Professor of HRM David Collings awarded James M. Flaherty Visiting Professorship

David Collings Professor of HRM at Dublin City University has been awarded a James M. Flaherty Visiting Professorship by the Ireland Canada Research Foundation. For his award Professor Collings will visit the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. His research will focus on the integration of high skilled migrants into the workplace. He will collaborate with Professor Mila Lazarova who is Canada Research Chair in Global Workforce Management and other colleagues at the Beedie School. 

Commenting on the award Professor Collings said:

"I am honoured to be selected as a James M Flaherty Visiting Professor and hugely grateful to the Ireland Canada University Foundation for their support of this research and visit. The research focuses on the integration of skilled migrants into the workplace. This is a hugely important question as we know that even highly skilled migrants face significant barriers in attaining appropriate roles in organisations and in many instances end up in roles that they are significantly over qualified for. These and other issues lead to many challenges not just for those individuals but also organisations and society. I am really excited to work with Professor Lazarova and her colleagues at the Beedie School at Simon Fraser University to advance our understanding of these important questions".

About James M. Flaherty Fellowships

Honouring the life and work of Canada’s former Minister for Finance, James M. Flaherty, the objectives of this program are to build on the network of academic links between Canada and Ireland, resulting in increased academic co-operation, greater inter-cultural understanding and the potential for increased trade between both countries.

These awards are provided with the assistance of the Government of Canada, via the International Education Division of Global Affairs Canada, and with the assistance of the Irish Government, via the Emigrant Support Programme, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs.