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The Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities for Incremental and Radical Innovation in Knowledge‐Intensive Businesses

Journal Article
Sheehan, M., Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. J. (in press)
The Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities for Incremental and Radical Innovation in Knowledge‐Intensive Businesses. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12582
We theorize and test the impact of two microfoundations of dynamic capabilities on incremental and radical innovation in knowledge-intensive businesses (KIBs). We argue that n...

High-Performance Work Practices and Labour Productivity: A Six Wave Longitudinal Study of UK Manufacturing and Service SMEs

Journal Article
Sheehan, M., & Garavan, T. (2022)
High-Performance Work Practices and Labour Productivity: A Six Wave Longitudinal Study of UK Manufacturing and Service SMEs. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(16), 3353-3386. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.2005658
This study utilises both evolutionary resource-based view (EBRV) and open systems theory to investigate the long term impact of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) on labo...

The ‘Great Reset’ to tackle Covid-19 and other crises

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Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2021)
The ‘Great Reset’ to tackle Covid-19 and other crises. International Review of Applied Economics, 35(6), 793-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2021.1999690
The 2021 World Economic Forum pledged a ‘Great Reset’, recognising that the Covid-19 crisis would be compounded by several other crises, actual and threatened, including the c...

Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda

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Garavan, T. N., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Clarke, N., Carbery, R., Gubbins, C., …Saunders, M. N. (2021)
Putting the system back into training and firm performance research: A review and research agenda. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(4), 870-903. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12337
Research investigating training and firm performance is currently at an inflection point; capable of recognising previous achievements but also having a focus on the future. B...

Building back better?

Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2021)
Building back better?. International Review of Applied Economics, 35(2), 111-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2021.1882035
A global health and economic crisis was created by the spread of Covid-19 across the world during the course of 2020 and into 2021. This Special Issue of the International Rev...

The Current State of Research on Training Effectiveness

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
The Current State of Research on Training Effectiveness. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (99-152). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_5
This chapter addresses the current state of research on training effectiveness in organisations. It summarises the key findings on what we know about training effectiveness, t...

Suggestions for Research and Practice

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
Suggestions for Research and Practice. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (153-173). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_6
This chapter summarises the research on the effectiveness of learning and development in organisations. It makes research recommendations of the content of effectiveness resea...

A Model of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
A Model of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (49-98). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_4
This chapter presents an open system informed model of training effectiveness in organisations. The model is composed of inputs, process components and outputs. The inputs con...

Definitions and the Evolution of Learning and Development Research and Practice

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
Definitions and the Evolution of Learning and Development Research and Practice. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (7-22). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_2
The concepts of learning and development are used in different ways throughout the literature. This chapter considered the nature of learning and development and differentiate...

Theoretical Perspectives and Context of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Book Chapter
Garavan, T., O'Brien, F., Duggan, J., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., …Grant, K. (2020)
Theoretical Perspectives and Context of Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations. In Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations: An integrated systems-informed model of effectiveness (23-48). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48900-7_3
There are numerous theoretical perspectives that researchers have used to study the effectiveness of training in organisations. We describe and evaluate four theoretical persp...

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