Professor School of Business (Room 2.19)

01 449 8538

colette.darcy@ncirl.ie

Key Responsibilities at NCI

Professor School of Business 

Responsible for all undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development programme within the School of Business.

Education

• PhD University of Limerick 2005
• MBS (HRM) University of Limerick 1999
• BBS (HRM) Trinity College Dublin 1998

Academic Experience

• Senior Lecturer in HRM
• Lecturer 2006 to date at NCI teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Innovation & Structural Change (CISC) NUI Galway

Industrial Experience

• Human Capital Consultant, Towers Perrin 1999-2002

Biography

Dr. Darcy is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin where she completed her primary degree and the University of Limerick where she obtained her Masters and Doctorate. Prior to returning to academia Colette worked for a number of years in management consultancy specialising in reward strategies and change management. 

Colette Darcy is an associate research member of the National University of Ireland, Galway IRCHSS funded research project examining Work Life Balance. This national project seeks to examine how employees balance their work and non-work demands, not just work and family, but also other aspects of their lives such as community activities and recreation/hobbies. The research includes 15 organisations, 5 public and 10 private sector. In total 729 employees, 133 line/ middle managers and 15 HR Directors/ Managers participated. The research has resulted in significant insights into both employee and employers perceptions pertaining to work life balance and will result in a number of publications including a detailed practitioner guide to work life balance, a research report and numerous journal and conference papers. The members of the research team include Dr. Alma McCarthy, Principle Investigator, NUIG; Geraldine Grady, Project Manager, NUIG; Dr. Melrona Kirrane, associate researcher, DCU and Professor Jan Cleveland, associated researcher, Penn State University. 

Colette was awarded the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2007 in Human Resource Management for her research entitled "Understanding fairness judgements in respect of termination of employment; The antecedents of claiming decisions".

Research Interests

• SME's competitive advantage through people
• Work life balance
• Organisational justice
• Claiming behaviour of employees

Professional Body Membership

• Member of the Irish Academy of Management Council
• Institute of Work Psychology

Awards

Emerald Literati Awards 2024: Outstanding Reviewer (Personnel Review)

Modules Taught

• Strategic HRM
• Human Resource Management 1
• Programme Director for the MA in HRM

Research Publications 

Published International Journal Articles

• Cross, Christine, Darcy, Colette and Garavan, Thomas (2024) "Work Re-Entry Following Maternity Leave for First-Time Mothers: An Events, Social Identity and Intersectional Theories Informed Identity Work Framework". Gender, Work & Organization. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1468-0432
• Garavan, Thomas N., Darcy, Colette and Bierema, Laura Lee (2024) "Learning and development in highly dynamic VUCA contexts: a new framework for the L&D function". Personnel Review, 53 (3). pp. 641-656. ISSN 0048-3486
• Quill, James C., Darcy, Colette, Garavan, Thomas and Aktar, Waheed (2024) "Shared Leadership in MNC Agile Software Teams: The Role of Team Leadership Style and Attitude to Sport". European Management Journal. ISSN 1873-5681 (In Press)
• Garavan, Thomas, Koukpaki, Adebayo Serge Francois, Darcy, Colette, O'Brien, Fergal, Oyedijo, Adegboyega and Adams, Kweku (2022) "Signalling the corporate brand promise to front-line employees: The role of learning and development in internal branding". Tourism Management, 92, 104558. ISSN 0261-5177.
• Garavan, Thomas, N., Ullah, Irfan, O’Brien, Fergal, Darcy, Colette, Wisetsri, Worakamol, Afshan, Gul and Mughal, Yasir Hayat (2022) "Employee Perceptions of Individual Green HRM Practices and Voluntary Green Work Behaviour: A Signalling Theory Perspective". Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. ISSN 1038-4111 (In Press).
• Garavan, Thomas, Wang, J., Nolan, C., Lai, Y., O'Brien, Fearghal, Darcy, Colette, Matthews-Smith, G. and Mclean, G. (2022) "Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda". International Journal of Management Reviews. ISSN 1468-2370 (In Press)
• Garavan, Thomas N., Morley, Michael J., Cross, Christine, Carbery, Ronan and Darcy, Colette (2021) "Tensions in talent: A micro practice perspective on the implementation of high potential talent development programs in multinational corporations". Human Resource Management Journal, 60 (2). pp. 273-293. ISSN 0090-4848.
• Darcy, Colette, Hill, Jimmy, McCabe, Thomas J. and McGovern, Philip (2014) "A consideration of organisational sustainability in the SME context : A resource-based view and composite model". European Journal of Training and Development, 38 (5). pp. 398-414. ISSN 2046-9012.
• McCarthy, Alma, Cleveland, Jeanette, N., Hunter, Same, Darcy, Colette and Grady, Geraldine (2013) "Employee work-life balance outcomes in Ireland: a multilevel investigation of supervisory support and perceived organizational support". International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24 (6). pp. 1257-1276. ISSN 1466-4399.
• Darcy, Colette and Hill, Jimmy (2013) "Guest Editorial". Irish Journal of Management, 32 (2). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1649-248X.
  Darcy, Colette, McCarthy, Alma, Hill, Jimmy and Grady, Geraldine (2012) "Work-life balance: One size fits all? An exploratory analysis of the differential effects of career stage". European Management Journal, 30 (2). pp. 111-120. ISSN 0263-2373.
• McCarthy, Alma, Darcy, Colette and Grady, Geraldine (2010) "Work-life balance policy and practice: Understanding line manager attitudes and behaviors". Human Resource Management Review, 20 (2). pp. 158-167. ISSN 1053-4822.
• MacPartlin, Brendan and Darcy, Colette (2007) "Theories of Procedural Justice and criteria for Fairness Judgements". IIRA HRM Study Group Working Papers in Human Resource Management. ISSN 1810-6897.
• Darcy, Colette, and McCarthy, Alma (2007) "Work Family Conflict: An Exploration of the Differential Effects of a Dependent Child's Age on Working Parents". Journal of European Industrial Training, 31 (7). pp. 530-549. ISSN 0309-0590.
• Darcy, Colette (2006) "EAT failing to operate as informal people's court". Industrial Relations News (IRN), Vol. 39. Dublin.

Book Chapters

• Garavan, Thomas, MacKenzie, Clíodhna and Darcy, Colette (2023) "In the war for talent: just who is worthy of development? Talent development in organizations". In: Smart Talent Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 46-66. ISBN 9781802202717
• Garavan, Thomas, Grant, Kirsteen, Darcy, Colette, O'Brien, Fergal and Clarke, Nicholas (2022) "Human Resource Management, Leadership and Knowledge Management: Never the Twain Shall Meet". In: The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 129-147. ISBN 978-1-80071-779-4
• McCabe, Thomas, J. and Darcy, Colette (2022) "Motivation and Rewards". In: Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction. Red Globe Press, UK, pp. 92-116. ISBN 9781352012477.
• Darcy, Colette, O'Donoghue, Ashley and Liu, Yanqiao (2018) "Employee Engagement, Induction, Turnover and Retention". In: Human Resource Management. Red Globe Press, UK, pp. 59-78. ISBN 9781352004021.
• Darcy, Colette (2016) "Motivation and Stress in the Workplace". In: Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction. Red Globe Press, UK. ISBN 9781137429445.
• Darcy, Colette (2013) "Employee Induction, Turnover and Retention". In: Human Resource Management: A Concise Introduction. Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke, Hants. pp. 56-71. ISBN: 9781137009395.
• Darcy, Colette and Garavan, Thomas N. (2010) "Factors Influencing Employee Claiming Behavior in Relation to the Termination of Employment: Evidence from Europe". In: Emerging Themes in International Management of Human Resources. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, N.C. ISBN: 9781617350832.

Books

• Grady, Geraldine, Kerrane, Melrona, Darcy, Colette and McCarthy, Alma (2008) "Work Life Balance: Policies and Initiatives in Irish Organisations: A Best Practice Management Guide". Oak Tree Press, Cork. ISBN: 9781904887249.
• Darcy, Colette (2006) "The New World of Work; Issues facing Irish Managers & Employees in the Knowledge Economy". Dublin: Microsoft.

Conference Papers

• Darcy, Colette, Garavan, Tom, McDonnell, Anthony, Duggan, James, Gubbins, Claire, O'Brien, Fergal and Butler, Clodagh (2023) "The grand challenge of achieving decent work in digital platforms: an ecosystems informed systematic review". In: 23rd University Forum for Human Resource Development Conference, 7-9 June 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
• Darcy, Colette, Garavan, Tom, O'Brien, Fergal, Buckley, Joan, Matthews-Smith, Gerri and McCabe, TJ (2023) "Full-year abroad exchange programmes and future graduate global employability: the roles of acculturation motivation, self-efficacy, and cross-cultural adjustment". In: 23rd University Forum for Human Resource Development Conference, 7-9 June 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
• Darcy, Colette, Shet, Sateesh, Garavan, Tom, O'Brien, Fergal and Morley, Michael (2023) "Opening the black box of competencies and performance in organisations: an open systems informed review and future research agenda". In: 23rd University Forum for Human Resource Development Conference, 7-9 June 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
• Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Clarke, N., McDonnell, A., Carbery, R., Murphy, K., Darcy, Colette, O'Brien, F. and Sheehan, M. (2023) "Training, Organisation and Financial Performance: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Mediating Mechanisms". In: European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, 14-16 June, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
• Shet, S., Garavan, T., Panchal, D., Darcy, Colette and O'Brien, F. (2023) "Middle Managers' Competencies and Job Performance: A Configurational Approach". In: 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Darcy, Colette and Quill, James (2022) "Shared Leadership and the Future of Work: the Associative Relationship between Manager Attitudes to Sport and their Team’s Leadership Behaviours". In: 2022 Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Annual Conference, 24-25 August 2022, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. (Submitted)
• Malone, Gavin and Darcy, Colette (2018) "Perceptions of ‘Just Culture’ – The case of aircraft maintenance". In: 21st Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, 3rd-5th September 2018, University College Cork, Cork.
• Cross, Christine, Darcy, Colette, Lavin, Maeve and O'Donnell, Una (2018) "Towards a model of maternity leave transition". In: EURAM 2018 Annual Conference, 19th-22nd June 2018, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Briggs, Shane, McGovern, Philip, Darcy, Colette and Lambert, Jonathan (2014) "Exploratory Assessment of Transformational Leadership and its Impact on Small Retail Outlets in the Republic of Ireland". In: British Academy of Management Conference 2014: The Role of the Business School in Supporting Economic and Social Development, 9th-11th September 2014 Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• Darcy, Colette, Hanly, P. and Maguire, Rebecca (2014) "Effective retirement age - A review of the effectiveness of European based initiatives to inform Irish policy direction". In: 17th Annual Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, 4th-5th September 2014 Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Limerick.
• Darcy, Colette and Hill, Jimmy (2012) "The Changing Nature of Personal Contact Networking with Respect to Marketing Planning Decision-Making in Entrepreneurially Owner-Managed Small Firms: A Reconceptualisation". In: 15th Irish Academy of Management Conference, 6th-7th September 2012 National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
  Darcy, Colette and Hill, Jimmy (2012) "The Critical Role of HRM in Early-State Entrepreneurial Firms". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 6th-7th September 2012 National University of Ireland Maynooth.
• Darcy, Colette, McGovern, Philip and McCabe, Thomas J. (2012) "Organisational Sustainability and the SME: An Examination of Irish Owner/Managers' Attitudes". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 6th-7th September 2012 National University of Ireland Maynooth.
• Darcy, Colette and Hill, Jimmy (2012) "The Changing Dynamic of Personal Contact Networking in Entrepreneurial SMEs: A Marketing Planning Perspective". In: American Marketing Association Marketing/Entrepreneurship Symposium, August 2012 Chicago ILL.
• Darcy, Colette and Hill, Jimmy (2012) "Understanding the Influence of Gender on Entrepreneurial Styles in SMEs". In: 11th IFSAM World Congress, 26th-29th June 2012 University of Limerick, Ireland.
• Darcy, Colette, Hill, Jimmy and McArdle, E. (2010) "Competency Based Interviews - Improving Perceptions of Fairness Amongst Stakeholders: A Case Study Approach". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 1st-3rd September 2010 Institute of Technology Cork, Ireland.
• Darcy, Colette, McCarthy, Alma and Grady, Geraldine (2009) "Work Life Imbalance: An Explorative Analysis of the Differential Effects of Gender and Age". In: European Academy of Management Conference, 11th-14th May 2009 Liverpool, U.K.
• Darcy, Colette, McCarthy, Alma and Grady Geraldine (2008) "Extending the Work-Life Balance Debate: An Investigation of Older Worker Perceptions". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 3rd-5th September 2008 Dublin City University, Dublin.
• McCarthy, Alma, Cleveland, A., Hunter, S., Darcy, Colette, Grady, Geraldine and Kirrane, Melrona (2008) "Cascading Effects of HR and Line Manager Attitudes on Employee Work Life Balance". In: Academy of Management Work Life Balance Symposium, 15th-10th August 2008 Anaheim, CA.
• Darcy, Colette, McCarthy, Alma and Grady, Geraldine (2008) "Work Life Imbalance: An Examination of the Differential Effects of Gender and Age". In: Institute of Work Psychology Conference, Sheffield, U.K.
• Darcy, Colette, and MacPartlin, Brendan (2007) "Understanding fairness judgements in respect of termination of employment: An exploration of traditional philosophical theories of fairness". In: 8th Annual European Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, 3rd-7th September 2007 Manchester, U.K.
• Beere, Rosalind, Darcy, Colette and Hughes, C. (2007) "Strategic HRM - An Overlooked Source of Potential Competitive Advantage in the Aggressive Franchise Sector". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 3rd-5th September 2007 Queen's University, Belfast.
• Darcy, Colette and Garavan, Thomas N. (2007) "The Antecedents of Employee Claiming Behaviour in Relation to the Termination of Employment". In: 9th International Human Resource Management Conference, 12th-15th June 2007 Tallinn, Estonia. 
• McCarthy, Alma, Darcy, Colette and Grady, Geraldine (2007) "Work-Life Balance Policy and Practice in Organisations: Modelling the Role of the Line Manager". In: 9th International Human Resource Management Conference, 12th-15th June 2007 Tallinn, Estonia.
• McCarthy, Alma, Darcy, Colette and Grady, Geraldine (2007) "Work Life Balance Policy and Practice in Organisations: Evidence from Ireland". In: European Academy of Management Conference, 16th-19th May 2007 Paris, France.
• Darcy, Colette, and Garavan, Thomas N. (2007) "You're Fired! The Antecedents of Employee Claiming Behaviour in Relation to the Termination of Employment". In: European Academy of Management Conference, 16th-19th May 2007 Paris, France.
• Darcy, Colette, and Garavan, Thomas, N. (2006) "Unfair Dismissal - Insights into the Employee's Experience of the Employment Appeals Tribunal". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 6th-8th September 2006 University College Cork.
• Darcy, Colette, and McCarthy, Alma. (2006) "Work Family Conflict: An Exploration of the Differential Effects of a Dependent Child's Age on Working Parents". In: Irish Academy of Management Conference, 6th-8th September 2006 University College Cork.