Dr David Mangan
Biography
Prior to entering academic work, he practised as a lawyer (barrister & solicitor) in Canada, and held consulting positions. Since obtaining his Ph.D. in the U.K., David has held academic positions in Canada and the UK where he was Associate Professor and Deputy Associate Dean (International). His research focuses on labour/employment and obligations (contract, tort), particularly the effect of information technology in these areas. David’s work has been published in Europe, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Labour Law Journal, and one of its European Developments editors. David is also co-editor of the Wolters Kluwer blog Global Workplace Law & Policy, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Italian Labour Law e-Journal. David is also a Ph.D. supervisor with Advance CRT which is funded by the Irish Science Foundation. He is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (Professional Development) in Toronto and at Université Catholique Lyon, Faculty of Law. David has been a Global Professor at KU Leuven Faculty of Law, as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of Pescara-Chieti. In 2024, he was a Visiting Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano. In the Autumn Term of 2024, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw. For 2024-2025, David is a Visiting Professor in the Marco Biagi Foundation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Amongst other roles at the School of Law & Criminology, David is Chair of the joint UC Lyon dual degree program (Etudes Juridiques), founding lead for the Centre for Technology Law & Policy, and co-lead for the Irish Law Firm Work Placement Program.
Research Interests
Research Projects
Peer Reviewed Journal
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2025 | D. Mangan (2025) 'Free Speech at Work'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 16 . | |
2024 | D.Mangan & F. Pisani (2024) 'Flying around social security'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 15 . [DOI] | |
2023 | D.Mangan, K. Muszyński, V. Pulignano (2023) '‘The platform discount: addressing unpaid work as a structural feature of labour platforms’'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 14 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2023 | D. Mangan, M. Mole (2023) '‘Just more surveillance”: The ECtHR and workplace monitoring’'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 14 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2023 | D. Mangan and M. Nogueira Guastavino (2023) 'The metaverse matrix of labour law'. Italian Labour Law e-Journal, 16 . [DOI] | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) '“Remote Work: Dissuasion Through Legislation”'. Irish Jurist, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) '‘Agreement to Discuss: The Social Partners Address the Digitalisation of Work’'. Industrial Law Journal, 50 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) 'Delivering on the Binary Divide'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 12 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) 'Does an online professional profile violate an employer’s confidentiality?'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 12 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Mangan, D; Gramano, E; Kullmann, M (2020) 'An unprecedented social solidarity stress test'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 11 :247-275. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Mangan, D (2020) 'Covid-19 and labour law in Ireland'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 11 :298-305. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Mangan, D (2020) 'Covid-19 and labour law in the United Kingdom'. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 11 :332-346. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) ''Regulating for Decent Work: Reflections on the Classification of Employees''. EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW JOURNAL, 11 . https://doi.org/10.1177/2031952520905142 [Full-Text] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) '‘Perplexing Platforms for Tort’'. Supreme Court Law Review (Canada), 93 . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) '‘Beyond Procedural Protection: Information Technology, Privacy and the Workplace’'. European Law Review, 44 . | |
2016 | D.Mangan (2016) 'Process and Outcome'. King's Law Journal, 27 . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | D.Mangan (2015) '‘Regulating for Responsibility: Reputation and Social Media’'. International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 29 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Mangan D. (2015) 'No longer. Not yet. the promise of labour law'. King's Law Journal, 26 (1):129-150. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Mangan D. (2014) 'Assessing employment tribunal awards'. Industrial Law Journal, 43 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Mangan D. (2013) 'Employment tribunal reforms to boost the economy'. Industrial Law Journal, 42 (4):409-421. [DOI] [Full-Text] |
