Dr Edward O’Connor

    School of Business

    Lecturer/Assistant Professor

    School of Business Building
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    (01) 474 7740

    Biography

    Edward O'Connor is an Associate Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Maynooth University's School of Business. Edward's research interests are in the areas of Careers, Skilled Migration, Expatriation and HRM. Edward has published in international peer-reviewed journals and regularly shares his research at national and international conferences. Edward is a John & Pat Hume scholar and an IRC scholarship winner. Prior to academia, Edward worked in management, mainly in the SME sector.

    Research Interests

    Careers, Skilled Migration, Expatriation, HRM.

    To date my research has centered on an in-depth exploration of the career motivations, actions and experiences of skilled migrants from the EU10 countries who currently live and work in Ireland. Specifically, the analysis considers how the broad and proximal contexts, in conjunction with time and timing, influence the career actions and career outcomes of skilled migrants. This analysis is based on the sense-making of the respondents themselves, in their recounts of their career actions and experiences in Ireland. The career and life narratives of thirty eight Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian expatriates, who are developing careers in the Irish small to medium enterprise (SME) sector, are considered.

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2021 'Understanding the Organisational Context. Self-Initiated Expatriates’ Experiences in SMEs'
    Crowley-Henry, M., O Connor, E. & Suarez-Bilbao, B. (2021) 'Understanding the Organisational Context. Self-Initiated Expatriates’ Experiences in SMEs' In: Maike Andresen, Chris Brewster, Vesa Suutari (eds). Self-Initiated Expatriates in Context. Recognizing Space, Time, and Institutions. New York: Routledge. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'What goes around comes around. Exploring how skilled migrant founder–managers of SMEs recruit and retain international talent'
    Crowley-Henry, M., O'Connor, E.P. and Suarez-Bilbao, B. (2021) 'What goes around comes around. Exploring how skilled migrant founder–managers of SMEs recruit and retain international talent'. Journal of Global Mobility, [Details]
    2020 'From home to host: The instrumental kaleidoscopic careers of skilled migrants'
    O’Connor E.;Crowley-Henry M. (2020) 'From home to host: The instrumental kaleidoscopic careers of skilled migrants'. Human Relations, 73 (2):262-287 [DOI] [Details]
    2019 'Exploring the Relationship Between Exclusive Talent Management, Perceived Organizational Justice and Employee Engagement: Bridging the Literature'
    Edward O'Connor; Marian Crowley-Henry (2019) 'Exploring the Relationship Between Exclusive Talent Management, Perceived Organizational Justice and Employee Engagement: Bridging the Literature'. Journal of Business Ethics, 56 (4):903-917 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2018 'Portrayal of skilled migrants in management studies. A review of the literature and future research agenda'
    Marian Crowley-Henry, Edward O’ Connor, Akram Al Ariss. (2018) 'Portrayal of skilled migrants in management studies. A review of the literature and future research agenda'. European Management Review, [DOI] [full-text] [Details]

