Caroline Murphy

Biography

Dr. Caroline Murphy is a Lecturer in Employment Relations with the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. Caroline is a former IRRT funded research scholar. She completed her PhD in 2011 in the area trade union organising and collective representation in the workplace. She also holds a Masters in International Tourism from the University of Limerick (2005). She lectures in Employment Relations, Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. Caroline has extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate, post-graduate and post experience levels, and in the delivery of courses to specific industry groups. She has also consultancy experience in performance management and competency framework development. She has worked on a variety of research projects including: Union Organising in Ireland (2008-2010 funded by the Industrial Relations Research Trust, Trinity College Dublin), A Study of Workplace Bullying in Ireland (2011-2012, funded by the INMO), Gender Equality in Decision-Making (2014-2016, funded by the European Commission), A Study of Zero Hours Work in Ireland (2015, funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) and Reconciling Employment and elderCare Together (2016, funded by the Irish Council) Her current research interests include precarious employment, female labour market participation, formal and informal care work and employee representation.

Research Interest

Employment Relations