Book Chapter
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2025 | F.Hendrickx and D. Mangan (2025) 'The General Data Protection Regulation' In: EU Labour Law: A Commentary. Deventer : Wolters Kluwer. | |
2024 | D. Mangan (2024) '“Privacy and Labour Law Traditions”' In: The Meaning of Work. Deventer : Wolters Kluwer. | |
2024 | D.Mangan (2024) 'Why is freedom of the press adjunct to freedom of expression in Canada?' In: Global Perspectives on Press Regulation: Theory and Practice of Press Freedom. Oxford : Hart/Bloomsbury. [Link] | |
2023 | D.Mangan (2023) 'Privacy at Work - Ireland' In: Privacy at Work. Deventer : Wolters Kluwer. [Link] | |
2023 | D.Mangan (2023) 'Jones v Tsige' In: Landmark Cases in Privacy law. Oxford : Hart. [Link] | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) ''Comparative analysis of legal constraint to remote surveillance’' In: Decent work in the digital age: European and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford : Hart/Bloomsbury. [Link] | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) '‘Guidance from the EU Courts: Privacy in the Workplace’' In: Privacy and the Employment Relationship. Milan : Giuffrè. | |
2022 | D.Mangan & I.Senatori (2022) '‘The UK, Labour and Technology’' In: Technological Innovation, Social Change and Labour Relations: New Paradigms to Understanding Labor Law in the 21st Century. Deventer : Wolters Kluwer. | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) '‘Social Media Speech and the Workplace’' In: Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Cham : Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1159-1 | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) '‘Article 7 – Respect for Private and Family Life (Private Life, Home and Communications)’' In: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary. Oxford : Hart Publishing. [Link] | |
2020 | D. Mangan (2020) '‘Situating Canadian defamation and privacy law in comparative context’' In: Research Handbook on Comparative Privacy and Defamation Law. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970594.00033 | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) '‘Influencer Marketing as Labour: Between the Public and Private Divide’' In: The Regulation of Social Media Influencers. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978286 | |
2020 | D. Mangan, M. Doherty (2020) ''The informing ethos behind the sources of UK national labour law'' In: The Sources of National Labour Law in Contemporary Economy. Deventer : Kluwer. | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) ''COVID-19 and Labour Law: Ireland'' In: Legal Responses to Covid-19 around the World”. Brazil : Brazilian Bar Association. | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) '‘Ford, Taylor and the Gig: Workplaces in Transition’' In: Employment Relations in the 21st Century: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research in a Changing World of Work. Deventer : Wolters Kluwer. [Link] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) '‘Deepening Precarity in the United Kingdom’' In: Precarious Work. The Challenge for Labour Law in Europe. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. [Link] https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973267.00012 | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) '‘Labour Law: The Medium and the Message’' In: Game Changers in Labour Law: Shaping the Future of Work. The Netherlands : Wolters Kluwer. [Link] | |
2017 | D.Mangan (2017) '‘Social Media in the Workplace’' In: The Legal Challenges of Social Media. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | D.Mangan & L.E.Gillies (2017) '‘The Legal Challenges of Social Media’' In: The Legal Challenges of Social Media. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. [DOI] | |
2011 | T.A.Novitz & D.Mangan (2011) ''An introduction to the role of labour standards in development'' In: The role of labour standards in development?. Oxford : Oxford University Press/British Academy. [Link] [DOI] |
Other Journal
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2023 | D. Mangan (2023) 'The fragmented protection of privacy and data in labour law' Hungarian Labour Law e-Journal, 2023/2 . [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan (2023) '‘The curious protection of privacy and data protection in Irish labour law’' Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht, . | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) 'Employment status: the curious case of the delivery person' International Labor Rights Case Law, 6 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) 'COVID-19 and Labour Law: Ireland' Italian Labour Law e-Journal, 13 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) '‘Freedom and Dignity in the UK workplace’' Italian Labour Law E-Journal, 13 . [DOI] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) '‘Beyond Procedural Protection: Information Technology, Privacy and the Workplace’' European Current Law, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) '‘Online Speech and the Workplace: Public Right, Private Regulation’' Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 39 . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) '‘Avoiding liability for negative reference letters’' Professional Negligence, 34 . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) 'Book review: 'Medium Law'' CrisisJam, 9 . [Link] | |
