| Code | BPS/GB/221 |
| Name | Cooper; Sir; Cary L (1940-); Professor; CBE, AcSS, CPsychol. Hon.FBPsS, FRSA, FRSM, FRSH, HonFRCP |
| PreTitle | Sir |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Cary L |
| Surname | Cooper |
| Dates | 1940- |
| Epithet | CBE, AcSS, CPsychol. Hon.FBPsS, FRSA, FRSM, FRSH, HonFRCP |
| Parallel Name | Cary Cooper |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Los Angeles (nd)
Southampton University for 6 years (nd)
Manchester School of Management (UMIST), 1980s-2002
Lancaster University Management School (nd) |
| Address | Cheshire, UK |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 28/04/1940
University and Professional Training:
BSc Economics UCLA, Los Angeles (nd)
MBA Behavioral Science UCLA, Los Angeles (nd)
PhD Managerial and Social Psychology, Leeds University & (nd)
Awards:
Commander of the British Empire, (CBE) HMQ 2001
Honorary Doctorates from Aston University (DSc), (nd)
Heriot-Watt University (DLitt), (nd)
Middlesex University (Doc. Univ), (nd)
Wolverhampton University (DBA), (nd)
Sheffield University ( D.Sc.), 2011
Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2005,
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Hon FRCP), 2006,
Life Time Achievement Award from the Division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological Society, 2007
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (College of Occupational Medicine), 2008
Honorary Fellow of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology 2010,
Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, 2010
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, (nd)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, (nd)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, (nd)
Fellow of the British Academy of Management, (nd)
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (nd)
Fellow of the (American) Academy of Management (nd)
Distinguished Service Award for contribution to management science, the Academy of Management, 1998.
Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award , Times Higher Education for distinguished contribution to higher education, 2010
Knighthood, HM Government 2014
Professional career:
Social worker, Los Angeles (nd)
Lecturer in Social Psychology, Southampton University for 6 years (nd)
Head of the Manchester School of Management (UMIST), 1980s
Pro-Vice Chancellor and then Deputy Vice Chancellor of UMIST 1995-2002
Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School (nd)
Founder-Director, Robertson Cooper Limited, 1999-
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations (selected):
Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, (nd)
Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Stress & Health, (nd)
Past President of the British Academy of Management, (nd)
Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, (nd)
Chair, Academy of Social Sciences, (nd)
Former Chair of the Chronic Disease and Wellbeing Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum in Geneva, 2009-2010
Editor-in-Chief of the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management (nd)
Editor of Who’s Who in the Management Sciences, (nd)
Adviser to the World Health Organisation (WHO), (nd)
Adviser and the International Labour Organisation ( ILO) (nd)
Special adviser to the Defense Committee of the House of Commons, Duty of Care enquiry 2004-2005
Former Chair, The Sunningdale Institute, 2004-2009
Lead scientist , UK Government Office for Science Foresight programme on Mental Capital and Well Being, 2007-2008
Member of the expert group on establishing guidance for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on ‘promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions’, 2009
President of the Institute of Welfare, (nd)
President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, (nd)
President of RELATE, (nd)
Patron of Anxiety UK (nd).
Sources: Cary Cooper's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Cartwright S and Cooper CL, 2008, Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Bichard E and Cooper CL, 2008, Positively Responsible: How Business Can Save the Planet, Elsevier, London, New York and Amsterdam,
Quick JC, Cooper CL, Gavin JH and Quick JD, 2008, Managing Executive Health, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
Cartwright S and Cooper CL, 2008, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Cooper CL and Sutherland V, 2006, 'Stress and the changing nature of work', in Creating the Productive Workplace, (eds) Clements-Croome D, Taylor and Francis, Abingdon,
Argyris C, Starbuck WH and Cooper CL, 2004, The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, Blackwell, Oxford,
Cooper CL, 2004, Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Business Challenges of the Future, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
Dewe P and Cooper CL, 2004, Stress: A Brief History, Blackwell, Oxford,
Cooper CL and Cartwright S, 2004, 'Stress reduction: the role of individually targeted interventions', in Handbook of Work Stress, (eds) Barling J, Kelloway EK and Frone MR, Sage, London,
Cooper CL, Robertson IT, Silvester J, Burnes B, Patterson F and Arnold J, 2004, Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace, Financial Times Prentice Hall,
Cooper CL and Clarke S, 2003, Managing the Safety Risk of Workplace Stress, Routledge, London and New York,
Cooper CL and Quick JC, 2003, 'Executives: engines for positive stress', in Emotional and Physiological Processes and Positive Intervention Strategies, (eds) Ganster DC and Perrewe PL, JAI, London,
Robertson IT and Cooper CL, 1998, International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Vol. 13, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester. |
| Source | Cary Cooper'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 |