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Centre for Innovation & Structural Change (CISC)

Brian Harney

B.A. (HONS), MBS (Corporate Strategy and HRM)

bharneynuigalway.ie; b.harneyjbs.cam.ac.uk

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Research interests:

HRM in smaller firms, High Performance Work Systems, University Technology Transfer, Strategic Management

Brian joined CISC as the recipient of a PhD Studentship in the High Performance Work Systems Group in 2004, having spent the previous year as a lecturer (fixed term) in Strategy and Human Resource Management at the Department of Management NUI, Galway. Brian holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and an MBS (Corporate Strategy and People Management) from NUI Galway. In 2004 Brian was awarded the Irish Management Institute (IMI) Sir Charles Harvey Medal as one of the most outstanding graduates of a postgraduate business degree in Ireland. Brian is currently completing his PhD, exploring the determinants of HRM in smaller firms at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge where he is the recipient of a Cambridge European Trust bursary and a Fellow of the Cambridge European Society. Brian has presented his work at a number of national and international conferences receiving a number of best paper awards including: UCIRHRP Best Student Paper LERA (2009), most outstanding PhD Paper, Judge Business School, Doctoral Conference (2007), Best Postgraduate Paper Irish Academy of Management Conference (2007), Best Paper, Strategy as Practice Track, British Academy of Management Conference (2006), IRRA/AILR Best Paper (2005), and Joint Best Paper HRM Track, Irish Academy of Management Conference (2004). Brian has experience in HR and strategy consulting, while his commissioned work on university technology transfer was cited in the Irish governments’ Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation and published in book format.

Publications, presentations etc.:

Books

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2006. Strategic Management of Technology Transfer: The New Challenge on Campus: Oak Tree Press.

Journal Articles

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2007. Third stream activities: Company formation issues, challenges and implications Irish Journal of Management, 28(2): 201-210.

Harney, B. 2006. The challenge of sustaining Ireland’s economic success: Fairy tales, leprechauns and the illusive pot of gold. International Affairs Journal, UC Davis, 2(3): 28-34

Harney, B. 2008. Book Review & Commentary: Pfeffer and Sutton's Evidence-Based Management. Irish Journal of Management, 29(1): 35-42.

Harney, B., & Dundon, T. 2006. Capturing complexity: Developing an integrated approach to analysing HRM in SMEs. Human Resource Management Journal, 16(1): 48-73.

Harney, B., & Dundon, T. 2007. An emergent theory of HRM: A theoretical and empirical exploration of determinants of HRM among Irish small to medium sized enterprises. Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 15: 109-159.

Harney, B., & Jordan, C. 2008. Unlocking the black box: Line managers and HRM performance in a call centre context. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 57(4): 275-296.

Reports, Monographs, working papers

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2004. Varieties of Excellence: A Review of International Best Practice Pertaining to the Structure, Activities and Responsibilities of Industrial Liaison Offices: Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway.

Heffernan, M., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., & Dundon, T. 2008. People Management and Innovation in Ireland, CISC Working Paper, Vol. 28: 1-26.

Conference papers

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2005. The Formation, Motivation, Skills, and Roles Of The Strategist, Strategic Management Society. Orlando, Florida 23-26th October

Cunningham, J., Harney, B., & O'Dea, E. 2005. In search of the strategist: Lessons from Travel Co, British Academy of Management Conference. Oxford, 14-16th September

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2006. Unearthing the Strategist, American Academy of Management Conference. Atlanta, 11-16th August

Dundon, T., & Harney, B. 2004. An Open Systems Theory of HRM: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland, Industrial Relations European Conference (IREC). IR and HRM: a critical assessment of ideological and theoretical rifts and/or shifts’ Utrecht, Netherlands 26-28th August.

Geare, A., Edgar, F., Harney, B., & Cafferkey, K. 2009. Bringing workers back in: A comparative assessment of employee orientations' towards HRM in Ireland and New Zealand, Paper accepted for presentation at the International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress 2009. Sydney, August 2009.

