Dr Dermot McCarthy - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages

Biography

Biography

As a dedicated economist with over 15 years of experience, Dr. Dermot McCarthy’s current research specialises in analysing healthcare policies and health technology assessment. His expertise lies in conducting comprehensive research, developing economic models, and providing actionable insights to improve healthcare systems. Passionate about leveraging data to drive policy decisions, he is committed to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.

Dr. McCarthy is currently leading on the creation of the Bournemouth Health Economics Research Unit (BHERU), with the aim of supporting regional medical device companies/SMEs and healthcare providers with health economics and developing value propositions. We provide a suite of relevant services, including health economics, market analysis and needs assessment, clinical trial support, ROI analysis, pricing/charging, scaling-up, and financial/economic analysis of healthcare systems and policy.

Dr. Dermot McCarthy graduated from University of Limerick with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 2003, majoring in economics and finance and doing a minor in econometrics... He continued his studies at the University of Limerick, graduating with a PhD in 2007 and remained as a post-doctorate research fellow with the university until January 2010. Since that time, he has heled the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer, and principal lecturer in economics at Bournemouth University.

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Journal Articles

McCarthy, D., Alexander, P. and Jung, Y., 2022. Enhancing the organisational commitment of public sector accounting staff through the pursuit of CSR objectives. Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, 18 (2), 304-324.
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McCarthy, D., Wei, P., Homberg, F. and Tabvuma, V., 2021. Public service motivation in the Chinese public and private sectors. Evidence-based HRM, 9 (1), 1-17.
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McCarthy, D. and Dragouni, M., 2021. Managerialism in UK business schools: capturing the interactions between academic job characteristics, behaviour and the ‘metrics’ culture. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (11), 2338-2354.
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Dragouni, M. and McCarthy, D., 2021. Museums as supportive workplaces: an empirical enquiry in the UK museum workforce. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36 (5), 485-503.
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Chu, T.T., Hölscher, J. and McCarthy, D., 2020. The impact of productive and non-productive government expenditure on economic growth: an empirical analysis in high-income versus low- to middle-income economies. Empirical Economics, 58 (5), 2403-2430.
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Homberg, F., McCarthy, D. and Tabvuma, V., 2015. A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Public Service Motivation and Job Satisfaction. Public Administration Review, 75 (5), 711-722.
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McCarthy, D., Bui, H. and Sum Chau, V., 2013. Assessing Performance Determinants of Higher Education Academics in Developed and Emerging Economies: UK vs. Vietnam. Strategic Change, 22, 371-385.
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McCarthy, D. and Palcic, D., 2012. The Impact of Large-scale Employee Share Ownership Plans on Labour Productivity: The Case of Eircom. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23 (17), 3710-3724.
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McCarthy, D., Reeves, E. and Turner, T., 2011. Changing the Rules of the Game: The Impact of Privatization on Firm Industrial Relations. Public Management Review, 13 (6), 845-860.
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McCarthy, D., Reeves, E. and Turner, T., 2010. The impact of Privatisation and Employee Share-Ownership on Employee Commitment and Citizen Behaviour. Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal, 31, 307-326.
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McCarthy, D., Reeves, E. and Turner, T., 2010. Can Employee Share-Ownership Improve Employee Attitudes and Behaviour? Employee Relations, 32, 382-395.
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McCarthy, D., Reeves, E. and Turner, T., 2009. Sweetening privatisation with employee share-ownership: Good for unions and management? International Journal of Human Resource Management.
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Chapters

McCarthy, D., 2015. Employees Financial Participation. In: Holscher, J. and Toman, H., eds. Palgrave Dictionary of Emerging Markets and Transition Economics. Springer.
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Conferences

Mccarthy, D., 2017. Caring companies and their caring employees: an examination of the relationship between PSM and CSR. In: International Research Society For Public Management (IRSPM) Conference 1-3 April 2014 Birmingham.
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Tabvuma, V., Homberg, F. and McCarthy, D., 2014. National determinants of Public Service Motivation. In: International Research Society for Public Management Conference 9-14 April 2014 Carleton University, Ottowa, Canada.
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McCarthy, D., Homberg, F., Wei, P. and Tabvuma, V., 2014. Comparing Public Service Motiviation in the Case of the Chinese Public and Private Sector. In: American Society for Public Administration 14-18 March 2013 Washington DC, USA.
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Homberg, F., Tabvuma, V. and McCarthy, D., 2013. Public Service Motivation: A meta-analytic investigation. In: International Research Society for Public Management Conference 9-12 April 2013 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Hanson, J., Crowley, E. and McCarthy, D., 2012. GROW@BU: A strategy to use professional coaching behaviours to support student retention and success. In: Higher Education Academy Annual Conference - Great Expectations: Are you ready? 3-4 July 2012 University of Manchester. London: Higher Education Academy.
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Profile of Teaching PG
Profile of Teaching UG

Profile of Teaching PG

Contemporary Economic Issues
Business and Financial Economics
Workshop on Research Methods - STATA

Profile of Teaching UG

Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Microeconomics 2
Macroeconomics 2
Macroeconomics for Business 2
Microeconomics for Business 2

Grants

Grants

International Study on Public Sector Motivation (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01 Jan 2013). Awarded
Investigating Public Service Motivation Across Europe (BU Fusion Fund, 20 Mar 2012). Completed
Investigating Public Service Motivation Across Europe (British Academy, 01 Sep 2011). Completed
Role of Employee Share Ownership in Privatisation: The Case of Aer Lingus (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 01 Sep 2008). Completed
Privatisation and Employee Share Ownerhips: The Case of Eircom (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 20 Oct 2005). Completed

Attended Training

Attended Training

Health Economic Research Centre (HERC), Oxford University - Integrating Economic Evaluation into Clinical Trials, 16 Apr 2024
Health Economic Research Centre (HERC), Oxford University -Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, 18 Mar 2024, Certificate
Health Economic Research Centre (HERC), Oxford University -Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation, 05 Mar 2024, Certificate

Qualifications
Memberships

Qualifications

PhD in Economics (University of Limerick, 2008)

Memberships

P4 Research Group, Associate,