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Sir Cary Lynn Cooper (born 28 April 1940), is an American-born British
psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...
and 50th Anniversary Professor of
Organizational Psychology Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work lives. In general, the goals of I-O psychology are to better understand and optimize the effec ...
and
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at the
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, University of Manchester.


Career

Before moving to Manchester he was Distinguished Professor at
Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...
. Cooper was Head of the Manchester School of Management (within
UMIST The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major centre for Research univer ...
) from the early 1980s. 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 An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the g ...
and was elected as Founding President of the
British Academy of Management The British Academy of Management (BAM), founded in 1986, is a learned society dedicated to advancing the academic discipline of management in the United Kingdom. It is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences. The academy runs two peer-review ...
. In June 2005 he was appointed head of the
Sunningdale Institute The National School of Government (previously known as the Civil Service College and the Centre for Management and Policy Studies, or CMPS) was the part of the Cabinet Office that ran training, organisational development and consultancy courses ...
, which, managed by the United Kingdom
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, brings international academics and industry figures together to advise on issues facing UK public sector organisations. In 2008, Cooper was appointed lead scientist for the UK government's Foresight programme and Report on Mental Capital and Wellbeing. He was chair of the
Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) is a representative body for social sciences in the United Kingdom. The academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of m ...
, a body representing over 88,000 social scientists and 46 learned societies in the social sciences (including the
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,
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, the
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, and the
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). In 2010 he was chair of the Chronic Diseases and Mental Health Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum. He is immediate past president of
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, Clinical Advisor to
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, President of the Institute of Welfare, Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 2016–2021, Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (2016-) and past president of the
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) is a professional body for counselling, counsellors and psychotherapy, psychotherapists practising in the United Kingdom. History Originally founded in 1977 as the British Associ ...
. Cooper was a director of well-being specialists and business psychologists a
Robertson Cooper Limited
a university spin off company which he set up in 1999 with Ivan Robertson. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the ''
Journal of Organizational Behavior The ''Journal of Organizational Behavior'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published eight times a year by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes empirical reports and theoretical reviews spanning the spectrum of organizational behavior researc ...
'', founding co-editor of the ''
International Journal of Management Reviews The ''International Journal of Management Reviews'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal, established by Cary Cooper in 1999, and published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Academy of Management. It is the leading global rev ...
'', Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (12 volumes & now in 3rd Edition), and past editor of the journal '' Stress and Health''. Cooper's parents were Jews from Romania and Ukraine who settled in
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. He became a British citizen in 1993.


Education

Cooper went to Fairfax High School and then obtained a BSc (UCLA), an M.B.A. (UCLA), and a PhD (
Leeds University The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed ...
, UK).


Recognition

Cooper has received the following awards from professional and academic organizations: * 1986-1990 Elected Founding President of the British Academy of Management * 1994 Fellow of the
British Academy of Management The British Academy of Management (BAM), founded in 1986, is a learned society dedicated to advancing the academic discipline of management in the United Kingdom. It is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences. The academy runs two peer-review ...
* 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 The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as the British Institute of Management (BIM) in 1947 or 1948, merged with the Institution of Industrial Managers (I ...
) * 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 Heriot-Watt University () is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and was subsequently granted university status by roya ...
(Edinburgh) for contributions to organizational psychology *1999 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration by
Wolverhampton University The University of Wolverhampton is a public university in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England, located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Originally founded in 1827 as the Wolverham ...
*2000-2004 Elected as President of the British Academy of Management *2002 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by
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*2003 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by
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*2005 Cooper was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the
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*2006 Cooper was made Hon Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians *2007 Cooper was appointed by the UK's Chief Scientist as the Lead Scientist for the UK government's Foresight Report on Mental Capital and Wellbeing *2008 Awarded Hon Fellow of the British Psychological Society *2008 Cooper was made an Hon Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland *2008 Cooper was selected as chair of the
Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) is a representative body for social sciences in the United Kingdom. The academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of m ...
(body of nearly 90,000 social scientists and 47 learned societies). *2009 Cooper was appointed chair of the Chronic Diseases Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum. *2010 Awarded the Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award for Higher Education by THE *2011 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by
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*2012 Awarded Hon Fellowship of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health *2014 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the
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*2014 Elected as President of the British Academy of Management *2015 Elected as CIPD President *2017 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Chester *2018 Awarded the WFPMA Petitpas Award for Distinguished Service to the Global HR Profession by the World Federation of People Management Associations, Chicago. *2019 Awarded the Chris Arygris Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Management, Boston. *2019 Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Education by the University of Bolton *2020 Winner of the New York City Big Book Award for the Book of the Year in Marketing & PR for The Apology Impulse *2020 Winner of the American Book Fest Award for the Book of the Year in Communications/PR for the Apology Impulse *2021 Awarded Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development *2021 Awarded ISMA Federation International Medal for lifetime achievement, India *2021 Bank of England Flagship Lecture ‘Mental Capital & Wellbeing’ *2022 Endowed Chair and Lecture Theatre named after Sir Cary Cooper at Woxsen University, India *2022 Patron, International Stress Management Association *2023 Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the IOBC in Israel on January 3,2023. *2024 Ranked the 4th Best Business & Management Scientist in the World by Research.com, April 19, 2024


