Maeve O'Sullivan

Maeve is assistant professorlecturer in Human Resource Management and Decent Work at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business amp; Economics, University of Galway, Ireland. Prior to this, she was a lecturer and MSc in Human Resource Management programme director at University College Cork.Maeve researches and lectures in a variety of human resource management, organisational behavior, leadership and management-related subjects. Previously, Maeve held senior management and consultancy roles in both Public - No restriction and private sector organisations in Ireland, the UK and at the European Commission in Brussels. This experience has led to a wide range of research and consultancy interests relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including labour market equality, decent work and green HRM policies and practices.

Labour market inequalities are growing. Maeves research to date has been primarily centred on identifying the factors influencing these inequalities and finding multi-level, impactful solutions to inform policy and improve individual work and organisational performance. Specific scholarship strands relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals including labour market equality, decent work and green HRM policies and practices. Explicit research interest focuses onpoor quality employment (part-time, precarious and gig economy work) as well as low-paid sectors of the economy and inequalities in the labour market, pertaining to gender, age and access to decent work. Additional research project involvement includes exploring attitudes to and experiences of menopause in the workplace and working as part of a team to explore pregnancy loss in Workplaces: Informing policymakers on support mechanisms.

Sustainable Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Leadership, Work amp; organisational behaviour, Social psychology of organisations