All Outputs (64)

Devolvement of HRM and perceived performance within multinational corporations (MNCs) (2012)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M. (2012). Devolvement of HRM and perceived performance within multinational corporations (MNCs). European Journal of International Management, 6(1), 101-127. https://doi.org/10.1504/ejim.2012.044760

This paper examines the process of delivery of HR practices within Multinational Companies (MNCs). Neo-institutional, resource-based and agency theories are used to explore whether devolvement of HR to line managers is attempted in MNCs. Issues of ag... Read More about Devolvement of HRM and perceived performance within multinational corporations (MNCs).

On the Labour Market Progress of Polish Accession Workers in South-East England: Labour market progress of Polish accession workers (2011)
Journal Article
Bachan, R., & Sheehan, M. (2011). On the Labour Market Progress of Polish Accession Workers in South-East England: Labour market progress of Polish accession workers. International Migration, 49(2), 104-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00637.

The enlargement of the European Union (EU) in May 2004 produced a very significant wave of immigration to the United Kingdom that is likely to continue to impact its labour market in forthcoming years. Polish migrants were by far the largest cohort o... Read More about On the Labour Market Progress of Polish Accession Workers in South-East England: Labour market progress of Polish accession workers.

Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms (2008)
Book Chapter
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms. In R. Barrett, & S. Mayson (Eds.), International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRMEdward Elgar Publishing

Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms. In R. Barrett, & S. Mayson (Eds.), International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US (2008)
Book Chapter
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US. In C. van Beers, A. Kleinknecht, R. Ortt, & R. Verburg (Eds.), Determinants of Innovative Behaviour: A Fi

There is a large and growing literature on the relationship between the use of human resource management practices on the one hand, and corporate performance on the other (see for example Appelbaum et al., 2000; Guest et al., 2000; Huselid and Becker... Read More about Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US.

Euro Area Money Demand Stability (2008)
Journal Article
Cosgrove, M., Singh, C., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Euro Area Money Demand Stability. Journal of Business and Economics Research, 6(2), 15-22

The European Central Bank (ECB) has price level stability as its primary target, and operates via an interest-rate measure to achieve its target over the short term. The ECB also explicitly incorporates a quantity measure, M3, into their monetary fra... Read More about Euro Area Money Demand Stability.

Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage (2005)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2005). Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(3), 445-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/0958519042000339598

This paper contributes to the strategic human resource management literature by testing the three main approaches – the universalistic (‘best practice’), contingency and configurational – against an original database. Specifically, we examine: (1) th... Read More about Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage.

Labour Flexibility: securing management's right to manage badly? (2003)
Book Chapter
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2003). Labour Flexibility: securing management's right to manage badly?. In B. Burchell, S. Deakin, J. Rubery, & J. Michie (Eds.), Systems of Production: Markets, Organisations and Performance. London: Routledge. https://doi.org

Frank Wilkinson’s classic piece on ‘Productive Systems’ opens with a warning against the ‘increasingly dogmatic reassertion by a growing proportion of economists of the beneficial effects of the invisible hand of market forces’. These reassertions, W... Read More about Labour Flexibility: securing management's right to manage badly?.

Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation (2003)
Book Chapter
Kitson, M., Michie, J., & Sheehan-Quinn, M. (2003). Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation. In D. Coffey, & C. Thornley (Eds.), Industrial and Labour Market Policy and Performance: Issues and Perspectives. London: Routledge

The paper analyses the relationship between, on the one hand, markets, competition and cooperation, and on the other hand, firms' innovative behaviour. Drawing on ESRC Centre for Business Research survey results, the paper uses descriptive statistics... Read More about Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation.

Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation (2003)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2003). Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 27(1), 123-143. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/27.1.123

Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human... Read More about Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation.

Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly? (2002)
Book Chapter
Sheehan, M., & Michie, J. (2002). Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly?. In B. Burchell, S. Deakin, J. Michie, & J. Rubery (Eds.), Systems of Production: Markets, Organisations and Performance. London: Routledge

Frank Wilkinson’s classic piece on ‘Productive Systems’ opens with a warning against the ‘increasingly dogmatic reassertion by a growing proportion of economists of the beneficial effects of the invisible hand of market forces’. These reassertions, W... Read More about Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly?.

Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance (2001)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan-Quinn, M. (2001). Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance. British Journal of Management, 12(4), 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.00211

Labour market flexibility is often portrayed as a key to the competitive success of the UK and US economies. We surveyed several hundred firms in the UK, and using the resulting data (on over 200 manufacturing firms) this paper investigates the relat... Read More about Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance.

No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (1999). No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation. Economic Analysis, 2(2), 85-97

Does it pay for firms to involve their workforce, or is such participation an expensive luxury? For those who would like to see increased employee participation and representation, this is a key issue. What, though, would be the mechanisms through wh... Read More about No Innovation Without Representation? An analysis of participation, representation, R&D and innovation.

The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland (1999)
Book
Sheehan, M., & Tomlinson, M. (1999). The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429431371

First published in 1999, this volume is about unemployment and discrimination, with a focus on Northern Ireland and its debate over patterns of inequality between unemployed Catholics and Protestants. The Unequal Unemployed uses the important and rev... Read More about The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, unemployment and state policy in Northern Ireland.

HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS) (1999)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (1999). HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS). Industrial and Corporate Change, 8(2), 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/8.2.211

Labour 'flexibility' is often portrayed as necessary for an innovative economy. Using evidence from the UK's 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey we investigate the relationships between firms' human resource management practices and innovation... Read More about HRM practices, R&D expenditure and innovative investment: evidence from the UK's 1990 workplace industrial relations survey (WIRS).

Unemployment Duration in an Unemployment Blackspot (1998)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M., & Tomlinson, M. (1998). Unemployment Duration in an Unemployment Blackspot. LABOUR, 12(4), 643-673. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00084

This paper analyses the factors affecting the duration of an unemployment spell amongst a sample of exclusively long‐term unemployed individuals. The results indicate that person‐specific unemployment propensities have a significant effect on re‐empl... Read More about Unemployment Duration in an Unemployment Blackspot.

Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995 (1998)
Journal Article
Mcguinness, S., & Sheehan, M. (1998). Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995. Applied Economics Letters, 5(10), 653-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/135048598354357

This paper tests for the existence of long run inter-regional equilibrium relationships in income per capita within the UK over the period 1971–95. We examine both the cross-sectional and time-series evidence of inter-regional convergence. The time s... Read More about Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995.

Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland (1998)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M., & Tomlinson, M. (1998). Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland. Journal of Social Policy, 27(4), 447-470. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279498005364

The article discusses government policies towards unemployed people in the context of the development of ‘fair employment’ policy in Northern Ireland. It presents results from a survey of long-term unemployed people in West Belfast which challenge th... Read More about Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland.

Political Conflict, Partition, and the Underdevelopment of the Irish Economy (1998)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Hamilton, D., & Munck, R. (1998). Political Conflict, Partition, and the Underdevelopment of the Irish Economy. Review of Radical Political Economics, 30(1), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/048661349803000101

This paper argues that the partition of Ireland has not only contributed to over seventy years of political instability and conflict, but has also contributed to the underdevelopment of the Irish economy, North and South. The paper examines the histo... Read More about Political Conflict, Partition, and the Underdevelopment of the Irish Economy.

The political economy of a divided Ireland (1998)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (1998). The political economy of a divided Ireland. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 22(2), 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013715

For a peace process in Ireland to succeed it will require an active transition away from the underlying causes of conflict—not just the partition of the country, but the inequalities of opportunities and employment between the communities in Northern... Read More about The political economy of a divided Ireland.

The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985 (1997)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M. (1997). The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44(1), 59-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00045

This paper uses a stochastic frontier production function approach to measure technical efficiency in firms in Northern Ireland. Firm level census of production panel data were used to examine how efficiency in firms changed over the period 1973–1985... Read More about The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985.