Queen's Birthday Honours

Cooper was appointed
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(CBE) by The Queen in the 2001 Birthday Honours for his contribution to occupational/organizational health and was Knighted by the Queen in the
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for services to the social sciences.


Media work

Cooper has been described as the media's first choice for comment on workplace issues, and is often interviewed by the UK press (including
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and ITV) for both news and current affairs.


See also

* Organizational Wellbeing *
Workplace stress Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate thos ...
*
Workplace bullying Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes physical and/or emotional harm. It includes verbal, nonverbal Nonverbal communication is the transmission of messages or signals through a non ...
*
Women in the workforce Since the Industrial Revolution, participation of women in the workforce outside the home has increased in industrialized nations, with particularly large growth seen in the 20th century. Largely seen as a boon for industrial society, women ...
* Work-life balance *
Hours of work Working time or laboring time is the period of time that a person spends at paid labor. Unpaid labor such as personal housework or caring for children or pets is not considered part of the working week. Many countries regulate the work week ...
*
Gender pay gap The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are Employment, employed. Women are generally found to be paid less than men. There are two distinct measurements of the pay gap: non ...
* 4 day working week


Selected bibliography

*Imagining the Post-Covid Workplace" (with Neal Ashkanasy & Julian Barling, Routledge, 2025) *"Healthy High Performance: Unlocking Business Success through Employee Wellbeing" (with Monika Misra, Routledge, 2025) *"Advancing Positive Organizational Behavior" (with Subhendu Patnaik & Raul Rodriguez, Routledge, 2025 *"How To Be The Line Manager You Never Had" (with Bajorek & Bevan, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) *"Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology" (with Brough & Anderson, Edward Elgar Publ, 2024) *" Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions: Volume 23" (with Sydney Finkelstein, Emerald Publishers, 2024) *"Psychology of Sustainability & Sustainable Development in Organizations" (with Annamaria Di Fabio, Routledge, 2023) *"Resilience in Modern Day Organizations" (with Ritsa Ventounots-Fotinatos & Alexandros-Stamotios Antonia, Routledge, 2023) *"Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions: Vol 22" (with Sydney Finkelstein, Emerald Publishers, 2023) *"The Cambridge Companion to Organizational Stress & Wellbeing"(with Laurent Lapierre, Cambridge University Press, 2023) *Law Enforcement, Leadership & Wellbeing: Creating Resilience" (with Ian Hesketh, Palgrave Macmillan,2023) *"Occupational Health & Wellbeing" (with Andrew Kinder & Rick Hughes, Routledge, 2023) *"Myths of Management: Dispel the Misconceptions" (with Stefan Stern, Kogan Page, 2023). *"Burnout While Working" (with Michael Leiter, Routledge, 2023) *"Organizational Stress:Ed2" (with Nerstad, Seljeseth, Richardsen, Dewe & O'Driscoll), Sage, 2023) *"Remote Workplace Culture" (with Sean O'Meara, Kogan Page, 2022) *"Organizational Stress Theories" (with Kimberly E. O'Brien, Edward Elgar, 2022) *"Managing Workplace Health & Wellbeing During a Crisis" (with Ian Hesketh, Kogan Page, 2022) *"The Healthy Workforce" (with Stephen Bevan, Emerald Publishers, 2022) *"A Research Agenda for Workplace Stress & Wellbeing" (with Kevin Kelloway, Routledge, 2021) *"The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing" (with Tony Wall & Paula Brough, Sage, 2021) *"Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Work" (Routledge, 2021) *"Organizational Stress Around the World: Research and Practice" (with Kajal Sharma & D.M. Pestonjee, Routledge, 2021) *"Brexit in the Workplace: A Psychology of Survival" (with Ashley Weinberg & Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, Edward Elgar Pub, 2020) *"Flexible Work: Designing Our Healthier Future Lives" (with Sarah Norgate, Routledge, 2020) *"Navigating the Return to Work Experience for New Parents" (with Maria Karanika-Murray, Routledge, 