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Sensemaking, Strategic Change, Future of Work, HR Analytics.

Biography

Dr Sarah Kieran is Assistant Dean of the Academy at the Kemmy Business School, and a Lecturer in the Department of Work and Employment Studies. She lectures in Strategic HRM, Global HRM and Leadership. Prior to joining UL she worked as a Management Consultant for a number of multinational organisations. This followed ten years in the Telecoms Sector where she held leadership roles in Strategy, CRM and HRM. This experience has led to a wide range of research, consultancy and teaching interests covering areas such as strategic change and organisational sensemaking. She is also interested in research in the role of leaders and middle managers during business transformation, HR Analytics, hybrid work, the HR Profession and other such areas which underpin HRM's contribution to organisational performance.

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Employment (5)

University of Limerick Kemmy Business School: Limerick, IE

2018-06-01 to present | Lecturer Below-The-Bar (Work & Employment Studies)
Employment
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Sarah Kieran

University of Limerick Kemmy Business School: Limerick, IE

2016-09-01 to 2018-06-30 | Research Assistant (Work & Employment Studies)
Employment
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Sarah Kieran

OMT Organisational Development Consultants: Limerick, IE

2005-05-01 to 2011-12-31 | Senior Business Consultant (Leadership and Strategic Management Consultancy)
Employment
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Sarah Kieran

Atlantic Way, Regional Development Network: Limerick, IE

2011-01-01 to 2011-05-01 | CEO
Employment
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Sarah Kieran

Vodafone Group Plc: Dublin, IE

1996-06-01 to 2005-05-31 | Head of Commercial Strategy and Operations (Commercial Strategy and Operations)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of Limerick Kemmy Business School: Limerick, IE

2011-10-01 to 2016-08-25 | PhD: Strategic Change and Organisational Sensemaking (Work & Employment Studies)
Education
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University of Limerick: Limerick, IE

2012-01-10 to 2013-06-06 (Specialist Diploma in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship)
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University of Limerick: Limerick, IE

2009-08-01 to 2010-06-01 | MSc. Work and Organisational Behaviour (Work & Employment Studies)
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University of Limerick: Limerick, IE

1995-08-01 to 1996-06-01 | Graduate Diploma in Business Entrepreneurship (Business and Management)
Education
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Sarah Kieran

University of Limerick: Limerick, IE

1988-09-01 to 1993-05-01 | B.A. in Social Research (Social Sciences)
Education
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Professional activities (1)

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development: Dublin, Dublin, IE

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Funding (7)

Call to Lead: Leadership Succession Planing

2023-03 to 2024-08 | Award
ICBE Business Excellence Skillnet (Limerick, Limerick, IE)
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Sarah Kieran

AI4Labour

2021-11 to 2025-12 | Grant
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Brussels, Europe, LU)
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Sarah Kieran

Sustainable Leadership

2021-09 to 2022-12 | Award
Skillnet Ireland (Dublin, Europe, IE)
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Sarah Kieran

A New World of Work: Leader Reflections in the Impact of Covid 19.

2020-06 to 2020-10 | Award
Skillnet Ireland (Irish Centre for Business Excellence Skillnet, Limerick, IE)
GRANT_NUMBER: ICBE Skillnet
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Sarah Kieran

Future of Work: Service Oriented Roles

2018-06 to 2019-04 | Award
Irish Centre for Business Excellence & Skillnet Ireland (Limerick, IE)
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Sarah Kieran

HR Analytics: Backbone or Achilles Heel

2017-02 to 2017-05 | Award
Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick (Limerick, IE)
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Sarah Kieran

PhD in Strategic Change & Middle Manager Sensemaking

2011-10 to 2015-10 | Award
University of Limerick (Limerick, IE)
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Sarah Kieran

Works (10)

Human resources analytics: A legitimacy process

Human Resource Management Journal
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12417
Contributors: María J. Belizón; Sarah Kieran
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Simple rules for sensemaking praxis: How HR can contribute to strategic change by developing sensemaking capability in organisations

Human Resource Management Journal
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12404
Contributors: Sarah Kieran; Juliet MacMahon; Sarah MacCurtain
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A New World of Work: Leader Reflections on the Impact of Covid 19.

Skillnet Ireland
2021 | Other
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Sarah Kieran

Beyond Covid-19: Research Insights into a New World of Work.

10.13140/RG.2.2.22934.57923
2020 | Other
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Sarah Kieran

New New, New Old: Understanding Individual and Contextual Influences on Graduates' Career Choices

Academy of Management Proceedings
2020 | Conference paper
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Sarah Kieran

Strategic change and sensemaking practice: enabling the role of the middle manager

Baltic journal of management
2020 | Journal article
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Sarah Kieran

CHAPTER SEVEN THE MIDDLE MANAGER AS SENSEMAKER: THE ROLE OF HRM IN DEVELOPING SENSEMAKING CAPABILITY

Human Resource Management at the Crossroads: Challenges and Future Directions
2019 | Journal article
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Sarah Kieran

The Future of Work Now: The digital transformation of customer service and the emergence of Ireland’s Cx professional.

https://www.skillnetireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ICBE-Advanced-Productivity-Report-June-2019-Skillnet-Ireland.pdf
2019 | Other
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Sarah Kieran

Book Review on HR from the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources

Irish Journal of Management
2018 | Journal article
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Sarah Kieran

The Middle Management Canyon: A Real Time Study of the Middle Manager as Sensemaker in the Context of Strategic Change

2016 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Sarah Kieran

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Review of managerial science. (2)
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