John Mcmackin

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E:John.McMackin@dcu.ie
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I hold a PhD from University of Oregon, an MBA from Columbia University, New York and have spent a significant portion of my career in banking and consulting practice. Since rejoining DCU in 2011 my roles have included Director of Executive and International Education, five years as a member of the School’s management team and Board, and Programme Chair for the Executive MBA. I teach primarily on our postgraduate and executive education programmes, with a focus on developing leadership skills for the changing world of work. As a teacher, I am driven by a mission to enable managers to recognise and fulfil their potential to positively impact the work and lives of others through effective leadership. I was honoured to be awarded a Senior Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2020. My research is currently focussed on skills-based work and the application of agile principles to the management of the HR function. I have published with a range of co-authors in top rated journals including, for example, the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, and Sloan Management Review. I engage with/advise industry through consulting and funded research, focused on projects that align with my research interests. Prior to my association with DCU I enjoyed a successful banking career in Dublin, London, and New York with AIB Group. I was also the founder and MD of a Dublin based HR consultancy for over 10 years. I have served as a board member and non-executive Chairman with RecycleIt, a social enterprise based in Clondalkin, Dublin which creates jobs for long term unemployed people

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2000 McMackin, J; Slovic, P (2000) 'When does explicit justification impair decision making?'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14 (6).
2022 J.F., J.F.,T.H., T.H.,L.W., L.W. (2022) 'Integrating variable risk preferences, trust, and transaction cost economics - 25 years on: reflections in memory of Oliver Williamson'. Journal of Institutional Economics, 18  .
2021 J., J.,M., M. (2021) 'Agile for HR: Fine in practice, but will it work in theory?'. Human Resource Management Review, 31  .
2021 Collings,David; McMackin,John; Nyberg,Anthony; Wright,Patrick (2021) 'Leading Through Paradox in a Covid-19 World: Human Resources Comes of Age'. Human Resource Management, .
2021 Collings, D.G.; Nyberg, A.J.; Wright, P.M.; McMackin, J. (2021) 'Leading through paradox in a COVID-19 world: Human resources comes of age'. Human Resource Management Journal, 31 . [Link] [DOI]
2021 David, David (2021) 'The Practices That Set Learning Organizations Apart'. MIT Sloan Management Review, . [Link]
2021 Collings,David; McMackin,John; Nyberg,Anthony; Wright,Patrick (2021) 'Strategic Human Resource Management and COVID-19: Emerging challenges and research opportunities'. Journal of Management Studies, .
2020 McMackin,John; Heffernan,Margaret (2020) 'Agile for HR: Fine in practice, but will it work in theory?'. Human Resource Management Review, .
2019 John, John,Patrick, Patrick (2019) 'A theoretical framework for the social pillar of lean'. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 6 . [Link]
2019 McMackin, J.; Flood, P. (2019) 'A theoretical framework for the social pillar of lean'. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness, 6 . [Link] [DOI]
2019 J., J.,P., P. (2019) 'A theoretical framework for the social pillar of lean'. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 6  .
2017 McMackin,John (2017) 'The Five Fundamentals of Performance Management'. European Business Review, .
2001 Monks,Kathy; McMackin,John (2001) 'Designing and aligning an HRM System'. Human Resource Management, 11 .
1996 Chiles,Todd; McMackin,John (1996) 'Integrating Variable Risk Preferences, Trust and Transaction Cost Economics'. Academy of Management Review, 21 .

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2017 D.G., Collings,A., McDonnell,J., McMackin (2017) 'Talent management' In: Accountancy Plus.
2017 Collings, D.G.; McDonnell, A.; McMackin, J. (2017) 'Talent management' In: A Research Agenda for Human Resource Management. [Link]
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