Colm McLaughlin - Research Fellow

Research

Comparative industrial relations; Labour market protections and low-paid work; The relationship between labour market institutions and economic performance; Industry training and its links to wage bargaining; Institutional entrepreneurship and the 'Open method of coordination'.

Projects

Corporate Governance

Links: University College Dublin

Email: colm.mclaughlin@ucd.ie

Personal Background

Colm joined the Centre for Business Research in 2006 as an ESRC post-doctoral fellow and researcher on the Gender Inequality and Corporate Governance project. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland (BA and MComm) and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (Judge Business School and Darwin College). Previously he was a lecturer in Management and Employment Relations at the University of Auckland (1998-2000), and has held management positions in local government and the hospitality sector. He is currently a lecturer in Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin.

Publications

CBR Working Papers | Other Publications

McLaughlin, C. (2010) 'Building a `high road' economy? The Employment Relations Act in an International Comparative Perspective'. In E. Rasmussen (ed) Employment Relationships: Workers, Unions and Employers in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press.

McLaughlin, C. (2009) 'The Productivity-Enhancing Impacts of the Minimum Wage: Lessons from Denmark and New Zealand'. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47 (2):327-348.

Deakin, S. and McLaughlin, C. (2008) 'The Regulation of Women's Pay: From Individual Rights to Reflexive Law?' In: J. Scott, S. Dex and H. Joshi (eds). Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

McLaughlin, C. (2007) 'Challenging the neo-liberal prescription: The industrial relations lessons from Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand'. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference in commemoration of Professor Marco Biagi, University of Modena. March 2007.

McLaughlin, C. (2007) 'Institutional change without 'beneficial constraint': The lessons from New Zealand and Ireland'. Paper presented at the 21st AIRAANZ Conference, University of Auckland. February 2007.

McLaughlin, C. (2006) 'Achieving labour market equity and efficiency in low-paid sectors: The minimum wage and sectoral collective bargaining'. Workshop paper presented at the International Industrial Relations Association 14th World Congress, Lima. September 2006.

McLaughlin, C. (2005) 'Re-working Institutions to Protect Low-Paid Work: Implications of the Irish Experience'. Paper presented at the 19th AIRAANZ Conference, University of Sydney. February 2005.

Rasmussen, E. & McLaughlin, C. (2001) 'The secondary labour market and employee protection: Employment relations in New Zealand and Denmark in the 1990s'. International Employment Relations Review, Volume 7 (1): 63-79.

McLaughlin, C. (2000) ''Mutually beneficial agreements' in the retail sector? The Employment Contracts Act and low-paid workers' New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 25 (1): 1-17.

Rasmussen, E. & McLaughlin, C. (2000) 'Employee protections in the new millennium: New Zealand issues in a Danish perspective', in Lind, J. & Mortimer, D. (Eds.) Worlds of Employment, Aalborg, LEO, pp. 299-310.

Rasmussen, E., McLaughlin, C. & Boxall, P. (2000) 'A survey of employees experiences and attitudes in the New Zealand workplace', New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, 25 (1): 49-67.

McLaughlin, C. & Rasmussen, E. (1998) 'Freedom of choice' and 'flexibility' in the retail sector, International Journal of Manpower 19 (4): 281-295.


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