Christine Cro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3938557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Cro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Cro |
| SIGNATURE | CRO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6582-7936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender and farming intentions: Insights from Ireland's agricultural students
This study investigates the future occupational intentions of students and graduates of Ireland's foundational agricultural qualification, the Green Cert, which is required to access state agricultural supports and schemes. Retention of young people in rural areas and in farming is a key challenge for generational renewal. Additionally, a persistent gender divide exists in farming pathways, and this paper seeks to understand how and why male and …
Representation of Early Career Academics in Higher Education Governance: Policies and Practices Across Europe
This study investigates the representation of early career academics (ECAs) in higher education governance across nine EU countries. Drawing on cultural and organisational theories and New Public Management literature, the aim is to analyse how national and institutional policies regulate ECAs' representation in institutional decision‐making and how inclusive in terms of gender this representation is in practice. Based on a documentary analysis, …
The legacy of history: Women and the ownership of land in Ireland
This paper is a review of existing sources across disciplines focusing on the topic of female farm ownership. Throughout the centuries, females have been explicitly excluded from owning and prevented from inheriting land. The purpose of this paper is to examine historical customs and rules governing female land ownership in Ireland and to demonstrate how the ‘old’ laws and customs have contributed significantly to the patriarchal system of farm o…
Unemployment and attitudes to immigrants in Europe: A comparison of early and late countries of immigration
Rational economic self-interest predicts that a period of unemployment is likely to increase negative attitudes towards immigrants. Our findings indicate that, in the five countries examined, a period of unemployment does not necessarily lead to more negative attitudes to immigrants. Crucially, the statistical differences in the mean attitudinal scores of the unemployed and those continuously employed disappears when political values are consider…
Work re‐entry following maternity leave for first‐time mothers: An events, social identity and intersectional theories informed identity work framework
Many first‐time mothers experience significant identity issues on work re‐entry following maternity leave, an important individual and life‐related event. Work re‐entry prompts significant identity tensions leading to identity work challenges and potential career changes. We address this significant life event and develop a subjective identity informed conceptual framework explaining its key components and outcomes. We propose that for first‐time…
Land is a huge integral part of our identity: Patriarchy and the gender asset gap
The aim of this article is to examine female participation in farming and more specifically, the reasons for the low rate of female farm ownership in Ireland where only 13% of Irish farm owners are female. Females are excluded from the occupation of a farmer because land ownership is the key needed in most instances to being a farmer in one's own right. Females are farming, but too often, they are not owners of the farms they work on. We investig…
Integration or exclusion? Assimilation of non-Irish nationals into the Irish labour market
Using data based on the national Labour Force Survey, we examine the extent to which immigrants coming to Ireland over a twenty-year period from 1998 to 2019 have assimilated into the labour market based on occupational level, education, employment sector, union membership and rates of unemployment. Overall, immigrants enjoyed conditions in the labour market in 1998 at least as good, if not better than, nationals and appeared to be relatively wel…
Gender Balance on State Boards in Ireland: To the Forefront of Progress or Concealing the Status Quo
In this article, we examine female appointments to government-owned corporations, called State Sponsored Boards (SSBs), in Ireland over a twenty-eight-year period, to analyze the extent to which gender parity has been achieved using voluntary gender targets. Using data from thirty-four SSBs, we found that overall figures relating to the achievement of gender parity on SSBs are masking the reality of female representation on these boards. We have …
Portrait-robot de l’interprète. Quelques réflexions personnelles
L’interprétation en tant que telle existe de manière ad hoc depuis des lustres, mais ce n’est qu’au cours du siècle dernier que la profession a commencé à sortir de sa chrysalide. D’abord exercée par des personnes bilingues ou polyglottes naturellement douées pour la transposition d’une langue à l’autre, elle a ensuite été projetée sur le devant de la scène par les grands événements politiques du xxe siècle (guerres, déplacements de personnes...)…
Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part‐time work
Despite consistently high rates of part‐time employment among older women, the quality of this cohort's work is largely under‐researched with the focus being mainly on younger women. To address this gap, our paper engages with the key strands of this debate—age, gender and employment status—to interrogate the job characteristics and position of this worker cohort in the Irish labour market. Findings reveal notable differences between this cohort'…
Organising research on university student plagiarism: A process approach
This article examines the management of the seemingly ubiquitous problem of plagiarism by students in higher education. An integrated review of the conceptual and empirical literature to date is undertaken in the pursuit of two objectives. First, to provide structure to the scattered knowledge about the topic, which is achieved by developing a process framework of plagiarism management. Second, to identify, group and locate the determinants of ea…
Gender equality in the accounting profession: One size fits all
Purpose – This study aims to examine both male and female accountants’ perceptions of female career progression in the Accounting Profession in Ireland. This study is set in the context of a steady rise in the total proportion of female members across the seven accountancy bodies worldwide and the recent acknowledged failure of larger accountancy firms to promote women to senior levels in equal measure compared to male colleagues. Design/methodol…
Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; at the height of the economic boom in 2006; and after the …
Polish Workers in Ireland: A Contented Proletariat
Since 1990, Ireland has experienced rapid economic growth and a corresponding increase in immigrant workers, particularly of Polish origin. On the basis of survey evidence, the relatively low level of unionization among Polish workers is examined. Although attitudes to trade unions are positive, there is a high level of satisfaction generally with work, pay, and conditions among Polish immigrant workers. A sense of injustice or grievance appears …
Barriers to advancing female careers in the high‐tech sector: Empirical evidence from Ireland
Purpose This paper sets out to examine the experiences of female managers in order to enhance our understanding of why there is a relative scarcity of senior female managers in one of the newest sectors of the Irish economy, the high‐tech sector. Because this sector has effectively only emerged in Ireland in the last 15 years, it had been expected to provide a unique genderless environment in which female managers would emerge in equal numbers to…
Change in Art Education
Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; at the height of the economic boom in 2006; and after the …
Gender equality in the accounting profession: One size fits all
Purpose – This study aims to examine both male and female accountants’ perceptions of female career progression in the Accounting Profession in Ireland. This study is set in the context of a steady rise in the total proportion of female members across the seven accountancy bodies worldwide and the recent acknowledged failure of larger accountancy firms to promote women to senior levels in equal measure compared to male colleagues. Design/methodol…
Land is a huge integral part of our identity: Patriarchy and the gender asset gap
The aim of this article is to examine female participation in farming and more specifically, the reasons for the low rate of female farm ownership in Ireland where only 13% of Irish farm owners are female. Females are excluded from the occupation of a farmer because land ownership is the key needed in most instances to being a farmer in one's own right. Females are farming, but too often, they are not owners of the farms they work on. We investig…
Change in Art Education
Barriers to advancing female careers in the high‐tech sector: Empirical evidence from Ireland
Purpose This paper sets out to examine the experiences of female managers in order to enhance our understanding of why there is a relative scarcity of senior female managers in one of the newest sectors of the Irish economy, the high‐tech sector. Because this sector has effectively only emerged in Ireland in the last 15 years, it had been expected to provide a unique genderless environment in which female managers would emerge in equal numbers to…
Polish Workers in Ireland: A Contented Proletariat
Since 1990, Ireland has experienced rapid economic growth and a corresponding increase in immigrant workers, particularly of Polish origin. On the basis of survey evidence, the relatively low level of unionization among Polish workers is examined. Although attitudes to trade unions are positive, there is a high level of satisfaction generally with work, pay, and conditions among Polish immigrant workers. A sense of injustice or grievance appears …
Gender equality in the accounting profession: One size fits all
Purpose – This study aims to examine both male and female accountants’ perceptions of female career progression in the Accounting Profession in Ireland. This study is set in the context of a steady rise in the total proportion of female members across the seven accountancy bodies worldwide and the recent acknowledged failure of larger accountancy firms to promote women to senior levels in equal measure compared to male colleagues. Design/methodol…
Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; at the height of the economic boom in 2006; and after the …
Organising research on university student plagiarism: A process approach
This article examines the management of the seemingly ubiquitous problem of plagiarism by students in higher education. An integrated review of the conceptual and empirical literature to date is undertaken in the pursuit of two objectives. First, to provide structure to the scattered knowledge about the topic, which is achieved by developing a process framework of plagiarism management. Second, to identify, group and locate the determinants of ea…
