Institute of Technology Carlow

 

Ralf Burbach

 

BA in Hotel and Catering Management (2000), Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

MBS (by Research) in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations (2003), National University of Ireland, Galway

Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (2007), National University of Ireland, Galway

Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

 

Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Management, Programme Director Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Management, Department of Management Studies, School of Business and Humanities

 

Research Experience

• Research Fellow Centre for Innovation & Structural Change (CISC), National University of Ireland, Galway

• Researcher on Enterprise Ireland funded multidisciplinary project e-enablement for Irish Small-Medium sized Enterprises, CISC, National University of Ireland, Galway

• MBS Research Dissertation, An Examination of the Strategic Potential of Human Resource Information Technology in Ireland

• PhD Candidate, Thesis Title An Analysis of the Factors Impacting on Human Resource Information Technology Utilisation in the Irish and German Subsidiaries of a Multinational Corporation, ESB Paddy Moriarty PhD Scholarship, National University of Ireland, Galway

Research Interests

 

Ralf Burbach has been carrying out research into Human Resource Information System (HRIS) utilisation since 2001, including a government-funded project on HRIS use in small enterprises in Ireland.  His current research interests include Global HRIS, e-HRM, and International and Comparative HRM.  He has (co-)authored a series of publications (refereed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers and presentations).

 

His most recent publications include: 

• Burbach, R. and Royle, T. (2008), Bratwurst, Irish Stew or Hamburgers for Everyone: Employment Relations Practices in the German and Irish Subsidiaries of a US Multinational Enterprise, Industrial Relations in Europe Conference 2008, University of Greenwich, Great Britain, 25th – 27th June 2008.

• Burbach, R. and Royle, T. (2008) Rhetoric or Reality?  Global Human Resource Information System Utilisation in a Multinational Corporation: a Comparative Study of Irish and German Subsidiaries, 11th Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management, Dublin City University, 3rd – 5th September 2008.

• Burbach, R. and Dundon, T. (2008) Administrative vs. Strategic Applications of HR IT in Torres, T. and Arias, M. (eds), Encyclopedia of HRIS: Challenges in e-HRM, Idea Group.

• Burbach, R. (Forthcoming), Training and Development: Issues and HRIS Applications, in Kavanagh, M. J. and Mohan, T. (eds.), Human Resource Information Systems, Sage.

 

Current Research Projects

PhD research into the factors mediating the transfer of human resource management practices across subsidiaries of multinational corporations.