| Code | BPS/GB/187 |
| Name | Warr; Peter Bryan (1937-); Professor; HonFBPsS, CPsychol, |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Peter Bryan |
| Surname | Warr |
| Dates | 1937- |
| Epithet | HonFBPsS, CPsychol, |
| Parallel Name | Peter B. Warr |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Dunlop Rubber Company, Birmingham. 1960-1961
Dept.of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1961- current
Visiting Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University and University of Colorado, 1966-1967
Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1976
Visiting Professor (part-time) at the University of Surrey, 1979-1982
Visiting Haydn Williams Fellow at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 1989
Visitng Research Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, 1989 |
| Address | Sheffield |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 18/06/1937
Place of Birth: Birkenhead, UK
University and Professional Training:
University of Cambridge, Part 1, Moral Sciences Tripos, Part 2 Natural Sciences 1957-1960
Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, Certificate in Industrial Administration 1961
University of Cambridge, MA 1963
Sheffield University, PhD
Awards:
ICI Prize for studies of industrial administration, 1961
Spearman Medal of the British Psychological Society for distinguished research, 1969
President's Award of the British Psychological Society for outstanding contributions to psychological knowledge, 1982
Honorary Fellowship of the British Psychological Society for major contributions to the development of psychology, 1997
BPS Chartered Psychologist (nd)
Professional career:
Work study engineer and industrial psychologist, Dunlop Rubber Company Birmingham. 1960-1961
Independent Research Worker/ Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer, Dept.of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1961-1968
Assistant Director/Deputy Director of the MRC Social and Applied Psychology Unit, Dept. of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1968-1973
Director of the MRC/ESRC Social and Applied Psychology Unit, Dept.of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1973-1996
Professor, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1996-2002
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, 2002-
Honorary positions:
Honorary Lecturer, University of Sheffield 1968-1978
Professor Associate, University of Sheffield, 1978-1997
Member of the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, 1990-1997
Visiting positions:
Visiting Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University and University of Colorado, 1966-1967
Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1976
Visiting Professor (part-time) at the University of Surrey, 1979-1982
Visiting Haydn Williams Fellow at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 1989
Visitng Research Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, 1989
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, 1997
Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology (nd)
Member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (nd)
Member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (nd)
Foreign Affiliate of the American Psychological Association (nd).
Sources: P Warr's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected Publications:
Warr, P. (2010). What about the workers? Occupational Health Psychology News, 8, 8-9.
Warr, P. and Clapperton, G. (2009). The Joy of Work? Jobs, Happiness, and You. London: Routledge.
Warr, P. (2009). Environmental “vitamins”, personal judgments, work values, and happiness. Pages 57-85 in S. Cartwright and C. Cooper (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-being (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Warr, P. B. (2007). Work, Happiness, and Unhappiness. New York: Routledge.
Birdi, K.S., Warr, P.B. & Oswald, A.J. (1995). Age differences in three components of employee well-being. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 44(4), 345-373. |
| Source | P Warr's CV |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |