Profile
Thomas is a professor at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick where he specialises in both the research and teaching of Human Resource Development, Leadership Development and Vocational Training and Education. A graduate of the University of Limerick (BBS, 1982; MBS, 1985) and the University of Bristol (Doctor of Education, 1996), he has authored or co-authored 14 books and 100 refereed journal papers and book chapters.
Thomas is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (FIITD) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD). He is also a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (USA) and a board member of both the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) and the University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD). Thomas is currently Editor-in-Chief of Journal of European and Industrial Training and Associate Editor of Human Resource Development International. He is a member of the editorial board of Human Resource Development Review, Advances of Developing Human Resources, and Human Resource Development Quarterly. His most recent co-authored publication is Developing Managers and Leaders: Perspectives, Debates and Practices in Ireland, published by Gill & Macmillan.
Selected Publications
Books
Garavan, T.N., Hogan, C. & Cahir-O'Donnell, A. (2009) Developing Managers and Leaders: Concepts, Perspectives and Debates. Dublin, Gill & MacMillan, London:Palgrave Millan.
Garavan, T.N., McGuire, D. McLean, G. (2007) (eds) Human Resource Development: International, Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development (Publication Date, 2007)
Garavan, T.N.,Hogan, C. Cahir, A. (2003) Making Training Work: A Best Practice Guide; Dublin, Oaktree Press.
Book Chapters
Murphy, A. and Garavan, T. (2007) A conceptual framework to explain adoption and diffusion of a NHRD standard: A case study of Ireland in N. O'Connor, M. Keating, J. Malone and A. Murphy (eds) Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland: Concepts, Issues and Challenges. Waterford, Waterford Institute of Technology.
Garavan, T. and O'Cinneide, B. (2007) Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Review and Evaluation - Part 1 in P.G. Greene and M. P. Rice (eds) Entrepreneurship Education, Northhampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, 437-446.
Garavan, T. and O'Cinneide, B. (2007) Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Review and Evaluation - Part 2, in P.G. Greene and M. P. Rice (eds) Entrepreneurship Education, Northhampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, 447-456.
Refereed Journals
Garavan, T.N., McCarthy, A., (2008), Collective Learning Processes and Human Resource Development, Advances in Developing Human Resources, 10(4), 451-471.
McCarthy, A., Garavan, T.N., (2008), Team Learning and Metacognition: A Neglected Area of HRD Research and Practice, Advances in Developing Human Resources, 10(4), 509-524.
McGuire, D., Garavan, T.N., O'Donnell, D., Saha, S.K., Cseh, M. (2008), Managers' Personal Values as Predictors of Importance attached to training and development: a cross-country exploratory study, Human Resource Development International, 11(4), 335-350.
Carbery, R. and T.N. Garavan, 2007, Conceptualising the Participation of Managers in Career Focused Learning and Development: A Framework, Human Resource Development Review, 6(4) 394-419.
Donnell, D., C. Gubbins, D. McGuire, K.M. Jorgensen, L.B. Henikson and T.N. Garavan, 2007, Social Capital and HRD: Provocative Insights from Critical Management Studies, Advances in Developing Human Resources, 9(3) 413-430.
