Dr Valentina Paolucci

    School of Business

    Lecturer/Assistant Professor

    Biography

    I am lecturer in Management, Organisational Behaviour and HRM at Maynooth Business School. My research interests lie in the broad area of the comparative analysis of labour market dynamics, in particular, flexibility and security, with a focus on collective bargaining in multinational companies. I hold a PhD in Comparative Employment Relations from IRRU, University of Warwick, and held visiting fellowships at the Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, and at the Employment Relations Research Centre, University of Copenhagen. My work has been published in international journals, including, Human Relations, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, and Industrial Relations Journal. 

    Research Interests

    Labour market flexibility, collective bargaining, collective bargaining in multinational companies, role of trade unions in fighting precarity. 

    Research Projects

      Project Role Funding Body / Program Description Start Date End Date Award (€)
    CODEBAR - Comparisons in decentralised bargaining: towards new relations between trade unions and works councils PI European Union / EU / DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 06-JUN-21 31-AUG-22 19031.94

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2019 'Employee Relations in Context: Globalization, Uncertainties, and Dynamics of Change'
    Aurora Trif, Valentina Paolucci (2019) 'Employee Relations in Context: Globalization, Uncertainties, and Dynamics of Change' In: Manzella, Pietro; Koch, Karl (eds). International Comparative Employee Relations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details]
    2019 'From legal support to frontal assault on collective bargaining in Romania: a story of two tales since 2000'
    Aurora Trif, Valentina Paolucci (2019) 'From legal support to frontal assault on collective bargaining in Romania: a story of two tales since 2000' In: Collective Bargaining in Europe. Brussels: ETUI. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'Power resources and successful trade union actions that address precarity in adverse contexts: The case of Central and Eastern Europe'
    Trif A.;Paolucci V.;Kahancová M.;Koukiadaki A. (2021) 'Power resources and successful trade union actions that address precarity in adverse contexts: The case of Central and Eastern Europe'. Human Relations, [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2020 'Collective bargaining towards mutual flexibility and security goals in large internationalised companies—why do institutions (still) matter?'
    Valentina Paolucci, Paul Marginson (2020) 'Collective bargaining towards mutual flexibility and security goals in large internationalised companies—why do institutions (still) matter?'. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, [DOI] [Details]
    2019 'The collective bargaining of flexicurity: A case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared'
    Valentina Paolucci, Manuela Galetto (2019) 'The collective bargaining of flexicurity: A case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared'. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (UK), [full-text] [Details]
    2017 'The role of collective bargaining in addressing flexibility and security'
    Valentina Paolucci (2017) 'The role of collective bargaining in addressing flexibility and security'. European Journal of Industrial Relations, [DOI] [full-text] [Details]