Colleagues may be interested in the following research position at
University College Dublin.

Many thanks

John Geary

                                University College Dublin
                          An Colaiste Ollscoile Baile atha Cliath

                             NEWMAN  SCHOLARSHIP  PROGRAMME


                    The Newman Scholar in the New Employment Relations

                                Ref 00/779

As part of its programme to provide post-doctoral research opportunities for
scholars of proven academic excellence, University College Dublin is pleased
to announce the appointment of a further Newman Scholar: The Newman Scholar
in the New Employment Relations.   This Scholarship is established with the
generous support of Allied Irish Banks and Aughinish Alumina.

Applicants should have an excellent academic record and hold a PhD in
industrial relations, human resource management, sociology or a cognate
discipline, or have equivalent research and professional experience.
Consideration will also be given to applicants wishing to pursue a PhD.
Scholars enjoy a prestigious two or three year appointment.

Research proposals which seek to advance understanding of the ‘new
employment relations’ in areas such as employee engagement and involvement,
workplace partnership and alternative dispute resolution are particularly
welcome.

For informal enquiries please contact Professor John Geary,  tel:  353 1 716
8974 or email [log in to unmask]

Further details and application forms may be obtained from the Personnel
Office, University College Dublin, Dublin 4.  Tel. 353 1 716 1610 Fax: 353 1
2692472   or www.ucd.ie/vacancies and under heading of Research.

Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 10th December 2004.




              The Newman Scholar in the New Employment Relations

                             Further Particulars

The Newman Scholarship in the New Employment Relations is jointly sponsored
by Allied Irish Banks and Aughinish Alumina.

Applicants should have an excellent academic record and hold a PhD in
industrial relations, human resource management, organisational behaviour,
sociology or a cognate discipline, or have equivalent research and
professional experience. Consideration will also be given to applicants
wishing to pursue a PhD.

Applicants should complete an application form and include a sample of their
written work. An article or chapter from a book or thesis would suffice for
this purpose. Applications must be accompanied by three referees’ reports.
Applicants are also required to include a detailed research proposal. This
should outline the proposed research question, the predominant debates in
the existing literature, the potential contribution arising from the
proposed research project, research methodology and research timeframe.

Research proposals which seek to advance understanding of the ‘new
employment relations’ in areas such as employee involvement and
participation, employee engagement, the organisation of work, management
union relationships, workplace partnership and alternative dispute
resolution are particularly welcome.

The Newman Scholar will be expected to publish their research findings in
scholarly and professional journals and to present their work at
conferences. Funding is available for such purposes. Financial support is
also available to meet the Scholar’s fieldwork expenses.

The position is tenable for a two or three year period. The former is more
likely where the successful applicant has already obtained a doctorate and,
in which case, the Scholar will receive a scholarship bursary of €31,766 per
annum. The latter is envisaged if the successful candidate has not yet
completed or undertaken a PhD. Here the scholarship bursary is valued at
€21,177 per annum for a period of three years. Under Section 193, Taxes
Consolidation Act (1997), Newman Scholarship holders are exempt from tax
provided no members of the scholar’s family or household are employed by or
directors of the sponsoring companies.

The Newman Scholar will be based in the Research Centre for Employment
Relations and Organisational Performance (CEROP) in the Department of
Industrial Relations and Human Resources, at the Michael Smurfit Graduate
School of Business, University College Dublin.

CEROP has an active research programme in industrial relations and human
resource management. Currently members of CEROP are conducting high-quality
research in a number of key areas including, employee voice in unionised and
non-unionised organisations, workplace change and workplace partnership,
trade union organisation, trade unions in Europe, the ‘new industrial
relations’, human resource management in multinational companies; and
industrial relations and human resource management in the public sector.

CEROP, in collaboration with the Industrial Relations News, also acts as the
Irish Centre for the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO).

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor John Geary (tel. 353 1
716 8974 or email [log in to unmask]).