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Biographical Details:

Dr Kirrane is an Organisational Psychologist and gained her degrees from the National University of Ireland and The Queen's University of Belfast. She lectures predominantly in the areas of Organisational Psychology, including Selection and Assessment, Leadership & Decision-Making, Employee Well-Being and Change Management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She maintains an active research agenda and is currently carrying out work in the areas of personality at work, successful change management changing and work-family conflict.

Research Interests:

Personality and Work Work-Family Conflict Managing Change

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Dr Melrona M Kirrane. 2008. Special Issue - Work and Family: multi-level perspectives Paper JMP SI 1023 O'Shea, Kirrane Dual-earner families and the transmission of work-related attitudes. Journal Of Managerial Psychology, 23, 5, Special Issue: Work Life Balance: Multi-Level Analyses, pp524-557.
• Kirrane, M. & Monks, K. (2007). (forthcoming). 2007. Managing the work-family interface: Some Irish evidence. Irish Journal Of Sociology,
• Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F. 2004. The Influence of Support Relationships on Work-Family Conflict: Differentiating Emotional from Instrumental Support. Equal Opportunity International, 1/2, 1/2, pp78-97.
• Kirrane, M. & Kremer, J. 1994. Attitudes, Aspirations and Career Orientations of Female Junior Managers in a Public Sector Organsiation. Irish Journal Of Psychology, 15, 4,, pp540-558.

Selected Books

• Grady, G, McCarthy, A, Darcy, C, Kirrane, M. Work Life Balance Initiatives: Policy and Practice in Irish Organisations, Oak Tree Press, 2008.

Selected Chapters

• Woods, C. B., Kirrane, M., & Buckley, F. (2003). Not making the grade in the Premiership : The impact of a post deselection programme on the athletic identity of young soccer players. , pp187-187.
• Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F. 2003. Contributing to Work-Family Domain Conflict: Exploring the Avenues. Identity and Diversity in Organisation,, pp178-193.
• Woods, C. B., Buckley, F., & Kirrane, M. 2003. The role of social support in the career transitions of young footballers. , pp27-28.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Woods, C.B., Buckley, F. and Kirrane, M. (2005). 2005. Career Transistions in Young Footballers: A study of how young players cope with selection and deselection in football. . A report for the Football Association of Ireland and the PFA, UK. ,

