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Dr. Kiera Dempsey-Brench

Assistant Professor (Trinity Business School)
      
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Dr. Kiera Dempsey-Brench

Assistant Professor (Trinity Business School)

 Kiera.Dempsey-Brench@tcd.ie

 


Kiera is an Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Kiera is driven by the belief that when workplaces value and empower people, they unlock the potential for lasting positive impact. She is passionate about understanding the processes that develop employees' professional and leadership skills, whilst simultaneously making a net positive impact on the community. Her research sits at the intersection of corporate sustainability and human resource management and she drives forward insights in research and practice, so that social challenges can be mitigated. Her teaching and research emphasises the human-side of business, focusing on how to champion better organisational environments, so that valuable and meaningful work for professional are created. She embeds this ethos into her role as the Academic Director for the MSc in Human Resource Management, where we develop reflective and responsible practitioners who reimagine workplaces to create positive organisational and societal impact. Kiera's research appears in high-rated journals, such as International Journal of Human Resource Management, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Human Resource Management Review. Her work has also been recognised internationally and won awards, such as the Best Paper in the 2021 Management Education Division of the Academy of Management Conference. Lastly, Kiera advocates for bridging the scholarly-practitioner divide, and has collaborated and consulted a number of Fortune 500 organisations to solve existing business problems and create new knowledge.
Project Title
 An in-depth case study looking at how volunteering functions within a Fortune 500 organization
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2/1/2024
To
Summary
The purpose of this study is to understand more about employee volunteering across different countries at a Fortune 500 country. The research team aims to understand the devolution of employee volunteer programs across regions. The project will help the organization evaluate volunteering trends across countries, highlighting similarities and differences within the MNC. The scale and scope also will enable other organizations to learn from the insights. To put the findings into perspective literature of existing initiatives will be used as benchmarking.
Project Title
 The implementation and evolution of employee volunteer programmes
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To
Summary
The primary goal of the project is to understand the implementation and evolution of the Government of Jersey"s employee volunteering programme.
Funding Agency
Government of Jersey

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I have reviewed for journals, such as Human Relations (ABS 4 and FT50), Human Resource Management (ABS 4 and FT50), Journal of Vocational Behavior (ABS 4), the International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABS 3), and Human Resource Management Review (ABS3). I also participate as a reviewer annually for the Academy of Management Conference (AOM) for both the Human Resource (HR), Organizational Behavior (OB), and/or the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division. This enables me to contribute to the management scholarly community through aiding the peer-review process and ensuring that academic rigor is upheld. 2023-present
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Academy of Management 2020 Present
Dempsey-Brench, K., Hughes, J., Hewett, R., & Shantz, A., Inside out: Leveraging institutional entrepreneurship to drive responsible business practices, International Research Society for Public Management, 2026, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Dempsey-Brench, K., Tempesta, A., & Shantz, A., Centralized HR policies across borders: A qualitative investigation of subsidiary buy-in., Human Resources International Conference, 2026, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Gruda, D., & Dempsey-Brench, K, Leading Through Social Change: How Big Five Traits Predict Leaders' Strategic Positioning and Adaptability, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, 2026, 2026, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Gruda, D., Hagnes, P., & Dempsey-Brench, K., Algorithmic Upper Echelons: Using Generative AI to Predict Inclusive Voting, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2026, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Dempsey-Brench, K., Antunes, B., & Tempesta, A., Do as the locals do? Selling global HR policies across subsidiaries, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2026, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Dempsey-Brench, K., Seong, M., & Shantz, A., When in Rome? Selling centralized HR policies across subsidiaries: A qualitative investigation., Academy of Management Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, July, 2025, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
David A. Jones, Aaron Aujla, Florencio F. Portocarrero, Jonathan E. Booth, Haoying Xu, Bethania Antunes, Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Perspectives on Corporate Volunteering Programs: Why They Matter and New Directions, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025, (1), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Seong, M., Dempsey-Brench, K., & Shantz, A., The Surprising Dark Side of MNCs' CSR Engagement: Dynamics Between National Culture and Gender, Academy of Managmeent, Chicago, USA, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Mihwa Seong, Kiera Dempsey-Brench and Amanda Shantz, The Surprising Dark Side of MNCs: CSR Engagement: Dynamics between National Culture and Gender, Academy of International Business, Seoul, South Korea, 2024, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED  DOI
Jon Gruda, Kiera Dempsey-Brench, With a Little Help from My Traits: Personality and Perceptions in Inclusive Leadership, 7th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium, Greece, 2024, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
  

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Dempsey-Brench, Kiera, Unleashing your inner intrapreneur, Fidel Go to Market Team Day, New York [Joined Online], 14.11.24, 2024, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kiera Dempsey-Brench, What inspires employees, Germany, 2023, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Social mobility and employee volunteering, 2023, Accenture, UK, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Inspiring employees, Germany, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kiera Dempsey-Brench, All together now: Creating added value through corporate volunteering partnerships, 2022, Austrian Fundraising Association and the Austrian Ministry for Social Affairs, Vienna, Austria, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kiera Dempsey-Brench, Employee volunteering and community engagement, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


Award Date
Best Paper Award in Management Education and Development at the Academy of Management 2021
Responsible management and leadership, human resource management, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, international human resource management, employee volunteering, HR process implementation.