    Conference Publications

      Year Publication
    2021 Connecting international employees' motivations, job crafting strategies and talent management implications. Toward the development of a conceptual framework
    Suarez-Bilbao, B., Crowley-Henry, M., O'Connor, E. and Andresen, M (2021) Connecting international employees' motivations, job crafting strategies and talent management implications. Toward the development of a conceptual framework European Academy of Management Conference [Details]
    2020 ‘Bleak House’ or ‘Small is Beautiful’? Exploring the personal and applied career capital of SME skilled migrant founders in attracting, employing and retaining skilled migrant employees
    Suarez-Bilbao, B., Crowley-Henry, M. and O'Connor, E. (2020) ‘Bleak House’ or ‘Small is Beautiful’? Exploring the personal and applied career capital of SME skilled migrant founders in attracting, employing and retaining skilled migrant employees European Academy of Management Conference [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2019 Identities across time and space: The case of skilled migrants.
    Edward O'Connor; Marian Crowley-Henry; Jon Briscoe (2019) Identities across time and space: The case of skilled migrants. [Oral Presentation], 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - nderstanding the Inclusive Organization, Boston, USA [Details]
    2018 From home to host: The instrumental careers of skilled migrants.
    Edward O'Connor & Marian Crowley-Henry (2018) From home to host: The instrumental careers of skilled migrants. [Oral Presentation], European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2018, Talinn, Estonia , 05-NOV-18 - 07-NOV-18 [Details]
    2018 From There to Here: Kaleidoscopic careers of skilled migrants.
    Edward O'Connor & Marian Crowley-Henry (2018) From There to Here: Kaleidoscopic careers of skilled migrants. [Oral Presentation], Irish Academy of Management (IAM) 2018, Cork University Business School, Cork, Ireland [Details]
    2017 From Bridgehead to Exploitation – the Instrumental Careers of Skilled Migrants”.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2017) From Bridgehead to Exploitation – the Instrumental Careers of Skilled Migrants”. Irish Academy of Management annual Conference, 2017, Belfast, NI , 30-AUG-17 - 01-SEP-17 [Details]
    2017 Skilled Migrants: Insiders or Outsiders in the Global Talent Management Equation?.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2017) Skilled Migrants: Insiders or Outsiders in the Global Talent Management Equation?. [Oral Presentation], Academy of Management Annual Conference 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA , 04-AUG-17 - 08-AUG-17 [Details]
    2016 ‘Career Crafting’: An Exploration of Skilled Migrants’ Career Construction in the Host Country.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2016) ‘Career Crafting’: An Exploration of Skilled Migrants’ Career Construction in the Host Country. [Oral Presentation], Irish Academy of Management, 2016, UCC [Details]
    2016 Towards the Theorization of Skilled Migrant Careers: Exploring the Careers of Skilled Migrant Workers.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2016) Towards the Theorization of Skilled Migrant Careers: Exploring the Careers of Skilled Migrant Workers. [Oral Presentation], EURAM 2016, Paris, France [Details]
    2015 Exclusive Talent Management, Perceived Organizational Justice & Employee Engagement: Bridging the Literature.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2015) Exclusive Talent Management, Perceived Organizational Justice & Employee Engagement: Bridging the Literature. [Oral Presentation], UFHRD 2015, UCC, Cork, Ireland , 03-JUN-15 - 05-JUN-15 [Details]
    2014 Organizational Justice & Talent Management.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2014) Organizational Justice & Talent Management. [Oral Presentation], 3rd Workshop on Talent Management, Berlin, Germany [Details]
    2015 SIEs or Skilled Migrants? Is it time to move from labels to issues?”.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2015) SIEs or Skilled Migrants? Is it time to move from labels to issues?”. [Oral Presentation], 1st Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation, Toulouse, France [Details]
    2014 Talent management of Skilled Migrants.
    Edward O'Connor, Marian Crowley-Henry (2014) Talent management of Skilled Migrants. [Oral Presentation], Irish Academy of Management Conference, University of Limerick [Details]

    Honours and Awards

      Year Title Awarding Body
    2014 Irish Research Council Scholarship Irish Research Council
    2013 John & Pat Hume Scholarship Maynooth University

    Employment

      Employer Position From / To
    Maynooth University Associate Lecturer 01-SEP-17 /
    MSI Ltd Project Manager 04-SEP-06 / 05-FEB-10

    Education

      Year Institution Qualification Subject
    2018 Maynooth University PhD Business
    2013 Maynooth University BBS (Hons) Business & Management
    2016 Maynooth University Certificate in Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning

    Reviews

      Journal Role
    European Management Review Reviewer

    Teaching Interests

    Human resource management (HRM)
    Strategic human resource management (SHRM)
    International human resource management (IHRM)
    Organizational Theory
    Placement Experience

    Recent Postgraduates

      Graduation Student Name University Degree Thesis
    2020 Clara Manayara Lyn Mutseyekwa Maynooth University Master's Degree Equal Opportunities for People With Disabilities/Impairments in the IT Sector in Ireland
    2019 Bo Tang Maynooth University Master's Degree THE TREND OF CHINA’s SMEs’ - FOREIGN TRADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE “BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE”
    2019 Liam Mulroney Maynooth University Master's Degree Underemployment which future business students are facing
    2017 Shauna Whitney Talbot Maynooth University Master of Business Studies
    2019 Yinan Li Maynooth University Master's Degree What are Chinese Millennial job seekers looking for in future employment in China and Ireland
    2020 James Whelan Maynooth University Master's Degree An Analysis of the Irish Recruitment Industry and the Potential for Strategic and Sustainable Growth for a Recruitment Company
    2019 Jodi Killackey Maynooth University Masters by Research The intrinsic nature and value of the International Officer; understanding the skills and knowledge they possess, and the role they play in the wider context of the University and internationalization
    2017 Ciara Dunne Maynooth University Master of Business Studies Millennials in the Workplace

    Internal Collaborators

      Name Institute Country
    Marian Crowley-Henry IRELAND

    External Collaborators

      Name Role / Description Country
    Akramm Al Ariss - Toulouse Business School Co-Author FRANCE