2017 | D.Mangan (2017) 'Book Review: Private Power, Online Information Flows and EU Law: Mind the Gap' Journal of Information Rights, Policy and Practice, (2) . [Link] [DOI] | |
2015 | D.Mangan (2015) '‘Confusion in Material Contribution’' Canadian Bar Review, 91 . | |
2015 | R.Zahn & D.Mangan (2015) '‘Labour Standards and Sustainable Development: Unpicking the EU’s Approach’' International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 31 . [Link] | |
2014 | Mangan D. (2014) 'Cajole and control: The law of managing education in a globalised world' Global Journal of Comparative Law, 3 (1) :97-134. [DOI] | |
2014 | D.Mangan (2014) '‘The Curiosity of Professional Status’' Professional Negligence, 30 . |
Book
Year | Publication | |
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2025 | D.Mangan, A.Daly, G. Van Dijck (2025) The Philosophical Foundations of Information Technology Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
2025 | D. Mangan and F. Guarriello (2025) Aviation in the turbulence of the pandemic: the response and future challenges of industrial relations in Europe. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. | |
2023 | F. Hendrickx, D.Mangan, E.Gramano (2023) Privacy@Work. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. [Link] | |
2017 | D.Mangan & L.E.Gillies (2017) The Legal Challenges of Social Media. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Link] [DOI] | |
2011 | T.A.Novitz & D.Mangan (2011) The Role of Labour Standards in Development: From Theory to Sustainable Practice?. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy. [Link] [DOI] |
Blog
Year | Publication | |
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2024 | D. Mangan (2024) Your right to disconnect is about to start. [Blog] [Link] | |
2023 | F. Hendrickx, D. Mangan, E. Gramano (2023) Why the right to privacy is central in the global workplace. Wolters Kluwer: [Blog] [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan; M.Doherty (2023) Does strengthening social dialogue fly?. [Blog] [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan, S. Huybrechts (2023) The pros and cons of remote work. [Blog] [Link] | |
2022 | D. Mangan (2022) Stagnation in social dialogue. [Blog] [Link] | |
2022 | D. Mangan (2022) The politics of public sector labour relations: a long Covid effect?. [Blog] [Link] | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) Responses to Covid-19: Remote Work. [Blog] [Link] | |
2022 | D.Mangan, K.Muszyński, V. Pulignano (2022) Is addressing working conditions the response to the great resignation?. [Blog] [Link] | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) Building Resilience in the Labour Market. [Blog] [Link] | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Sunset for the office?. [Blog] [Link] | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) California: From Proposition to Law. [Blog] [Link] | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Re: The Future of Work. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) Template Innovation. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D. Mangan, E. Gramano, M. Kullmann (2020) An unprecedented social solidarity stress test. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | F. Hendrickx, E. Gramano, D.Mangan (2020) Privacy, data protection and the digitalisation of work: how industrial relations can implement a new pillar. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) Carpe diem and the pandemic. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) Permanently Logged Off. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) A Future for Work After Digitalization. [Blog] [Link] | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) An employee’s professional online presence beyond the workplace. [Blog] [Link] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) From Industry 1.0 to 4.0. [Blog] | |
2019 | D. Mangan (2019) Brexit, Value, and Work. [Blog] [Link] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Free speech in a globalized world. [Blog] [Link] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Has information technology created more work?. [Blog] [Link] | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Commercial and Labour Law Considerations in the Uber Litigation. [Blog] [Link] |
Published Report
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | D. Mangan, E. Harbinja, M.R. Leiser, K. Barker, F. Romero-Moreno, and D Dushi (2019) Online Harms White Paper: Consultation Response. British Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA), . [Link] | |
