Personal Profile
Patricia is Professor (Chair) of Education (Leadership) at the University of Limerick. She is also the Director of Human Rights Equality Diversity and Inclusion at the university. She began her career as a post primary school teacher before completing her PhD in the examination of supervisory relationships from a critical theory perspective. Patricia teaches courses on leadership, organisational behaviour and research methods in Ireland and internationally.
Research Interests
Patricia’s research interests currently include bullying (workplace and school), harassment, gender-based violence and harassment, power, organisational well-being, organisational relationships, organisational culture, stress and burnout and leadership development.
Selected Publications
Bruce, P.; Hickey, N.; Hrymak, V.; Bruce, C.; Mannix McNamara, P. (2026) Reporting of Work-Related Stress: Disclosure Hesitancy Among a Sample of Construction Managers in Ireland. Buildings 2026, 16, 1071. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16051071
Ballantine, C. Fahie, D., Hodgins, M., MacCurtain, S., MacNeela, P., Mannix McNamara, P. and Caroline Murphy (2026) Race, Migration, and Disability in Experiences of Gender-Based and Sexual Violence and Harassment (GBSVH) in Irish Higher Education: Intersectional Perspectives in Sociological Observer Issue 6. https://doi.org/10.13025/30329
Hodgins, M., Ballantine, C., Mannix McNamara, P. (2026) The Master’s Tools—Anti-Bullying and Harassment Policy in Higher Education Institutions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 23, 706. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23060706
Itzkovich Y, Hodgins M and Mannix-McNamara P. (2026) Editorial: Bystanders’ roles in workplace bullying: impacts and interventions. Front. Psychol. 17:1763120. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1763120
Hodgins, M., Fahie, D., MacCurtain, S., Kane, R., & McNamara, P. M. (2024). “My Core Is Cracked”—Bullying in Higher Education as a Traumatic Process. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/11/1462
Snow, N., Hickey, N., Blom, N., Mahony, L. O., & Mannix-McNamara, P. (2021). An Exploration of Leadership in Post-Primary Schools: The Emergence of Toxic Leadership. Societies, https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/2/54
Mannix-McNamara, P., Hickey, N., MacCurtain, S. and Blom, N., (2021). The dark side of school culture. Societies, https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/3/87
Mannix McNamara, P. (2020) ‘The prevalence of ill-treatment and bullying at work in Ireland’. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/abs/pii/S1753835120000353
Mannix McNamara, P. (2019) The Contested Terrain of Power in Workplace Bullying, In D’Cruz, P. et al (eds) Pathways of job-related Negative behaviour. Handbook of Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment, https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-981-13-0935-9_3
Hodgins, M., & Mannix Mcnamara P. (2019). An Enlightened Environment? Workplace Bullying and Incivility in Irish Higher Education. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244019894278
Hodgins, M., McNamara, P., MacCurtain, S. (2013) ’Workplace Bullying and Incivility: A systematic Review of Interventions’ International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7 (1,) 54-72, http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJWHM-08-2013-0030
Hodgins, M. and Mannix McNamara, P. (2017) ‘Bullying and incivility in higher education workplaces: Micropolitics and the abuse of power’, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, https://www.emerald.com/qrom/article-abstract/12/3/190/360966/Bullying-and-incivility-in-higher-education?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Mannix McNamara, P., Fitzpatrick, K., MacCurtain, S. and O’Brien, M. (2018) ‘Workplace bullying and redress procedures: experiences of teachers in Ireland’, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, https://www.emerald.com/qrom/article-abstract/13/1/79/360192/Workplace-bullying-and-redress-procedures?redirectedFrom=fulltext