MICHAEL J. MORLEY is Assistant Dean of Research and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland. NOREEN HERATY is Lecturer of Human Resource Management in the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland. DAVID G. COLLINGS is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at Sheffield University Management School, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Strathclyde International Business U