Dr Ultan Sherman

Biography

Dr. Ultan Sherman is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. He is the Programme Director for the MSc in Human Resource Management. He teaches on the BComm, MSc HRM, MA WOP, and MBA programmes. His research interests lie broadly in the relationship between work and psychology with specific focus on the psychological contract. His research has been published in leading international journals such as Human Resource Management Journal , Human Resource Management, Group & Organization Management , European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, and International Journal of Human Resource Management . A Chartered Psychologist with The Psychological Society of Ireland, Ultan has worked with leading organisations in many areas of work psychology. 

Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals 

• Sherman, U., Rousseau, D., Carbery, R., McDonnell, A., Duggan, J., & Morley, M.J. Anthropomorphising the algorithm: A ‘Theory of Mind’ perspective on psychological contract creation in gig work arrangements. Human Resource Management Journal (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12599   
• Griep, Y., Hansen, S. D., Kraak, J. M., Sherman, U., & Bankins, S. (2024). Sustainable human resource management: The good, the bad, and making it work. Organizational Dynamics, 101112. 
• Kraak, J. M., Hansen, S. D., Griep, Y., Bhattacharya, S., Bojovic, N., Diehl, M. R., ... Sherman, U., & Tekleab, A. (2024). In pursuit of impact: How psychological contract research can make the work-world a better place. Group & Organization Management, 10596011241233019. 
• Duggan, J., Carbery, R., McDonnell, A., & Sherman, U. (2023) Algorithmic HRM control in the gig economy: The app-worker perspective. Human Resource Management, 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22168  
• McDonnell, A., Burgess, J., Carbery., & Sherman, U. (2022). Technologically mediated human resource management in the gig economy, International Journal of Human Resource Management 
• Duggan, J., Sherman, U., Carbery, R., & McDonnell, A. (2022). Boundaryless careers and algorithmic constraints in the gig economy. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2021.1953565 
• Sherman, U & Morley, M. (2020). What do we measure and how do we elicit it? The case for the use of repertory grid technique in multi-party psychological contract research, European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 29(2), 230-242. DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1668844  
• Duggan, J., Sherman, U., Carbery, R. and McDonnell, A. (2020). Algorithmic management and app-work in the gig economy: A research agenda for employment relations and HRM, Human Resource Management Journal, 30(1), 114-132. DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12258 (‘2020 HRMJ’s Best Paper Award’) 
• Sherman, U., & Morley, M. (2018). Organizational inputs to the formation of the expatriate psychological contract: towards an episodic understanding, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(8), 1513-1536. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1244103  
• Sherman, U., & Morley, M. (2015). On the formation of the psychological contract: a schema theory perspective, Group & Organization Management, 40(2), 160-192. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1059601115574944  (‘2015 Journal’s Outstanding Paper Award’) 

Book  

• McDonnell, A., Carbery, R., Burgess, J., & Sherman, U. (2023). Technologically Mediated Human Resource Management: Working Relationships in the Gig Economy. Routledge: Oxford. 
• McDonnell, A., Carbery, R., Duggan., Sherman, U. (2021). Work in the Gig Economy: A Research Overview. Routledge: Oxford. 

Book Chapters 

• Bankins, S., Griep, Y., Hansen, S., & Sherman, U. (2024). Changes in the psychological contract: For better or for worse? In S. Carr, V. Hopner & D. Hodgetts (Eds), Tackling Precarious Work. Oxford, Routledge. 
• Sherman, U. (2021) Work related attitudes & job satisfaction, In R. Carbery & C. Cross (Eds), Organisational Behaviour: A Concise Introduction. London, Palgrave. 
• Duggan, J., Sherman, U., Carbery, R., & McDonnell, A. (2021) Multi-party working relationships in gig work: towards a new perspective. In J. Meijerink, G. Jansen, V. Daskalova (Eds.), Platform Economy Puzzles: Unravelling the Gig Work Paradox. 
• Griep, Y., Cooper, C., Robinson, S., Rousseau, D., Hansen, S. D., Tomprou, M., Sherman, U.,……… & Achnak, A. (2019). Psychological contracts: Back to the future. In Y. Griep & C. Cooper (Eds.), The handbook on psychological contract research (pp. 397–414). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 
• Sherman, U. (2017). Human resource planning & talent management, In R. Carbery & C. Cross (Eds), Human Resource Management: A Concise Introduction. London, Palgrave 
• Sherman, U. (2015) Work related attitudes & values, In R. Carbery & C. Cross (Eds), Organisational Behaviour: A Concise Introduction. London, Palgrave. 

EXPERIENCE   

• Lecturer in Management, Maynooth University (2012-2014) 
• Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dublin City University (2012) 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Ph.D, (Work Psychology) University of Limerick (2012) 
• MBS (Human Resource Management) University of Limerick (2008) 
• BA (Applied Psychology) University College Cork (2006) 

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