Portrait-robot de l’interprète. Quelques réflexions personnelles
L’interprétation en tant que telle existe de manière ad hoc depuis des lustres, mais ce n’est qu’au cours du siècle dernier que la profession a commencé à sortir de sa chrysalide. D’abord exercée par des personnes bilingues ou polyglottes naturellement douées pour la transposition d’une langue à l’autre, elle a ensuite été projetée sur le devant de la scène par les grands événements politiques du xxe siècle (guerres, déplacements de personnes...)…
Good or bad jobs? Characteristics of older female part‐time work
Despite consistently high rates of part‐time employment among older women, the quality of this cohort's work is largely under‐researched with the focus being mainly on younger women. To address this gap, our paper engages with the key strands of this debate—age, gender and employment status—to interrogate the job characteristics and position of this worker cohort in the Irish labour market. Findings reveal notable differences between this cohort'…
Integration or exclusion? Assimilation of non-Irish nationals into the Irish labour market
Using data based on the national Labour Force Survey, we examine the extent to which immigrants coming to Ireland over a twenty-year period from 1998 to 2019 have assimilated into the labour market based on occupational level, education, employment sector, union membership and rates of unemployment. Overall, immigrants enjoyed conditions in the labour market in 1998 at least as good, if not better than, nationals and appeared to be relatively wel…
Gender Balance on State Boards in Ireland: To the Forefront of Progress or Concealing the Status Quo
In this article, we examine female appointments to government-owned corporations, called State Sponsored Boards (SSBs), in Ireland over a twenty-eight-year period, to analyze the extent to which gender parity has been achieved using voluntary gender targets. Using data from thirty-four SSBs, we found that overall figures relating to the achievement of gender parity on SSBs are masking the reality of female representation on these boards. We have …
Work re‐entry following maternity leave for first‐time mothers: An events, social identity and intersectional theories informed identity work framework
Many first‐time mothers experience significant identity issues on work re‐entry following maternity leave, an important individual and life‐related event. Work re‐entry prompts significant identity tensions leading to identity work challenges and potential career changes. We address this significant life event and develop a subjective identity informed conceptual framework explaining its key components and outcomes. We propose that for first‐time…
Land is a huge integral part of our identity: Patriarchy and the gender asset gap
The aim of this article is to examine female participation in farming and more specifically, the reasons for the low rate of female farm ownership in Ireland where only 13% of Irish farm owners are female. Females are excluded from the occupation of a farmer because land ownership is the key needed in most instances to being a farmer in one's own right. Females are farming, but too often, they are not owners of the farms they work on. We investig…
The legacy of history: Women and the ownership of land in Ireland
This paper is a review of existing sources across disciplines focusing on the topic of female farm ownership. Throughout the centuries, females have been explicitly excluded from owning and prevented from inheriting land. The purpose of this paper is to examine historical customs and rules governing female land ownership in Ireland and to demonstrate how the ‘old’ laws and customs have contributed significantly to the patriarchal system of farm o…
Unemployment and attitudes to immigrants in Europe: A comparison of early and late countries of immigration
Rational economic self-interest predicts that a period of unemployment is likely to increase negative attitudes towards immigrants. Our findings indicate that, in the five countries examined, a period of unemployment does not necessarily lead to more negative attitudes to immigrants. Crucially, the statistical differences in the mean attitudinal scores of the unemployed and those continuously employed disappears when political values are consider…
Gender and farming intentions: Insights from Ireland's agricultural students
This study investigates the future occupational intentions of students and graduates of Ireland's foundational agricultural qualification, the Green Cert, which is required to access state agricultural supports and schemes. Retention of young people in rural areas and in farming is a key challenge for generational renewal. Additionally, a persistent gender divide exists in farming pathways, and this paper seeks to understand how and why male and …
Representation of Early Career Academics in Higher Education Governance: Policies and Practices Across Europe
This study investigates the representation of early career academics (ECAs) in higher education governance across nine EU countries. Drawing on cultural and organisational theories and New Public Management literature, the aim is to analyse how national and institutional policies regulate ECAs' representation in institutional decision‐making and how inclusive in terms of gender this representation is in practice. Based on a documentary analysis, …
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Irish (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)