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Biographical Details:

Brian Harney is a Lecturer in Strategy and HRM at DCU Business School and Deputy Director (Knowledge) of the LInK research centre (http://www.link.dcu.ie). Brian completed his PhD at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Prior to this Brian held a lecturing position at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Brian is a Fellow of the Cambridge European Society and a recipient of the Guinness/Irish Management Institute Sir Charles Harvey Medal. In 2010 Brian received a DCU President¿s award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (nominee 2011). In 2012 he was nominated for the DCU President's award for Civic Engagement. Awards for his research include UCIRHRP Best Student Paper, Best PhD Paper Judge Business School Doctoral Conference, Best Postgraduate Paper Irish Academy of Management Conference, Best Paper Strategy as Practice Track British Academy of Management Conference, IRRA/AILR Best Paper and ISSP Best Overall Paper. Brian has published in journals such as Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of HRM and Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations. He has experience in HR and strategy consulting while his commissioned work on university technology transfer was cited in the Irish Government¿s Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation and published in book format by Oak Tree Press. Brian currently serves as the Irish Ambassador for the HRM Division of the American Academy of Management and is an Academic Fellow of the Centre for International HRM, University of Cambridge (http://www.cihrm.jbs.cam.ac.uk). At LInK Brian is Principal Investigator of a PRTLI funded project examining knowledge sharing and transfer in university research centres. Brian is also a PLATO group leader, a facilitator on the Enterprise Ireland Management 4 growth programme and an external examiner at the Carlow Institute of Technology. Brian's co-authored text 'Strategy and Strategists' was recently published by Oxford University Press. He is currently working on a co-edited research monograph examining HRM practice in Ireland.

Research Interests:

HRM in smaller firms, High Performance Work Systems, University Technology Transfer, Strategic Management

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley., F and Teresa, H. 2012. University Research Scientists as knowledge workers: Contract status and employment opportunities. International Journal Of Human Resource Management, Forthcoming,
• Dundon, T. Harney, B. Cullinane, N. 2010. De-collectivism and managerial ideology: Towards an understanding of trade union opposition. International Journal Of Management Concepts And Philosophy, 4, 3/4, pp267-281.
• Harney, B. and Jordan, C. 2008. Unlocking the black box: Line managers and HRM performance in a call centre context. International Journal Of Productivity And Performance Management, 57, 4, pp275-296.
• Harney, Brian. 2008. Commentary on Evidence Based Management. Irish Journal Of Management, 29, 1, pp35-42.
• Cunningham, J and Harney, B. 2007. Third stream activities: Company formation issues, challenges and implications. Irish Journal Of Management, 28, 2, pp201-210.
• Harney, B and Dundon, T. 2007. An emergent theory of HRM: A theoretical and empirical exploration of determinants of HRM in Irish small to medium sized enterprises. Advances In Industrial And Labor Relations, 15, , pp109-159-.
• Harney, B and Dundon, T. 2006. Capturing complexity: Developing an integrated approach to analysing HRM in SMEs. Human Resource Management Journal, 16, 1, pp48-73-.

Selected Books

• Cunningham, J and Harney, B. Strategy and Strategists, Oxford University Press, 2012.
• Harney, B and Cunningham, J. Strategy and Strategists, Student Web Companion and Instructors On-Line Resource Manual, Oxford University Press., 2012.
• Cunningham, James and Harney, Brian. Strategic Management of Technology Transfer: The New Challenge on Campus, Oak Tree Press, 2006.

Selected Chapters

• Harney, B. Managerial roles The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior (3rd Edition).
• Harney, B. 2013. Adaptability The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior (3rd Edition). .
• Harney, B. 2013. Critical Theory. In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Organizational Behavior (3rd Ed.)
• Harney, B. 2013. Adhocracy The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior (3rd Edition). .
• Cunningham, J and Harney, B. 2007. Technology Transfer: Exploring and Exploiting Research in O'Gorman, C and Cunningham, J. . Enterprise in Action, 3rd Edition

Reviews

• Harney, B. 2012. Book Review and Commentary Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters . Irish Journal Of Management, 32, pp126-131.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Harney, B. 2013. Evidence Based Management: Elementary my dear Watson? Irish Business Blog.
• Harney, B. 2013. A visionary university without a vision, Irishbusiness blog.
• Harney, B. 2013. Some realities of reality TV, Irish Business Blog.
• Harney, B. 2012. LInK submisison to SFI Strategy Agenda 2020.
• Harney, B. 2012. Business update: Strategy and Strategists . Oxford University Press Newsletter ,
• Harney, Brian. 2010. Opportunity knocks for HR in a time of crisis. Thought Leadership Opinion Piece, Centre for International HRM, University of Cambridge, http://www.cihrm.jbs.cam.ac.uk/leadership/opinion/index.html,
• Harney, B. 2010. Using technology to connect. Letters to the Editor, Irish Times, 23rd of August,
• Harney, B. 2010. Rhetoric and Reality. People Management, 20th of May, pp16-16.
• Alexopoulos, A., Harney, Brian., Monks, K., Buckley, F., and Hogan, T. 2009. Conceptualising collaborative processes in university research centres. LInK Working Paper Series, WP02-09,
• Harney B. 2009. Short view: Executive Compensation. Sunday Independent, Business Supplement, 23 August, 2009,
• Harney, B. 2009. Critical reflection needed for business schools . Irish Times, Business Section, Friday the 19th of June, 2009, p. 12 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0619/1224249114375.html ,
• Harney, B. 2009. The Road Less Travelled in HRM-Performance Research: A Critical Realist Alternative to `Big Science'. Proceedings of the 61st Annual LERA Meeting, http://www.lera.uiuc.edu/pubs/proceedings/2009/AP2009.pdf,
• Harney, B. 2008. Student News. Cambridge Judge Business School Network Magazine, pp26-.
• Flynn, G. 2008. Keeping workers in the loop is now the law. Irish Times, 4th of April, pp14-.
• Industrial Relations News. 2008. Low to moderate up take of full blown HR systems. Industrial Relations News, 19th of March,
• Heffernan, M., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K and Dundon, T. 2008. People Management and Innovation in Ireland: Survey Findings. CISC Working Paper Series, 27,
• . 2006. Book Review of `Cunningham and Harney Strategic Management of Technology Transfer¿. Business and Finance, 16th of November, p. 75,
• . 2006. Research will help Business Compete. Irish Times, Thursday 9th of November 2006, pp17-.
• Cunningham, J. and Harney, B. 2006. Ireland needs to take a more strategic approach to the process of turning third level research ideas into commercial realities. Knowledge Ireland, December 04th (Book Extract),
• Dundon, T., Cullinane, N and Harney, B. 2006. The Ideology of Union Busting. International Union Rights Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 2, pp5-6.,
• Harney, B. 2006. Universities need to improve links with industry. Irish Times, Business Supplement, 11 August 2006,
• Harney, B. 2006. The challenge of sustaining Ireland¿s economic success: Fairy tales, leprechauns and the illusive pot of gold. International Affairs Journal, UC Davis, 2, pp28-34.
• Harney, B and Cunningham, J. 2006. The challenge of developing University-Business Collaboration. SFA Starting Your Own Business Magazine, July/August 2006, pp34-35,
• Harney, B., and Cunningham J. 2006. Academic R&D as the Golden Egg. Business and Finance, November 30th, pp58-60 http://www.businessandfinancearchive.com/digital-archive/30_11_06/index.htm,
• . 2006. Technology Transfer needs funding. Business and Finance, 23rd of August, 2006, p. 15,

