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Dr. Steven Kilroy

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
      
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Dr. Steven Kilroy

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)

 kilroyst@tcd.ie

 


Steven Kilroy is as an Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He holds a BA, MBS and PhD in Human Resource Management as well a postgraduate certificate in higher education and teaching. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He has previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Queens University Belfast. Steven's expertise and research interests are in the areas of Strategic Human Resource Management and Organisational Psychology/Behaviour. Specifically, his research largely focuses on the impact of high-performance work practices on employee well-being and performance. He is also interested in the topics of employee burnout and engagement, leadership, change management, and retention among health care professionals. He has published in well regarded human resource management, organisational psychology and health care management journals including Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Relations, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, International Journal of Stress Management, the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, and Health Care Management Review, among others. In addition to research, Steven has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education level in the areas of HRM, organisational psychology and organisational behaviour.
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Assoc CIPD 2011 Present
Liu, T., Kilroy, S., & Zhang, Y., Does intent regarding abusive supervision really matter? The moderating effect of performance-promotion and injury- initiation attributions between abusive supervision and emotional exhaustion, Behavioral Sciences, 16, (3), 2026, p444 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Coetsee, W.J., Flood, P.C., Kilroy, S., O'Hara, T., Rethinking Change Management: A Critical Perspective., Edward Elgar., 2025, Book, PUBLISHED
Worker Well-being in the Context of Human Resource Management. in, editor(s)Collings, D.G., Woods, G.T., & Szamosi, L.T. , Human Resource Management: A Critical Approach. Routledge, UK, Routledge, 2025, [Van de Voorde, K., Kilroy, S., & Peccei, R.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Managing performance at work in, editor(s)Carbery, R., and Cross, C. , Human Resource Management, UK, Bloomsbury, 2025, [Kilroy, S.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Human Resource Management and Employee Burnout. in, editor(s)Rosado-Solomon, E. , Mental Health Challenges and Work: Advanced Topics and Future Research Directions, UK, Routledge:, 2025, [Kilroy, S., Bosak., J., Groulx, P. & Flood, P.C.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Leading Change During Uncertain Times in, editor(s)J. Coetsee, P.C Flood, S. Kilroy, and T. O'Hara , Rethinking Change Management: A Critical Perspective, UK, Edward Elgar, 2025, [Kilroy, S.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Suhail, A., Kilroy, S., van Beurden, J., & Steen, T., Exploring perceived motivation-enhancing HR practices and employee-supervisor relationship quality on affective commitment in public hospitals: a multilevel perspective, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 12, (5), 2025, p137-155 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Farrell, J., Flood, P.C., Hodgkinson, G., Kilroy, S., Strauss, K., & Rivkin, W., The Impact of Positive Work Relationships on Proactive Behaviors: A Multi-Level Study, Applied Psychology: An International Review, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Van Beurden, J., Bauwens, R., Van de Voorde, K., Fijneman-Ghielen, S., Kilroy, S., Li, M., Suhail, A., De Meulenaere, K., Ghazzawi, R., Sahakian, T., & Kooij, D., Multi-level theorizing in strategic human resource management research: a systematic and critical review., Human Relations, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
High Performance Work Practices in Health Care: Progress on key themes and prospects for future research in, editor(s)A. McDermott, P. Hyde, A. Avgar, & L. Fitzgerald , Research Handbook on Contemporary Human Resource Management for Health Care, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, [Steven Kilroy], Notes: [http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802205718], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Flatau-Harrison, H., Vleugels, W., Kilroy, S., & Bosak, J, Understanding the relationship between absence constraints and presenteeism among nurses and midwives: Does the type of support matter?, Health Care Management Review, 47, (4), 2022, Notes: [DOI: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000340], Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


Stevens primary research focuses on the interrelationship between HRM practices, employee well-being and performance. He explores how and when high performance HR practices lead to employee wellbeing and performance outcomes. He is also interested in the topics of burnout and engagement, leadership and change management, turnover, as well as new employment relationships and how they affect workplace commitment.