonald’s and its European Works Council'. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 5 (3):327-347. [Details] |
| Royle, T (1998) 'Avoidance Strategies and the German System of Co-determination’'. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 9 (6):1026-1047. [Details] |
| Royle, T (1995) '‘Corporate versus Societal Culture: a comparative study of McDonald’s in Europe’'. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 7 (2~3):52-56. [Details] |
Published Reports
| Royle, T. et al. (2007) The Impact of global food chains on employment in the food and drink sector. International Labour Organisation, Geneva. [Details] |
Book Review
| Royle, T. (2012) European Works Councils: A Transnational Industrial Relations Institution in the Making reviewed in British Journal of Industrial Relations. Book Review [Details] |
| Royle, T. (2011) Globalization of Precarious Forms of Production and Employment reviwed in Work Employment and Society. Book Review [Details] |
Other Item
| Royle, T (2009) Professor Brian Towers, Industrial relations Journal. Other Item [Details] |
| Royle, T (2009) Obituary: Professor Brian Towers, Human Resource Management Journal. Other Item [Details] |
Reviews
| Royle, T (2011) Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations, by reviewed in Work Employment and Society. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2010) The Retail Revolution, by Nelson Lichtenstein, reviewed in Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2010) To Serve God and Wal-Mart, by Bethany Moreton, reviewed in Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2008) ‘What’s the Beef with Fast-Food? Work and Employment in the Global Fast-Food Industry’, Food Ethics: Magazine of the UK Food Ethics Council, Winter. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2008) ‘Multinationals, Institutions and the Construction of Transnational Practices: Convergence and Diversity in the Global Economy’, reviewed in British Journal of Industrial Relations. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2005) ‘European Integration and Industrial Relations: Multi-level governance in the making’, Paul Marginson and Keith Sisson, reviewed in the Industrial Relations Journal. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2002) ‘Youth At Work: the unionized fast-food and grocery workplace’, by Stuart Tannock, reviewed in Work, Employment and Society. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (2001) ‘Management Work and Welfare in Western Europe: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis’, by Mick Carpenter and Steve Jeffreys, reviewed in Historical Studies in Industrial Relations. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (1999) ‘Fighting for Partnership: Labour and Politics in Unified Germany’, by Lowell, Turner, reviewed in the Industrial Relations Journal. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (1999) ‘The German and Dutch Economies who follows who?’, By Lei Delsen, and Elke De Jong, reviewed in the Industrial Relations Journal. Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (1998) ‘Corporate Restructuring in Britain and Germany’,reviewed in the Industrial Relations Journal European Annual Review. Blackwell: Reviews [Details] |
| Royle, T (1998) ‘Trade Associations in Britain and Germany: Responding to Internationalisation in the EU’, by Robert J Bennett (ed) reviewed in the Industrial Relations Journal European Annual Review 1997, Oxford: Blackwell. Reviews [Details] |
Teaching Interests
| Global and comparative employment relations, employee relations, work and organisations (sociology of work), international human resource management. |