Mr. Saurav
Human Resources in the Recession: Managing and Representing People at Work in Ireland William K Roche School of Business, University College Dublin Paul Teague School of Management, Queen’s University Belfast Anne Coughlan School of Business, University College Dublin Majella Fahy School of Business, University College Dublin
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the support and assistance provided by a number of people towards the conduct of this study. Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the LRC, initiated and commissioned the study, and was unstinting in his support and encouragement throughout the research project. Freda Nolan, Director of Advisory Services at the LRC, was invaluable to our work through her involvement in the conduct of the focus groups, and her professionalism, support and guidance throughout the project. We owe her a great debt and we wish to acknowledge her contribution to the research. Members of the LRC Advisory Service, in particular Seamus Doherty and Leo Costello, played a valuable role in encouraging firms to participate in the employers’ survey. Wendy Sullivan at the CIPD also provided assistance with the survey. The Project Steering Group guided and assisted our work in various ways and we would like to thank, in particular, its external members: Michael McDonnell and Frank Kelly of the CIPD, Mary Connaughton of IBEC and Esther Lynch of the ICTU. Kieran Mulvey, Freda Nolan and Seamus Doherty also served as members of the Steering Group. The Board of the LRC gave helpful feedback on the preliminary results of the focus groups, as well as providing encouragement and support for the study as a whole. Colman Higgins and Roisin Farrelly of Industrial Relations News provided helpful advice with respect to possible case studies for inclusion in the research. None of the afore-mentioned bears any responsibility for the analysis or conclusions reported in the study.
At UCD, Lisa Madsen provided
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the support and assistance provided by a number of people towards the conduct of this study. Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the LRC, initiated and commissioned the study, and was unstinting in his support and encouragement throughout the research project. Freda Nolan, Director of Advisory Services at the LRC, was invaluable to our work through her involvement in the conduct of the focus groups, and her professionalism, support and guidance throughout the project. We owe her a great debt and we wish to acknowledge her contribution to the research. Members of the LRC Advisory Service, in particular Seamus Doherty and Leo Costello, played a valuable role in encouraging firms to participate in the employers’ survey. Wendy Sullivan at the CIPD also provided assistance with the survey. The Project Steering Group guided and assisted our work in various ways and we would like to thank, in particular, its external members: Michael McDonnell and Frank Kelly of the CIPD, Mary Connaughton of IBEC and Esther Lynch of the ICTU. Kieran Mulvey, Freda Nolan and Seamus Doherty also served as members of the Steering Group. The Board of the LRC gave helpful feedback on the preliminary results of the focus groups, as well as providing encouragement and support for the study as a whole. Colman Higgins and Roisin Farrelly of Industrial Relations News provided helpful advice with respect to possible case studies for inclusion in the research. None of the afore-mentioned bears any responsibility for the analysis or conclusions reported in the study.
At UCD, Lisa Madsen provided
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