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• Kramer, M. and Kirrane, M., 'Resouces, Competencies and Dynamic Capabilities: Critical Reviewand Proposal of a New Taxonomy', American Academy of Management Conference, 07-AUG-09 - 11-AUG-09, Chicago, Illinois
• McCarthy, A, Cleveland, J, Grady, G, Darcy, C, Kirrane, M, Cascading Effects of HR and Line Manager Attitudes on Employee Work-life Balance, Academy of Management Conference, 15-AUG-08 - 19-AUG-08, Anaheim, California
• McCarthy, A, Cleveland, J, Grady, G, Darcy, C, Kirrane, M, Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on Work-life Well-being, Academy of Management Conference, 15-AUG-08 - 19-AUG-08, Anaheim, California
• Kirrane, M. & O¿Shea, D., Dual-Career Families and the Transmission of Work-related Attitudes., European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, 10-MAY-07 - 14-MAY-07, Stockholm
• Kirrane, M. & Moriarty, P. , Teamwork in Context: Taylorism in a Performance Organisation., European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology,, 10-MAY-07 - 14-MAY-07, Stockholm
• Breen, M.A. & Kirrane M., The Significance of the Work Context in Creating Workaholism, Irish Academy of Management, 05-SEP-05 - 07-SEP-05, Galway, Ireland
• Conway, E., Kirrane, M., Buckley, F., and Monks K., Building Behavioural Complexity among Managers: A Role for Management Education? Symposium on `Career determinants and outcomes of managers: Current Issues¿, 12th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, 09-MAY-05 - 13-MAY-05, Istanbul
• Breen, M.A. & Kirrane M. (, Workaholism and Personal boundaries: A Qualitative Examination., European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology, 09-MAY-05 - 13-MAY-05, Istanbul
• Conway, E., Barker, P., Buckley, F., Kirrane, M., MacKeogh, K. and Monks, K., Education, Behavioural Complexity and Organizational Performance,, 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 12-DEC-04 - 15-DEC-04, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Hennessy, J. & Kirrane, M., Work-Life Balance and Person-Environment Fit theory: Exploring the links., Irish Academy of Management, 06-SEP-04 - 08-SEP-04, Trinity College, Dublin
• Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F., Supervisor Support and Coping with Work-Family Conflict: Some Unexpected Results., Irish Academy of Management , 06-SEP-04 - 08-SEP-04, Trinity College, Dublin.
• Breen, M.A. & Kirrane M., Workaholism: A lifestyle Choice?, Irish Academy of Management, 06-SEP-04 - 08-SEP-04, Trinity College, Dublin
• Conway, E., Barker, P., Buckley, F., Kirrane, M., Monks, K. & MacKeogh, K., Psychological Empowerment among Managers and Professionals: Assessing the Impact of Individual Characteristics, Social Structural Features and Learning Climate., Irish Academy of Management, 06-SEP-04 - 08-SEP-04, Trinity College, Dublin.
• Conway, E., Barker, P., Buckley, F., Kirrane, M., Monks, K. & MacKeogh, K., Assessing the Importance of Individual and Organisational Characteristics to the Development of Behavioural Complexity among Managers., International Conference of Human Resource Development,, 12-MAY-04 - 15-MAY-04, Limerick, Ireland
• Breen, M.A. & Kirrane M., A Paradigmatic Shift in Workaholism Research. , British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch, 14-NOV-03 - 17-NOV-03, Portrush, Co. Antrim
• Breen, M. A. & Kirrane, M., A Relational Approach to Workaholism., Annual conference of The Psychological Society of Ireland, 11-NOV-03 - 13-NOV-03, Co. Clare
• Woods, C., Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F., Developing Career Theory: Dealing with the Unexpected, The Psychological Society of Ireland, 11-NOV-03 - 13-NOV-03, Co. Clare
• Kirrane, M. & Monks, K., Managing the Interface Between Work and Family: Evidence from Ireland., International Human Resource Management Conference, 15-SEP-03 - 17-SEP-03, Limerick, Ireland
• Higgs, E., Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F. (2003)., Work-Family Balance and Across-The-Border Communication: The role of Individual Differences., Irish Academy of Management, 04-SEP-03 - 06-SEP-03, Dublin
• Woods, C., Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F., The Role of Social Support in the Career Transitions of Young Footballers., Annual conference of the British Association of Sports Education and Science, 09-JUL-03 - 11-JUL-03, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Kirrane, M. & Buckley, F., Work-Family Conflict: An Examination of Border Theory, European Association of Work & Organisational Psychology, 11-MAY-03 - 14-MAY-03, Lisbon, Portugal
• Woods, C. Buckley F. & Kirrane, M., Not Making the Grade in the Premiership: The Impact of a Postdeselection Programme on the Athletic Identity of Young Soccer Players., 11th European Congress of Sports Science and Health,, 10-APR-03 - 12-APR-03, Copenhagen
• Kirrane, M., Family Background and Career Preference: The Modern Workforce., Psychological Society of Ireland, 11-NOV-00 - 14-NOV-00, Portumna, Galway, Ireland
• Kirrane, M, Career Expectations and Family Background: The Modern Workforce, Psychological Society of Ireland, 09-OCT-00 - 10-OCT-00, Portumna, Co. Galway
• Kirrane, M. & Ryan, A., Career Aspirations of the modern workforce; New Beginnings or Enduring Stereotypes?, Annual conference of the Work Research Unit, 06-SEP-00 - 07-SEP-00, University of Cardiff Business School
• Kirrane, M. (2000)., Gender Difference and Career Expectations among New Entrants to the Workforce., Irish Academy of Management, 05-SEP-00 - 07-SEP-00, DIT Dublin
• Kirrane, M, Gender Differences in Career Expectations among New Entrants to the Workforce, Irish Academy of Management, 07-AUG-00 - 08-AUG-00, Dublin Institute of Technology
• Kirrane, M, Overcoming the Glass Cieling, Graduate School of Business, 21-APR-97 - 21-APR-97, University College Dublin
• Kirrane, M, Successful Women - What does it take?, Industrial Relations News, 29-FEB-96 - 29-FEB-96, Burlington Hotel, Dublin
• Kirrane, M, Success among Public and Private Sector Employees, British Psychological Society, 14-APR-95 - 15-APR-95, Donegal, Ireland
• Kirrane, M. & Kremer, J., A comparison of the attitudes, aspirations and career orientations of female managers at junior and senior management in public and private sector organisations, Psychological Society of Ireland, 25-NOV-94 - 26-NOV-94, Killarney, Ireland