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Public sector leadership and human resource development; Training; Work-life balance; Hybrid/remote working

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Biography

Professor Alma McCarthy (Cert. Executive Coaching, Dip. Training and Education, BBS and French, MCIPD, PhD) is Executive Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law and Professor of Public Sector Management at University of Galway, Ireland. Her research interests include public sector leadership and human resource development, training, work-life balance, and remote working. Alma's work appears in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Public Management Review, Public Administration Review, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Review, Advances in Developing Human Resources, and the Journal of Managerial Psychology. She has authored commissioned reports, papers at national and international conferences, books and several chapters in edited books. Her research has influenced national civil service talent development policy and the Government's national remote working strategy. She has extensive experience in designing, delivering, and evaluating leadership and management development training programmes aimed at improving managerial competence with particular expertise in public and civil service management development. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, the American Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology, and served as elected Vice-Chair and Chair of the Irish Academy of Management (IAM). She was recently conferred a Fellow of the IAM for her service to the Academy. She is an accredited member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and certified to administer a broad range of cognitive ability, personality and occupational interest psychometric assessments.

Research Interests

Public sector leadership and human resource development

Training

Work-life balance

Hybrid/remote working

Teaching Interests

Human Resource Management

Leadership and Change

Learning and Development

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

BBS, M.C.I.P.D., Ph.D

External positions

Professor, University of Galway

1 Sep 2019 → …

Accepting PhD Students

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