Dr Jean Cushen
Associate Professor
Deputy Head of School (Accreditation)
Biography
Research
Publications
Professional
Teaching
Biography
Jean is an Associate Professor of HRM within the School of Business, Maynooth University. Jean also serves as Deputy Head of School with responsibility for Accreditation; having previously held the role of 'Academic Director Postgraduate Teaching and Learning'. Jean's research explores the contemporary employment experience focusing on sustainability leadership, financialization and human resource management (HRM). Jean has published on these topics in top ranked international journals including ‘Accounting, Organizations and Society’ and ‘Work Employment and Society’. Jean has also contributed to HRM related publications including HRM encyclopaedias and textbooks, Skillnet, CIPD and IBEC publications. Jean teaches in the areas of HRM and 'careers' and 'research methods'. Jean is an academic member of the CIPD, an Academic Fellow of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes and is on the judging panel of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Before joining MU, Jean worked as a lecturer in Dublin City University (DCU) and Queens University Belfast. In her first year in DCU Jean was awarded the 'President's Award for Excellence in Teaching'. She completed her PhD in 2010 in Trinity College Dublin with a full scholarship from the IRCHSS. Prior to entering academic life Jean worked for several years as a ‘Human Capital Consultant’ for the global professional services company Willis Towers Watson; then Watson Wyatt. During this time Jean worked both in Dublin and Toronto and advised organisations on the design and implementation of a range of HRM techniques.
Research Interests
Sustainable Workplaces
Financialization and HRM
HRM, Careers and The Future of Work
Knowledge Work
Financialization and HRM
HRM, Careers and The Future of Work
Knowledge Work
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cushen J.; Thompson P. (2016) 'Financialization and value: why labour and the labour process still matter'. Work, Employment and Society, 30 (2):352-365. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2013 | Cushen, J (2013) 'Financialization in the workplace: Hegemonic narratives, performative interventions and the angry knowledge worker'. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 38 :314-331. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2012 | Cushen, J; Thompson, P (2012) 'Doing the right thing? HRM and the angry knowledge worker'. New Technology, Work and Employment, 27 :79-92. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2009 | Cushen, J. (2009) 'Branding Employees'. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 6 (1/2):102-114. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2005 | Cushen, J., O’ Cinneide, S and O’ Gabhan, F. (2005) 'The Irish National Report'. The International Journal of Social Quality, 5 (2):151-175. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3167/146179105780337477 [Full-Text] |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cushen, J and Durkin, L (2021) 'The Future of Transversal Competencies in Higher Education Assessment' In: Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design. USA : IGI Global. [Link] | |
| 2020 | Thompson P.; Cushen J. (2020) 'Essay forum: Labor in financialization: Value logics and labor: Collateral damage or central focus?' In: The Routledge International Handbook Of Financialization. London : Routledge. | |
| 2020 | Cushen, J. (2020) 'Financing the future of work: who pays' In: The Future of Work and Employment. London : Edward Elgar. [Link] | |
| 2019 | Thompson, P. and Cushen, J. (2019) 'Value logics and labour: collateral damage or central focus?' In: The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization. London : Routledge. [Link] | |
| 2019 | Cullinane, N. and Cushen, J. (2019) 'Applying Scientific Management to modern employment relations and HRM' In: Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations. London : Edward Elger. [Link] | |
| 2014 | Cushen, J. and Harney, B. (2014) 'Broken promises: Why Strategic HRM does not always work' In: Strategic HRM: Irish research and practice. Dublin : OpenPress. [Link] | |
| 2011 | Cushen, J. (2011) 'The Trouble with Employer Branding' In: Branded Lives: The Production and Consumption of Meaning at Work. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar. [Link] |
Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Empey, K., Cushen, J. and Byrne, L. (2009) The Essential Guide to Reward and Recognition. Dublin: Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation. [Link] |
Conference Publication