2019 | D. Mangan & M. Doherty (2019) ‘Digitalization, robotization and new technologies in the agricultural sector: Ireland’. Portuguese Confederation of Employers in the Agricultural Sector, . | |
2017 | D.Mangan (2017) ‘The Relationship Between Defamation, Breach of Privacy and Other Legal Claims Involving Offensive Internet Content’. Law Commission of Ontario, . [Link] |
Conference Contribution
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2024 | D.Mangan (2024) The Quest for Labour Rights and Social Justice Remote Work Beyond Europe Rome, . [Link] | |
2024 | D. Mangan (2024) The Sixth Roger Blanpain Lecture “Exploring Freedom in the Modern Workplace; A Labour Law Perspective” Leuven, . [Link] | |
2024 | D.Mangan (2024) Regulating Competition in the Digital Market Landscape Platform regulation, competition, and transparency in the EU Serbia, . | |
2024 | D. Mangan (2024) Marco Biagi Foundation ‘How is the “collective” dimension of employment relations changing? Players, tools and rules tested by the digital and green transitions’ Modena, Italy, . [Link] | |
2024 | D.Mangan (2024) BILETA ‘The Right to Disconnect: Hint of Progress; Emblem of Orthodoxy’ Dublin, . [Link] | |
2024 | D.Mangan, K. Muszyński, V. Pulignano (2024) ETUI ‘Protection of working conditions on labour platforms – between Platform Work Directive and Platform to Business Regulation’ Brussels, . [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan; K.Muszynski; V.Pulignano (2023) ADAPT International School of Higher Education in Labour and Industrial Relations Addressing unpaid work as a structural feature of labour platforms Bergamo, Italy, . [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan (2023) KU Leuven, Faculty of Law, Institute for Labour Law Privacy and labour law traditions Leuven, Belgium, . [Link] | |
2023 | (2023) The Fifth Roger Blanpain Lecture The Fifth Roger Blanpain Lecture Institute for Labour Law, KU Leuven, . | |
2023 | (2023) Labour Law Research Network 6 Labour Law Research Network 6 Faculty of Law and Administration University of Warsaw, . | |
2023 | D. Mangan (2023) Decent work in the digital age The curious protection of privacy and data in labour law Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary, . [Link] | |
2023 | D. Mangan (2023) Political Economy Seminars of the Marco Biagi Department of Economics The Platform Discount Marco Biagi Department of Economics, . | |
2023 | (2023) Twentieth International Conference in Commemoration of Professor Marco Biagi Rethinking Business and Organizational Models around the Sustainability Paradigm Marco Biagi Foundation, . | |
2023 | (2023) University of Nottingham, Commercial Law Centre Digitalisation of work University of Nottingham, . | |
2023 | D.Mangan (2023) European and International Labour and Social Law Seminar “Data Protection Challenges in Irish Law and Practice” Hamburg, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) The Fourth Roger Blanpain Lecture ‘The threshold is the place to pause: the digitalisation of work’ KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan & E. Gramano (2022) 19th Conference in Commemoration of Professor Marco Biagi Remote Work: Freedom and Dignity at Home? Modena, Italy, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) Law, Technology and Labour “Roundtable on Decent Work in the Digital Age: European and Comparative Perspectives” Bologna, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan, K. Muszynski, V. Pulignano (2022) Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics “Squaring the triangle – the impact of intermediaries and subcontracting on working conditions within the platform economy” Amsterdam, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) George Orwell & 21 Century Labour Law Does Orwell speak to a digital revolution in the 21st century? Warsaw, . | |
2022 | F. Hendrickx, D.Mangan, E. Gramano (2022) Privacy@Work Consideration of the state of the law of privacy in EU workplaces KU Leuven, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) Direct 2 - “Expanding and Improving Workplace Democracy as a Prerequisite for Humanising Labour and Work Environment – Employees’ A Room of One’s Own? Cork, Ireland, . | |
2022 | D.Mangan (2022) BILETA ‘The threshold is the place to pause: the digitalisation of work’ Exeter, United Kingdom, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Society of Internet Platforms International discussion about internet platforms National University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary), . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Young Explorers Seminar The threshold is the place to pause: digitalisation of work Lodz, Poland, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Labour Law Research Network 5 Autonomy in Academia? Breaking through the invisible boundaries of contemporary scientific thought Warsaw, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Labour Law Research Network 5 Privacy@Work Warsaw, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Labour Law Research Network 5 Prospects and Obstacles: Applying the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Warsaw, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Conference in Commemoration of Professor Marco Biagi ‘The embedded nature of IT in the workplace: A Ph.D. in online platforms’ Modena, Italy, . | |
2021 | D.Mangan (2021) Labour Law Research Network 5 Sports as Labour Law Warsaw, . | |
2020 | D.Mangan, M.Kullmann, E.Gramano (2020) International Association of Labour Law Journals Covid-19 and labour law: early lessons Leuven, . | |
2020 | D.Mangan (2020) 'Influencer marketing as labour: between the public and private divide' Regulation of Social Media Influencers Maastricht, . | |
2019 | D. Mangan (2019) Labour 2030 ‘Ford, Taylor and the Gig: Innovation or Repetition?’ Porto, Portugal, . | |
2019 | D. Mangan (2019) Second International Conference in Commemoration of Roger Blanpain ‘A framework for information technology in the workplace’ KU Leuven, . | |
2019 | D. Mangan (2019) Digital Rights in Brexit: Changes and Challenges ‘The virtual windmill: digital employment rights post-Brexit’ Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London), . | |
2019 | D. Mangan (2019) 6th Regulating for Decent Work Conference ‘Reflections On The Contemporary Issues of the Classification of Workers and Independent Contractors and Proposals For A New Theoretical Framework’ International Labour Organisation, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Reputation as Property: Perspectives from Tort and Property ‘Reputation as Property: Perspectives on Work’ Trinity College Dublin, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) The Regulation of Social Media Influencers ‘Influencer Marketing as Labor: Between the Public and Private Divide’ Maastricht University, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) ‘Social Media Influencers and Employment Law’ ‘Social Media Influencers and Employment Law’ University of East Anglia, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) A Global Perspective on Defamation and Privacy Law Conference ‘Common law meets cyberlaw’ Leeds University, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) BILETA ‘Canadian privacy and defamation in comparative context’ Queen’s University Belfast, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Canadian Law of Obligations ‘Canadian privacy and defamation in comparative context’ University of New Brunswick, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Labour Law Research Network 4 ‘The sources of National Labour Law in Contemporary Economy’ Valparaiso, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) LLRN 4 Valparaiso ‘Private Life and Confidentiality in the Workplace’ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, . | |
2019 | D.Mangan (2019) Ethics and Digitalisation The Ethics of Social Media Technology for Soliciting Organ Donations Maynooth University, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) International Transplant Network Congress ‘Social Media and Organ Donation’ Antalya, Turkey, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) Industrial Relations in Europe Conference (IREC) ‘Fordism, Taylorism and the Gig: Workplace Philosophies in Transition’ KU Leuven, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) Law and Society Annual Conference ‘Labour Law: The Medium is the Message’ Toronto, Canada, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) Precarious Work. The Challenge for Labour Law in Europe 'Deepening Precarity' Lund University, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) ‘The Italian Self-Employment Statute. A Comparative Overview’ 'Considering the New How' Università Ca’ Foscari, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) Internet Law ‘The Medium and the Message: Information Technology at Work’ New York Law School, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) Gerald Fridman and the Law of Obligations ‘Perplexing Platforms for Tort’ London, Canada, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) International Academy of Comparative Law ‘Information Technology: The Impetus for Legal Innovation’ Fukuoka, Japan, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) International Society of Public Law (I-CON) ‘The Common Law’s Challenge: Employment Law & Brexit’ Hong Kong University, . | |
2018 | D.Mangan (2018) International Conference of Europeanists ‘The Common Law’s Challenge’ Chicago, United States, . |
Newspaper Articles
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2022 | D.Mangan and J. Geary (2022) Remote working is starting to look like a busted flush. Dublin: [Newspaper Articles] [Link] |
Working Paper
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2015 | D.Mangan (2015) A Platform for Discipline: Social Media Speech and the Workplace. [Working Paper] [Link] |