Researcher's Biography
Name: Felicity Kelliher
Position: Senior Researcher of RIKON Research Group
Qualifications: BBS, MBS, PhD
E-mail: fkelliher@wit.ie
Phone Number: +353 51 845602
Biography
Felicity is Programme Director of the MBS in the Management of Change programme at the School of Business in Waterford Institute of Technology, and is the SIF Strand Coordinator for the School of Business Professional Doctorate . She has extensive experience in Project Management and Retail Consultancy roles, having spent ten years working in the International IS sector before embarking on an academic career. Since joining WIT in 2000, Felicity has lectured in Management and Leadership at undergraduate, post graduate and executive level, and is a tutor in small business management on the South East Enterprise Platform Programme. She also supervises a number of research students at masters and doctoral level.
Felicity’s research interests encompass entrepreneurial and small firm network activities on a regional basis. She has published in the Journal of European Industrial Training, the Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research and the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, and her current research projects focus on micro-firm management and the value of cooperative activities and learning networks in the small business environment. Felicity is also the Irish lead on the Transnational (Cross-border) Entrepreneurs Research Team. This international project is investigating the concept of transnational entrepreneurs in our various contexts i.e. Canada, Israel, the UK and Ireland .
A focus on innovative teaching practices has evolved into a research interest shared with like-minded colleagues from the WIT Business School, NUI Galway and NUI Maynooth, which culminated in the best paper award at the Irish Academy of Management Conference in 2007 and a NAIRTL Award in 2008. This research is devoted to developing intuitive management capability in Ireland through action-based academic-practitioner partnerships and the writing of quality Irish based case studies for use in undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Felicity Kelliher - Publications & Thesis (Supervision)
Kelliher, F., Harrington, D., Galavan, R., (2010) Spreading Leader Knowledge: Investigating a participatory mode of knowledge dissemination among management undergraduates, Irish Journal of Management 29(2): 103-21
Kelliher, F and Reinl, L (2009) A Resouce-Based View of Micro-Firm Management Practice. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 16 (3). pp. 521-532
Kelliher, F., Foley, A., Frampton, AM (2009) Facilitating small firm learning networks in the Irish Tourism Sector, Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 9(1): 80-95.
Kealy, A and Kelliher, F (2009) An Investigation into internet users perception regarding the data privacy policies of virtual companies operating in ireland (Rikon Group). International Journal Automation Austria, 17(2): 95-109
Roche, C and Kelliher, F. (2009) Exploring the Patient Consent Process in Community Pharmacy Practice. Journal of Business Ethics 86 (1): 91.
Galavan, R., Harrington, D., Kelliher, F. (2009) Why, What, and How of Rigour and Relevance in Management Research, Accepted for inclusion in the Irish Academy of Management Conference proceedings, GMIT, Galway, Sept 2-4
Kelliher, F. & Byrne, S. (2009) Get them thinking: Embedding reflective practice in executive development programmes , Accepted for inclusion in the Irish Academy of Management Conference proceedings, GMIT, Galway, Sept 2-4
Kelliher et al,. (2009) The MBS in the Management of Change: Challenging teaching and learning assumptions in an executive development programme, Learning Inovation Network (LIN) Conference proceedings, Athlone, Oct 15th
Holden, M.T & Kelliher, F., 2009, A Tri-semester Framework for Developing Generic skills; NAIRTL's 4th Bologna Symposium proceedings, UCC, Sept 30th
Matthews, J., Kelliher, F., Holden, MT., (2009) An Investigation into the Uptake and Benefit of Virtual Learning Network Opportunities in the small Business Tourism Sector - RIKON Group. In: International Conference on Tourism Development , 11th - 14th September, Kos, Greece.
Reinl, Leana and Kelliher, Felicity (2009) Beyond Formal Learning Network Structures: An Exploration of Evolving Learning Communities in the Micro-Firm Envoirnment. In: IAM Conference, September 02nd - 4th September 2009, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology.
Galavan, R., Harrington, D. and Kelliher, F. (2008) 'The Road to Relevance 15 years on - are we there yet?', in proceeding of EDNib Conference, Malaga June 12-13.
Hussey, J., Holden, M. T., & Kelliher, F. (2008) Towards an Assessment Framework for the Evaluation of Failte Ireland's Tourism Learning Network initiative. In: THRICS Conference, Tralee, Co. Kerry June 10-11.
Holden, M. T., Kelliher, F,. Frampton, A,. Foley, A,. Lynch, P. (2008), 'Leveraging Communities of Practice to Meet the Learning and Innovation Needs of SMEs in Ireland's Tourism Sector', International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators (ISTTE), 27th Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 30 - Oct 2.
Kelliher, F., (2008), Addressing the invisible workforce: exploring employee learning in the micro-firm enviroment, 31st Institute for Small Business and entrepreneurship conference proceedings, Belfast, Nov 4-7
Kelliher, F., (2008), The changing face of Ireland: Txploring entrepreneurial support policy in a multi-cultural economy, Transnational Rntrepreneurship Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University, canada, April 31st - May 1st
Reinl, L. & Kelliher, F., (2008) An Analysis of the learning relationship amongst stakeholders within a small firm learning network, Irish Academy of management Conference proceedings, Dublin City University, Sept 3-5
Matthews, J., Kelliher, F. and Holden, M.T. (2008) 'Virtual Learning Networks in Small Tourism Businesses: A Theoretical Framework', in Proceedings of the Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference, Institute of Technology (ITT), Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Kelliher, F, & Byrne, S., (2008), Action and Research: Challenging teaching and learning assumptions in an executive development programme, National Academy for the Intergration of Research and Teaching and Learning Annual Conference proceedings, WIT, Waterford, Nov 13-15
Kelliher, F. & O'Riordan, C., (2008), 'The National roads authority - connecting a nation, Winner of the Public Sector Innovations category, european foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition Winner 2008 - European Case Clearing House
O'Riordan, C. & Kelliher, F. (2008), ESB International - A Bright Future? Winner of the Public Sector category, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition 2007 - European Case Clearing House.
O’Riordan, C. & Kelliher, F. (2007) ‘ESB International – A Bright future?’ European Case Clearing House, in Harrington, D. and Cunningham, J (ed), Management 2.0, Blackhall Publishing.
Kelliher, F. (2007), 'Real World in a Classroom: A Stimulated Approach to Management Education', National Academy for the Integration of Research and Teaching and Learning Annual Report 2007.
Kelliher, F. (2007) Small Firm Cooperative: Addressing Industry Power Relationships. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 14 (3). pp. 501-513. ISSN 1462-6004
Foley, A., Frampton, A., Kelliher, F., Lally, A. & Whelan, S. (2007) Examination of the Operationalisation of the Small Firm Learning Network Model in the Failte Ireland mergo CBTLN Network. In: 3rd Annual Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland, Dundalk Institute of Technology (DIT), Dublin, Ireland, June 12-13.
Gibbon, C. & Kelliher, F. (2007) ‘Removing the Hero from Crisis Management’, Irish Academy of Management Conference proceedings, Queen’s University, Belfast, September 3rd - 5th.
Kealy, A. & Kelliher, F. (2007) ‘An Exploratory Investigation into Internet Users’ Perception Regarding the Data Privacy Policies of Virtual Companies Operating in Ireland’, Accepted for inclusion in the P roceeding of the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Montpellier, France, September 20th-21st.
Kealy, A. and Kelliher, F. (2009) An Investigation into Internet users Perception Regarding the Data Privacy Policies of Virtual Companies Operating in Ireland (RIKON group). Internation Journal Automation Austria, 2 . ISSN 1562-2703
Kelliher, F., Harrington, D. & Galavan, R. (2007) ‘Spreading Leader Knowledge: A Proposal for Practitioner-Academic Partnership in Disseminating Leader Knowledge’, Irish Academy of Management Conference Proceedings, Queen’s University, Belfast, September 3rd - 5th (Best Paper Award).
Kelliher, F., & Reinl, L., (2007) 'There's just no time: a resource based view of micro-firm management practice, 30th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference proceedings, Glasgow, Nov 7-9th
O’Riordan, C. & Kelliher, F. (2007) ‘A Study of the Management Practices of an Irish SME: The Case of FLI Environmental', Irish Academy of Management Conference P roceedings, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland, September 3rd - 5th.
O’Riordan, C. & Kelliher, F. (2007) ‘ESB International – A Bright future?’, EFMD Case Writing Competition, in Harrington, D. and Cunningham, J (ed), Management 2.0, Blackhall Publishing.(Winner of the Public Sector Innovations category)
O'Riordan, C. & Kelliher, F, (2007), A Study of the International Management practives of an Irish SME : The Case of FLI Envoirnmental, Irish Academy of management Conference proceedings, Queen's University, Belfast, Sept 3-5
Foley, A. and Harrington, D. and Kelliher, F. (2006) How Learning Networks Can Bridge the Training Gap. Decision: Ireland's Business Review, 11 (2). p. 10.
Kelliher, F. and Henderson, J.B (2006) A Learning Framework for the Small Business Environment. Journal of European Industrial Training, 30 (7). pp. 512-528. ISSN 0309-0590
Kelliher, F. 2006, A critical analysis of the power relationship between the independent community pharmacist and software vendors: assessing the potential for a cooperative construct among small firms, 2nd Workshop on coopetition strategy: towards a new kind if interfirm dynamics Proceedings, SDA Bocconi school of Management, Milan, Italy, Sept 14-15th
Kelliher, F. (2005), Interpretivism and the Pursuit of Research Legitimisation: An Integrated Approach to Single Case Design. The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methodology, 3 (2). pp. 123-132. ISSN 1477-7029
Kelliher, F., (2005), Implementing Information Systems in a Micro-Firm - the case of the community Pharmacist, IAM Doctoral Colloquium, UCC, Cork, April 25th - Best Paper Award - include in the Proceedings of the Irish Academy of management Conference, GMIT, Galway, Sept 7th - 9th
Kelliher F., (2005), In search of Legitimisation: designing an interpretive case study, European conference on Reseah Methodology for Business and Management Studies, Paris April 20th - 22th
Kelliher, F. & Lucey, B., (2004), Eircom Case Study: The Initial Public Offering, Midwest Finance Association Conference Proceedings, Chicago, USA, March 18th - 20th.
Kelliher, F., (2002), the Eircom Initial Public Offering: Winner's curse in context, Irish Academy of Management Proceedings WIT, Sep 7th - 9th.