• Harney, B and Fallon-Byrne, L., Microfoundations of dynamic capabilities: A HRM perspective, Research Seminar Series, 06-DEC-12 - 06-DEC-12, Bournemouth University
• Harney, B., Exploring Scientific Rationality, PhD Forum, 06-DEC-12 - 06-DEC-12, Bournemouth University
• Harney, B. , Re-imagining a future for management research by revisiting the past , British Academy of Management , 11-SEP-12 - 13-SEP-12, Cardiff University
• Elston, C and Harney, B. , HR¿s role in the public sector: Understanding constraints and enablers in the hospital context, Irish Academy of Management, 05-SEP-12 - 07-SEP-12, NUI, Maynooth
• Edgar, F, Harney, B., Cafferkey, K. and Dundon, T, Committed, but to whom? Employee commitment during boom times, Irish Academy of Management, 05-SEP-12 - 07-SEP-12, NUI, Maynooth
• Harney, B., Foucault and the pretence of scientific rationality , Philosophy of Management Conference, 19-JUL-12 - 22-JUL-12, St Anne¿s College, University of Oxford
• Harney, B., Bringing philosophy into the classroom: Bones, Dr Brennan and the lady in the photograph , Philosophy of Management Conference, 19-JUL-12 - 22-JUL-12, St Anne¿s College, University of Oxford
• Harney, B, Henrietta Lacks, HeLa Cells, and the Limits of Scientific Rationality, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) , 27-JUN-12 - 29-JUN-12, University of Limerick
• Harney, B., Analysing HRM in Smaller Firms: Beyond Formality versus Informality, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) , 27-JUN-12 - 29-JUN-12, University of Limerick
• Harney, B, Using skeletons of the past to re-imagine HRM's future, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), 27-JUN-12 - 29-JUN-12, University of Limerick
• Harney, B. , Philosophising about Philosophy courtesy of US forensic crime series `Bones¿ , OBTS, Teaching Society for Management Educators, 20-JUN-12 - 23-JUN-12, Brock University, Ontario, Canada
• Boehm, D., Hogan, T and Harney, B, Academic Researchers as boundary spanners in Science to Business (S2B) Knowledge Transfer: A Stakeholder Analysis of Ireland and Germany, InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme ¿ 2012 Annual Conference, 12-JUN-12 - 13-JUN-12, NUI, Galway
• Harney, B. , Scientific management under the microscope: The becoming and being of HeLa cells, European Academy of Management , 06-JUN-12 - 08-JUN-12, Rotterdam School of Management
• Harney, B, Advantage through Talent Management, MBA Society, Update your MBA, 21-APR-12 - 21-APR-12, DCU Business School
• Harney, B McDermott, A Keating, M, Theory building through qualitative research: Towards a new paradigm for HRM research , Irish Academy of Management, 01-SEP-11 - 02-SEP-11, National College of Ireland
• Harney, B, Henrietta Lacks, Hela Cells, and the Limits of Scientific Rationality , Irish Academy of Management, 01-SEP-11 - 03-SEP-11, National College of Ireland
• Harney, Brian Monks, Kathy Alexopolous, Angelos Hogan, Teresa Buckley, Finian , Towards an Understanding of Collaborative Activities in University Research Centres, European Academy of Management, 01-JUN-11 - 04-JUN-11, Tallinn
• Harney, Brian, Progress, Problems and Prospects in HRM-Performance Research, Nankai Business School, 24-MAY-11 - 24-MAY-11, Nankai Business School, China
• Harney, B, 7 Fallacies of HRM, Dean's HRM Forum, 18-MAY-11 - 18-MAY-11, Renmin University, China
• Harney, B, HeLa Cells, Fire-Fighters and Failure: Initiating critical reflection in business education, Learning Innovation Unit Lunch Time Seminars, 06-APR-11 - 06-APR-11, DCU
• Harney, B, Understanding HRM in Smaller Firms: Insights from the periphery of HRM Research , IR/HR Seminar Series, 18-FEB-11 - 18-FEB-11, University College Dublin
• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley, F., and Hogan, T,, Complexities and tensions in collaborative activities: Emerging evidence from university research centres , Irish Social Science Platform, 02-DEC-10 - 03-DEC-10, University of Limerick
• Harney, B, Advancing theoretical conversations in HRM: Facing the past and backing into the future, British Academy of Management Conference, 14-SEP-10 - 16-SEP-10, University of Sheffield
• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley, F., and Hogan, T, Knowledge economy rhetoric and knowledge worker realities, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 01-SEP-10 - 03-SEP-10, Cork Institute of Technology
