This paper explores the impact of developments in the Irish economy and labour market on computing course development in the Irish Higher Education (HE) sector. Extant computing courses change, or new courses are introduced, in attempts to match labour market demands. The conclusion reached...

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is becoming an increasingly important issue facing the Irish legal profession. It requires individuals, law firms and professional associations to examine the developmental needs of legal practitioners and how these needs can best be satisfied. This...

This paper draws on an exploration of continuity management (CM) in a large Irish semi-state organization in transition. Drawing on interviews with ten of the senior management team, findings are presented in terms of intellectual capital, replacement strategy, information sources, knowledge...

Neoclassical economic approaches continue to dominate evaluations of national skill-formation systems. We argue for the benefits of including alternative interdisciplinary and theoretically grounded approaches in any evaluation of the Irish system as it relates to its economic system. This...

This paper, in the context of the employment equity (EE) field, explores the relationship between individual values/beliefs and simulated hiring decisions of minority candidates in Canada, France and Ireland. Individual values/beliefs were elicited using Likert type scales; subjects responded to...

Few empirical studies have examined the effect of personal values on the importance attached by individuals to training and development in organizations. We argue that personal values play an important role in decision-making processes (i.e. commitment to training and development) and that such...