Harney, B. 2004. University Technology Transfer and Commercialisation of Research, Lessons from International Best Practice Paper presented at the National University of Ireland, Galway CISC Seminar Series, 21st of October, 2004.

Harney, B. 2005. (Re)evaluating the nature and extent of strategic choice in HRM decisions, Judge Business School Inaugural Doctoral Conference, 5-6 ^th December

Harney, B. 2005. It's a small but complex world: The dynamic nature of informality and control in employment relations in Irish SMEs, Irish Academy of Management Conference. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, September 2005

Harney, B. 2005/2006. ’Contemporary developments in strategy’, Invited presentations Contemporary Issues Series, NUI Galway.

Harney, B. 2007. Contextualising HRM in SMEs: Moving beyond normative theory, Transatlantic Doctoral Conference. London Business School, May 17-19th.

Harney, B. 2007. HRM Performance research and the romance of big science: Follow the yellow brick road or goodbye yellow brick road? Irish Academy of Management Conference, Queen's University Belfast 3-4th September.

Harney, B. 2007. ’HRM and Business Performance Research: Moving beyond big science’, Judge Business School Doctoral Conference, University of Cambridge, December 3-4th

Harney, B. 2008. The 7 fallacies of strategic HRM. Dublin: Invited presentation DCU Business School, 27th March, 2008.

Harney, B. 2009. Exploring the road less travelled in HRM-Performance research: A critical realist alternative to big science, Labor and Employment Relations Association, 61st Annual Meeting San Francisco, 3-5 January, 2009

Harney, B. 2009. Running to standstill? Progress, pitfalls and prospects in researching the linkages between high performance work systems and business performance International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress 2009, Sydney, August 2009.

Harney, B., & Dundon, T. 2004. Towards an Open Systems Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration among Irish SMES, Irish Academy of Management Conference. Trinity College Dublin, 2-3rd September

Harney, B., & Dundon, T. 2005. An Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises, IRRA Annual Conference, Philadelphia 6-9th January:

Harney, B., & Dundon, T. 2006. Contextualising HRM in SMEs: Moving beyond normative theory, British University Industrial Relations Association Conference. Galway, 28-30th, June.

Heffernan, M., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., & Dundon, T. 2007. Exploring the relationship between HRM, creativity and organisational performance: Evidence from Ireland, International Human Resource Management Conference. June 12-15th, Tallinn, Estonia

Jordan, C., & Harney, B. 2006. It’s not your call: Line managers, dependency relationships and HRM performance in a call centre context, British Academy of Management. Belfast, 12-14th of September.

Jordan, C., & Harney, B. 2006. Unlocking the Black Box: Line managers, HRM and Performance in a Call Centre Context, European Academy of Management. Oslo, 17-20th May.

Magazine Articles/Media Coverage

Anon. 2006. Academics highlight lack of return on linkages, Knowledge Ireland, September 29th, 2006: 34.

Anon. 2006. Book Review of ’Cunningham and Harney Strategic Management of Technology Transfer’, Business and Finance, 16th of November.

Cunningham, J., & Harney, B. 2006. Ireland needs to take a more strategic approach to the process of turning third level research ideas into commercial realities, Knowledge Ireland, December: 58-62 (Book Extract).

Dobbins, T. 2008. Low to moderate up take of full blown HR systems, Industrial Relations News, Vol. 19th of March.

Dundon, T., Cullinane, N., & Harney, B. 2006. The ideology of union-busting. International Union Rights Journal, 13(2): 5.

Flynn, G. 2008. Keeping workers in the loop is now the law, Irish Times: P 14.

Harney, B. and Cunningham, J. 2006. Academic R&D as the Golden Egg, Business and Finance, 30 ^th of November: 58-60.

Harney, B., & Cunningham, J. 2006. The challenge of developing University-Business Collaboration, Starting Your Own Business, July/August: 34-35.

Monaghan, G. 2006. Research will help business compete, Irish Times, Thursday, 9th of November, 2006, p.17. Dublin.

Monaghan, G. 2006. Universities need to improve links with industry, Irish Times, p. 10. Dublin.

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