2020) *"Work & Stress: A Research Overview" (with Philip Dewe, Routledge,2020) *"The Apology Impulse" (with Sean O'Meara, Kogan Page, 2019) *"Current Issues in Work & Organizational Psychology (Routledge, 2019) *"Handbook of Research on the Psychological Contract at Work" (with Yannick Griep, Edward Elgar Publ, 2019) *"Wellbeing at Work" (with Ian Hesketh, Kogan Page, 2019) *"Presenteeism" (with Luo Lu, Cambridge University Press, 2018) *"The Myths of Management" (with Stefan Stern, Kogan Page, 2018) *"21st Century Workforces and Workplaces" (with Bevan, Brinkley & Bajorek, Bloomsbury, 2018) *"Boards that Dare" (with Marc Stigter, Bloomsbury, 2018) *"Managing Health and Wellbeing in the Public Sector" (with Ian Hesketh, Routledge, 2017). *"The Spartan Worker" (with Kostas Perrotis), Routledge, 2017). *"The Aging Workforce Handbook" (with Antoniou & Burke), Emerald, 2017. *"Handbook of Stress and Health" (with James Quick, Wiley Blackwell, 2017). *"The Outstanding Middle Manager" (with Gordon Tinline, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) *"Stress in the Construction Industry" (with Leung and Chan, Wiley Blackwell, 2015). *"Solving the Strategy Delusion" (with Marc Stigter, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).) *"Handbook of Research on Work-Life Balance in Asia" (with Luo Lu), Edward Elgar 2015. * ''Stress in the Spotlight: Managing and Coping with Stress in the Workplace'' (with Brian Claridge, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). *"Wellbeing: The Complete Reference Guide" (6 volumes), Wiley Blackwell, 2014. *"From Stress to Wellbeing: Volumes 1 &2), Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. *"Building Resilience for Success. (with Jill Flint-Taylor and Michael Pearn), Palgrave-Macmillan, 2013., *"Stress in Turbulent Times" (with Ashley Weinberg), Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. *"High Engagement Work Culture: Balancing WE and ME. (with David Bowles), Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012. *"Organizational Health and Wellbeing" (3 volumes). Sage, 2011. *"Wellbeing: Productivity and Happiness at Work. (with Ivan Robertson), Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011. *"The Science of Occupational Health". (with Ulf Lundberg), Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. *"Innovations in Stress and Health" (with Sue Cartwright), Palgrave Macmillian, 2011. *''Employee Morale: Driving Performance in Challenging Times'' (with David Bowles), Palgrave-Macmillan October 2009 *''Mental Capital and Wellbeing'' (with Field, Goswami, Jenkins & Sahakian), Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. *Open Source Leadership (with Leslie Gadman), Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. *The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology (with Sue Cartwright), Oxford University Press, 2008. *The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing (with Sue Cartwright), Oxford University Press, 2008. *"Managing Executive Health" (with Quick, Gavin and Quick), Cambridge University Press, 2008. *"Surviving the Workplace: A Guide to Emotional Wellneing (with Ashley Weinberg), Thomson, 2007. *"Happy Performing Managers" (with P. Hosie), Edward Elgar Publ, 2006. *"Business and the Beautiful Game" (with T. Theobald), Kogan Page 2005 * ''Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Business Challenges of the Future'', Oxford University Press 2004 * ''The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management'' (Editor, with Associate Editors C Argyris and W H Starbuck), Blackwell 2004 * ''Stress: A Brief History'' (with P Dewe), Blackwell 2004 * ''International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology'': Vols.1–19 (with I T Robertson), John Wiley and Sons, 1986–2004. * "Managing the Emotions in Mergers and Acquisitions" (with Dr. V. Kusstascher), Edward Elgar Publ., 2005. * ''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 * "Destressing Doctors" (with Dr. V. Sutherland), Butterworth Heinemann, 2003. * "The FT Guide to Executive Health" (with Quick, Quick, & Gavin), FT/Prentice Hall, 2002. * "Stress and Employer Liability" (with Jill Earnshaw), CIPD Press, 2001. * " Managerial, Occupational & Organizational Stress Research", Ashgate, 2001. * "Who's Who in the Management Sciences", Edward Elgar, 2000


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