Professor Kevin Murphy

University of Limerick

Professor Kevin Murphy is the Kemmy Chair of Work and Employment Studies at the University of Limerick

Why are so many Americans obsessed with working?

In Ireland, people work to live, but too many Americans live to work. What explains the differences in our cultures?

The issue of outlandish CEO pay and compensation continues to be a vexed and contentious topic in workplaces and boardrooms

It's time to dispel the notion that anyone benefits if you come to work ill - or work remotely while unwell

It joins 'quiet quitting' as another pinch point between employers and employees over the future of the workplace.

This might be a good time to re-examine long-standing assumptions about how and when we work

If your job is driving you crazy or making you sick, leaving is better than staying even if the alternatives are not entirely clear

The spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a vivid example of how a massive blowup with your boss can be destructive and dangerous

Employers forcing workers back to the office when they no longer have a desk (or office) are making some obvious and less obvious mistakes

Historical analysis provides a harsh truth that people who bank on the world of work never changing are likely to lose out

In 1933, the U.S. faced a real emergency, but today the country faces a series of phoney emergencies cooked up by the Trump administration