• Harney, B, Using skeletons from the past to flesh out a future for HRM theory and research, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 01-SEP-10 - 03-SEP-10, Cork Institute of Technology
• Harney, B., HRM in Smaller Firms: Towards an understanding and accommodation of complexity, European Group for Organizational Studies, 28-JUN-10 - 02-JUL-10, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal
• Harney, B, Accommodating HRM in Smaller Firms: From Structural to Functional Equivalence, 47th Canadian Industrial Relations Association Annual Congress / International CRIMT Conference, 16-JUN-10 - 18-JUN-10, Universite Laval, Canada
• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley, F., and Hogan T., Career Trajectories For University Research Scientists: Bright Prospects Or Bleak Realities?, European Academy of Management, 19-MAY-10 - 22-MAY-10, Tor Vergata University, Rome
• Buckley, F., Alexopoulos, A., Harney, B., Monks, K., and Hogan, T. Trust , Trust as a context phenomenon: some evidence from two science research contexts., 5th International Trust Workshop, 27-JAN-10 - 29-JAN-10, Madrid
• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley, F., and Hogan T., Experiencing the divide: University researchers and employment opportunities, Irish Social Science Platform Annual Conference, 01-DEC-09 - 02-DEC-09, NUI, Galway
• Harney, B, Theorising HRM and HRM theorising: From normative puzzle solving to theoretical vitality, The 6th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network , 13-NOV-09 - 14-NOV-09, VU University, The Netherlands
• Harney, B., Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Buckley, F., and Hogan, T, Human capital infrastructure and career trajectories for university research scientists: Helping or hindering innovative activity?, The 6th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, 13-NOV-09 - 14-NOV-09, VU University, The Netherlands
• Monks, K., Alexopoulos, A., Harney, B., Buckley, F., and Hogan, T., Exploring URCs as collaborative communities: An emerging research agenda, British Academy of Management Conference, 15-SEP-09 - 17-SEP-09, Brighton Centre, Brighton
• Alexopoulos, A., Harney, B., Monks, K., Buckley, F and Hogan, T, Conceptualising Collaborative Processes In University Research Centres, Irish Academy of Management, 02-SEP-09 - 04-SEP-09, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., Geare, A., & Edgar, F. 2009., Bringing workers back in: A comparative assessment of employee orientations' towards HRM in Ireland and New Zealand, International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress, 24-AUG-09 - 27-AUG-09, Sydney
• Harney, B. 2009, Running to standstill? Progress, pitfalls and prospects in researching the linkages between high performance work systems and business performance, International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress, 24-AUG-09 - 27-AUG-09, Sydney
• Harney, B. 2009., Insights from the periphery of HRM research: Practices, patterns and determinants of HRM in smaller firms, International Industrial Relations Association 15th World Congress, 24-AUG-09 - 27-AUG-09, Sydney
• Heffernan, M., Harney, B., Cafferkey, K., & Dundon, T., Exploring the relationship between HRM, creativity and organisational performance: Evidence from Ireland,, American Academy of Management Conference. Chicago., 07-AUG-09 - 11-AUG-09, Chicago
• Harney, B., Dundon, T., & Cullinane, N. 2009, The ideology of opposition: Accounting for managerial hostility towards Trade Unions, American Academy of Management Conference, 07-AUG-09 - 11-AUG-09, Chicago
• Alexopoulos, A., Hogan, T., Harney, B., Monks, K., & Buckley, F. 2009., Conceptualising collaborative innovation in the entrepreneurial university: Evidence from Irish university research centres, High Technology Small Firms Conference., 28-MAY-09 - 29-MAY-09, Manchester
• Geare, A., Edgar, F., McAndrew, I., Harney, B., & Cafferkey, K., Ideology and HRM practice: Management and employee insights from Ireland and New Zealand, BAM HRM Special Interest Group Conference, 30-MAR-09 - 31-MAR-09, Cardiff University
• Harney, Brian, Exploring the road less travelled in HRM-Performance research: A critical realist alternative to big science,, Labor and Employment Relations Association, 61st Annual Meeting San Francisco, 3-5th January, 2009., 02-JAN-09 - 05-JAN-09,