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Coogan, K. M., Crowley-Henry, M., Cushen, J. (2022) Academy of Management Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.89 A schema theory perspective on the psychological contracting processes of interns over time https://journals.aom.org/doi/epdf/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.89 [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | Cushen, J. and Thompson, P. (2014) International Labour Process Conference Financialization and The Core Kings College, London, UK, | |
| 2011 | Cushen, J. (2011) International Labour Process Conference What’s your contribution? An exploration of the knowledge labour process University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, | |
| 2010 | Cushen, J. (2010) International Labour Process Conference Fear and cost cutting in a multi-national: Shareholders, budgets and the insecure knowledge worker | |
| 2009 | Cushen, J. (2009) International Labour Process Conference Structures of control | |
| 2008 | Cushen, J. (2008) International Labour Process Conference An ethnography of shareholder capitalism, corporate culture and the employment experience |
Conference Contribution
Published Report
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Clark Recruitment, Maynooth University, Grant Thornton, Kildare Chamber of Commere (2022) Workforce Survey 2022. Clark Recruitment, . [Link] | |
| 2021 | Clark Recruitment, Maynooth University, Grant Thornton, Kildare Chamber of Commere (2021) Workforce Survey 2021. Clark Recruitment, . [Link] |
Invited Lectures
Invited papers
Invited Seminars
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jean Cushen (2020) Fostering Resilience in an Agile World. [Invited Seminars] [Link] | |
| 2013 | Cushen, J. (2013) Financialization and Labour Process Theory. [Invited Seminars] | |
| 2018 | Cushen, J. (2018) Working in the Financialized Organisation. [Invited Seminars] [Link] | |
| 2017 | Cushen, J. (2017) Organising and resisting work in the financialized workplace. [Invited Seminars] [Link] | |
| 2013 | Cushen, J. (2013) Financialization in the Workplace. [Invited Seminars] | |
| 2011 | Cushen, J. (2011) Critical Realism, Financialization and the Knowledge Workplace. [Invited Seminars] |
Newspaper Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cushen, Jean (2022) How did layoffs become the answer to every business problem?. Ireland: [Newspaper Articles] [Link] |
Certain data included herein are derived from the © Web of Science (2024) of Clarivate. All rights reserved.
Consultancy
Outreach Activities
| Organisation | Type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Recruitment and Kildare Chamber of Commerce | Industry | Jean continues to work with www.clark.ie and Kildare Chamber of Commerce to produce a workforce survey of employers and employees along five counties on the M7 corridor. The 2022 workforce survey focuses on resourcing, skills and work arrangements of the participating companies. [Link] | |
| BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition | Civic Society | I serve as a judge at the ‘BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition’, ‘Social and Behavioural’ category. This annual prestigious competition involves working to interview students, assess student entries, provide written student feedback and shortlist finalists. [Link] |
Teaching Interests
My track record of delivering a formative, innovative and quality
learning experience relates directly to Maynooth University’s strategic
aim of offering outstanding, intercultural, societally engaged teaching. I have several years’ experience teaching
small and large classes at undergraduate and postgraduate level; including PhD
students. I am the academic director of postgraduate teaching and learning and the programme director for the MSc Business and Management conversion masters. I am co-supervising one PhD student, I have supervised the dissertations
of approximately thirty masters students and I have served as a secondary
supervisor to three PhD students. I have
taught a range of modules including Career Planning and Development, Management and Teams, Human Resource Management (HRM),
Industrial Relations, Employee Relations Procedures, Business and Society and
Research Methods. My interdisciplinary
background means I can teach students with diverse academic interests and
create a cumulative, connected learning experience. In 2012 I was awarded
the DCU 'President's Award for Excellence in Teaching' and I was shortlisted for
the same award in 2015. My
personal teaching objective is to bring theory and ideas to life through use of
‘real world’ examples and activities that prompt student consideration of what they
would do in a given scenario. Where
possible, I use reflective-formative assessments to provide students with the
tools to engage with and assess their progress through the module.