Cary Cooper

Cary Cooper CBE is an American psychologist and Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School.

Prior to working at Lancaster University, Cooper was Head of the Manchester School of Management (UMIST) from the early 80s, In 1995 he became Pro-Vice Chancellor and then Deputy Vice Chancellor of UMIST until 2002. From 1979 to 1980 he was Chairman of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management and was elected as Founding President of the British Academy of Management. [ [http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/304/ Lancaster University Management School] ] In June 2005 he was appointed head of the Sunningdale Institute, which, managed by the UK National School of Government, brings international academics and industry figures together to advise on issues facing UK public sector organisations. [ [http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/5696/ Lancaster University press release on Sunningdale Institute appointment] ] Cary Cooper is also a Director of well-being specialists and business psychologists, Robertson Cooper Limited, a company which he set up in 1999 with Professor Ivan Robertson. [ [http://www.robertsoncooper.com Robertson Cooper ] ]

Professional recognition

Cooper has studied for a B.Sc., M.B.A., and a Ph.D.. Further, he has received the following awards from professional and academic organizations: [ [http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/304/ Lancaster University Management School (website accessed 23/03/2007)] ]

* 1994 Fellow of the British Academy of Management
* 1994 Elected a Fellow of the (British) Institute of Management
* 1997 Elected by the (American) Academy of Management as one of the first UK Fellows
* 1997 Became a Companion of the Institute of Management (now the Chartered Management Institute)
* 1998 Awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the (American) Academy of Management for services to the field of management
*1998 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) for contributions to organizational psychology
*1999 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration by Wolverhampton University
*2002 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by Aston University
*2003 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Middlesex University
*2005 Cooper was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians

Queen’s Birthday Honours

Professor Cooper was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of June 2001, with a CBE.

Media work

He is often interviewed by the UK press (BBC and ITV) for both news and current affairs. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6444565.stm Office workers 'risk blood clots' BBC News (accessed 23/03/2007)] ] [ [http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=435392007 Will 'Stalin' jibe actually help Gordon Brown?, The Scotsman (accessed 23/03/2007)] ] [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/26/business/workcol27.php The Workplace: U.S.-style work stress is spreading to Europe, International Herald Tribune (website accessed 23/03/2007)] ] [ [http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/02/27/39412/who-will-replace-duncan-brown-as-assistant-director-general-at-the-chartered-institute-of-personnel.html Who will replace Duncan Brown as assistant director-general at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development? Personnel Today (website accessed 23/03/2007)] ] ] [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=mourinho-s-moans-help-lift-blues-says-top-psychologist-professor-cary-cooper--&method=full&objectid=18972465&siteid=89520-name_page.html/Mourinho's Moans help lift blues - Daily Mirror (website accessed 08.05.2007)] ] [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1006/1006215_everton_ready_to_rescue_barton.html/ Everton ready to rescue Barton- Manchester Evening News (website accessed 08.05.2007)] ] [ [http://www.techworld.nl/idgns/3021/the-new-internet-menace-wilfing.html/The new Internet menace: Wilfing - Techworld (website accessed 08.05.2007)] ]

References

Selected bibliography

* "Excellence in Coaching: The Industry Guide" (ed. by Jonathan Passmore), Kogan Page 2007
* "Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Business Challenges of the Future", Oxford University Press 2004
* "The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management" (with C Argyris and W H Starbuck), Blackwell 2004
* "Stress: A Brief History" (with P Dewe), Blackwell 2004
* "International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Vol. 13" (with I T Robertson), John Wiley and Sons 2004
* "Stress and the changing nature of work", in "Creating the Productive Workplace" (ed. by C L Cooper and D Clements-Croome), Spon Press 2004
* "Stress reduction: the role of individually targeted interventions", in "Handbook of Work Stress", Sage 2004
* "Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace" (with I T Robertson, J Silvester, B Burnes, F Patterson and J Arnold, Financial Times Prentice Hall 2004
* "Managing the Safety Risk of Workplace Stress" (with S Clarke), Routledge 2003
* "Executives: engines for positive stress", in "Emotional and Physiological Processes and Positive Intervention Strategies", JAI 2003