• Harney, B and Stiles, P, Exploring the road less travelled in HRM-Performance research: A critical realist alternative to big science , European Academy of Management Conference , 14-MAY-08 - 17-MAY-08, Bled Slovenia
• Harney, B. 2007., `HRM and Business Performance Research: Moving beyond big science¿, Judge Business School Doctoral Conference, 03-DEC-07 - 05-DEC-07, University of Cambridge
• Harney, B. and Stiles, P. 2007., HRM Performance research and the romance of big science: Follow the yellow brick road or goodbye yellow brick road?, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 03-SEP-07 - 05-SEP-07, Queen's University Belfast
• Heffernan, M., Cafferkey, K., Harney, B., and Dundon, T. 2007., Exploring the relationship between HRM, creativity and organisational performance: evidence from Ireland, International Human Resource Management Conference, 12-JUN-07 - 15-JUN-07, Tallinn, Estonia
• Harney, B. 2007., Contextualising HRM in SMEs: Moving beyond normative theory, Transatlantic Doctoral Conference, 27-MAY-07 - 19-MAY-09, London Business School
• Jordan, C. and Harney, B. 2006., It¿s not your call: Line managers, depedency relationships and HRM performance in a call centre context, Bristish Academy of Management, 12-SEP-06 - 14-SEP-06, Belfast
• Cunningham, J. and Harney, B. 2006., Unearthing the Strategist, American Academy of Management Conference, 11-AUG-06 - 16-AUG-06, Atlanta
• Harney, B. and Dundon, T .2006., Contextualising HRM in SMEs: Moving beyond normative theory, British University Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) Annual Conference, 28-JUN-06 - 30-JUN-06, National University of Ireland, Galway
• Jordan, C. and Harney, B. 2006., Unlocking the Black Box: Line managers, HRM and Performance in a Call Centre Context, European Academy of Management,, 17-MAY-06 - 20-MAY-06, Oslo
• Harney, B. and Dundon, T. 2006., An Open System Approach to Capturing the Determinants of HRM in SMEs: Evidence from Ireland, European Academy of Management, 17-MAY-06 - 20-MAY-06, Oslo
• Cunningham, J. and Harney, B. 2006., Unearthing the Strategist, European Academy of Management, 17-MAY-06 - 20-MAY-06, Oslo
• Cunningham, J and Harney, B. 2006., The Strategic Management of Technology Transfer: Key Challenges for Irish Universities , Atlantic Conference on Science and Technology Policy US-EU Policies for Research and Innovation , 18-APR-06 - 20-APR-06,
• Harney, B. 2005., (Re)evaluating the nature and extent of strategic choice in HRM decisions, Judge Business School Inaugural Doctoral Conference,, 05-DEC-05 - 06-DEC-05, University of Cambridge
• Cunningham, J., Harney, B., O¿Dea, E.2005., The Formation, Motivation, Skills, And Roles Of The Strategist: The Case Of Travel Co, Strategic Management Society, 23-OCT-05 - 26-OCT-05, Florida
• Cunningham, J., Harney, B., O¿Dea, E. 2005., In Search of the Strategist: Lessons from Travel Co, British Academy of Management Conference, 14-SEP-05 - 16-SEP-05, Oxford University
• Cunningham, J., Harney, B. and O¿Dea, E. 2005., The Strategist and Strategizing: The Case of Travel Co, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 07-SEP-05 - 09-SEP-05, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Harney, B. 2005., It¿s a small but complex world: The dynamic nature of informality and control in employment relations in Irish SMEs, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 07-SEP-05 - 09-SEP-05, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Jordan, C. and Harney, B. 2005., Unlocking the black box: An exploratory study into the mediating variables of the HRM ¿ Performance link in the call centre context, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 07-SEP-05 - 09-SEP-05, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Harney, B. and Dundon, T. 2005., An Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises, IRRA Annual Conference, 06-JAN-05 - 09-JAN-05, Philadelphia
• Harney, B and Dundon, T, Towards an Open Systems Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration among Irish SMEs, Irish Academy of Management Conference, 02-SEP-04 - 03-SEP-04, Trinity College Dublin
• Dundon, T and Harney, B, An Open Systems Theory of HRM: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland, Industrial Relations European Conference (IREC), 26-AUG-04 - 28-AUG-04, Utrecht, Netherlands