Seeking Safe Spaces: Graduate Transitions into a Digitally Transformed Workplace

Dr. Sarah Kieran is Assistant Dean, Academy and an Associate Professor in the Department of Work and Employment Studies in the Kemmy Business School. She lectures in HRM and Strategic/Global HRM. Prior to joining UL she worked as a Management Consultant in Strategic and Organisational Development, mostly for multinational corporations. This followed ten years in the Telecoms Sector where she held a number of leadership roles in Strategy, CRM and HRM. This experience has led to a wide range of research, consultancy and teaching interests covering areas such as strategy-as-practice, sensemaking and other discourse-related perspectives of strategy and strategic change. She is also interested in HR Analytics, New Ways of Working, the HR Profession and other such areas which underpin HRM’s contribution to organisational performance. She is founder of the KBS Work Futures Lab and the recipient of a Horizon 2020 Rise award for research into the Digital Transformation of Work.