Anthony Mcdonnell

Biography

Anthony is Professor of Management at the Cork University Business School (CUBS), University College Cork, Ireland. Prior to joining UCC in November 2016, Anthony was Head of the Management Group, Director of the Centre for Irish Business and Economic Performance and Reader in Management at Queen's University Belfast. Anthony has also previously worked at the University of South Australia, University of Newcastle (Australia) and University of Limerick.Anthony is currently the (Co) (HRMJ), ranked a 4 in the ABS journal list, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of South Australia (UniSA).Anthony sits on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of World Business, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Employee Relations: the International Journal, and the Irish Journal of Management. He has guest edited a number of journal special issues (Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, International Journal of Manpower) and his research has been published in leading international journals such as the Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management (US), Human Relations, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Management International Review and Human Resource Management Journal. Please contact me if you are interested in collaborating or pursuing doctoral research within my areas of interest and expertise (see Research Interests for details).

Research Interest

My research is currently centred in two areas: First, my scholarship is in the area of international management with a particular emphasis on human resource management. My research focuses on the HR practices of MNCs in different host environments with a strong feature being analysing variation and similarity in the behaviour of these organisations across countries and industries. Second, I am actively researching and playing a development role in the emerging research field of talent management. A key interest has been on examining whether talent management is a discrete strategic management activity or more akin to a fad.