Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.  He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its’ 3rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) (then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 40 global companies eg BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress.  He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.

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• VOLUME 1Part 1: The IndividualSection 1: Dispositional Effects in Organizational BehaviorRelating Member Ability and Personality to Work-team Processes and Team EffectivenessEmotional Intelligence, Cognitive Intelligence and Job Performance - M.R. Barrick, G.L. Stewart and M.J. NeubertProactive Behavior in Organizations - S. Cote and C.T. MinersHow important are Job Attitudes? Meta-analytic Comparison of the Integrative Behavioral Outcomes and Time Sequences - J.M. CrantDarwinism, Behavioral Genetics and Organizational Behavior: A review and agenda for future research - D A Harrison, D A Newman and P L RothThe Validity and Utility of Selection Methods in Personnel Psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings - R. Ilies, R.D. Arvey and T.J. Bouchard, Jr.Personality and Organizations A test of the homogeneity of personality hypothesis - F.L. Schmidt and J.E. HunterAbsorptive Capacity A review, reconceputalization and extension - B. Schneider, D.B. Smith, S. Taylor and J. FleenorSection 2: Motivation - S.A. Zahra and G. GeorgeNegative Self-efficacy and Goal Effects RevisitedA Meta-Analysis of the Antecedents and Correlates of Employee Turnover Update, moderator tests and research implications for the millennium - A. Bandura and E.A. LockeWork Motivation Theory and research at the Dawn of the 20th Century - R.W. Griffeth, P.W. Hom and S. GaertnerWhat Should We Do About Motivation Theory? Six Recommendations for the 21st Century - G.P. Latham and C. PinderWhy People Stay Using job embeddedness to predict voluntary turnover - E.A. Lock and G.P. LathamThe Future of Work Motivation Theory - T. Mitchell, B. Holtom, T. Lee, C. Sablynski and M. ErezVOLUME 2 - R. Steers, R. Mowday and D. ShapiroSection 3: LeadershipAuthentic Leadership Development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership.Trust in Leadership Meta-analytic findings and implications for research and practice - B.J. Avolio and W.L. GardnerEmotions and Leadership The role of emotional intelligence - K.T. Dirks and D.L. FerrinMentor Functions and Outcomes A comparison of men and women in formal and informal mentoring relationships - J.M. GeorgeLeader-Member Exchange (LMX) research A comprehensive review of theory, measurement and data-analytic practices - B.R. Ragins and J.L. CottonPart 2: Individual and Group Interface in Organizations - C.A. Schriesheim, S.L. Castro and C.C. CogliserSection 1: Job and Organization PerformanceThe Contingent Value of Social CapitalHow Much Does performance Matter? A Meta-analysis of CEO Pay Studies - R.S. BurtCrafting a Job Revisioning employees as active crafters of their work - H.L. Tosi, S. Werner, J.P. Katz and L. Gomez-MejiaSection 2: Job Satisfaction - A. Wrzesniewski and J.E. DuttonWhy Do Lay People Believe that Satisfaction and Performance are Co-related? Possible Sources of a Commonsense TheoryThe Job Satisfaction Job Performance Relationship A qualitative and quantitative review - C.D. FisherSection 3: Teams and Groups in Organizations - T.A. Judge, C.J. Thoresen, J.E. Bono and G.K. PattonThe Ripple Effect Emotional Contagion and its influence on group behaviourThe Collective Construction of Work Group Moods - S.G. BarsadeTask Versus Relationship Conflict, Team performance and Team Member Satisfaction - C.A. Bartel and R. SaavedraLearning More by Crossing Levels Evidence from Airplanes, Hospitals and Orchestras - C. De Dreu and L. WeingartThe Influence of Shared Mental Models on Team Process and Performance - J.R. HackmanVOLUME 3 - J.E. Mathieu, T.S. Heffner and G.F. GoodwinSection 4: Career DevelopmentCareer Benefits Associated with Mentoring for Proteges A meta-analysisAlternative Approaches to the Employee-Organizational Relationship Does investment in employees pay off? - T.D. Allen, L.T. Eby and M.L. PoteetPart 3: Macro Organizational Issues - A.S. Tsui, J.L. Pearce, L.W. Porter and A.M. TripoliSection 1: Organization Stress and Well-BeingHealth and Well-Being in the Workplace A review and synthesis of the literatureWork-Family Conflict, Policies and the Job-life Satisfaction Relationship A review and directions for organizational behavior human resources research - K. Danna and R.W. GriffinOrganizational Cynicism Extending the exit, voice, loyalty and neglect model of employees′ responses to adverse conditions in the workplace - E.E. Kossek and C. OzekiAn Examination of Attributions and Emotions in the Transactional Approach to the Organizational Stress Process - F. Naus Ad Van Iterson and R. RoeExecutive Health Building self-reliance for challenging times - P.L. Perrewe and K.L. ZellarsAffect and Favorable Work Outcomes Two longitudinal tests of the happy-productive worker thesis - J.D. Quick, C.L. Cooper, J.H. Gavin and J.C. QuickSection 2: Emotions in the Workplace - T.A. Wright and B.M. StawOrganizational Behavior Affect in the work placeAffective Continuance and Normative Commitment to the Organization A meta-analysis of antecedents, correlates and consequences - A. Brief and H. WeissThe Dimensions, Antecedents and Consequences of Emotional Labour - J.P. Meyer, D.J. Stanley, L. Herscovitch and L. TopolnytskyTowards a Theory of Psychological Ownership in Organizations - J.A. Morris and D.C. FeldmanSection 3: Organization Culture - J.L. Pearce, T. Kostova and K.T. DicksOrganizations Unfettered Organizational form in an information-intensive economyA Dynamic, Multi-level Model of Culture From the micro level of the individual to the macro level of a global culture - J. Child and R.G. McGrathThe Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior - M. Erez and E. GatiA Quarter Century of Culture′s Consequences A review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede′s cultural values framework - G. JohnsOrganizing and the Process of Sensemaking - B.L. Kirkman, K.B. Lowe and C.B. GibsonA Group-level Model of Safety Climate: Testing the effect of group C climate on microaccidents in manufacturing jobs - K. Weick, K. Sutcliffe and D. ObstfeldVOLUME 4 - D. ZoharSection 4: Organizational ChangeThe Art of Continuance Change Linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shifting organizationsFinancial Consequences of Employment-Change Decisions in Major US Corporations - S.L. Brown and K.M. EisenhardtPart 4: Organizational Theories and Strategy - W.F. Cascio, C.E. Young and J.R. MorrisSection 1: Organizational Justice and CitizenshipTit for Tat? The Spiralling Effect of Incivility in the WorkplaceJustice at the Millennium: A meta-analytic review of 25 years of organizational justice research - L.M. Andersson and C.M. PearsonA Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behavior - J.A. Colquit, M.J. Wesson, C.O.L.H. Porter, D.E. Conlon and K.Y. NgLosing Sleep over Organizational Injustice: Attenuating insomniac reactions to underpayment inequity with supervisory training in interactional justice - R.S. DalalSame Behavior, Different Consequences: Reactions to Men′s and Women′s Altruistic Citizenship Behavior - J. GreenbergThe Nature and Dimensionality of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A critical review and eta-Analysis - M.E. Heilman and J.J. ChenSection 2: Strategic Organizational Behavior - J A LePine, A Erez and D E JohnsonKnowledge Transfer A basis for competitive advantage Human Resource Management and Performance: A review and research agenda - L. Argote and P. IngramSocial Capital, Intellectual Capital and the Organizational Advantage - D.E. GuestSocial Capital and Value Creation: The role of intrafirm networks - J. Nahapiet and S. GhoshalPart 5: Methodologies in Organizational Behavior - W.P. Tsai and S. GhoshalThe Need for and Meaning of Positive Organizational BehaviorCommon Method Biases in Behavioral Research A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies - F. LuthansIs There Such a Thing as "Evidence-based Management"? - P.M. Podsakoff, S.B. MacKenzie, J.Y. Lee and N.P. Podsakoff

Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.  He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its’ 3rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) (then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 40 global companies eg BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress.  He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.

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• VOLUME 1Part 1: The IndividualSection 1: Dispositional Effects in Organizational BehaviorRelating Member Ability and Personality to Work-team Processes and Team EffectivenessEmotional Intelligence, Cognitive Intelligence and Job Performance - M.R. Barrick, G.L. Stewart and M.J. NeubertProactive Behavior in Organizations - S. Cote and C.T. MinersHow important are Job Attitudes? Meta-analytic Comparison of the Integrative Behavioral Outcomes and Time Sequences - J.M. CrantDarwinism, Behavioral Genetics and Organizational Behavior: A review and agenda for future research - D A Harrison, D A Newman and P L RothThe Validity and Utility of Selection Methods in Personnel Psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings - R. Ilies, R.D. Arvey and T.J. Bouchard, Jr.Personality and Organizations A test of the homogeneity of personality hypothesis - F.L. Schmidt and J.E. HunterAbsorptive Capacity A review, reconceputalization and extension - B. Schneider, D.B. Smith, S. Taylor and J. FleenorSection 2: Motivation - S.A. Zahra and G. GeorgeNegative Self-efficacy and Goal Effects RevisitedA Meta-Analysis of the Antecedents and Correlates of Employee Turnover Update, moderator tests and research implications for the millennium - A. Bandura and E.A. LockeWork Motivation Theory and research at the Dawn of the 20th Century - R.W. Griffeth, P.W. Hom and S. GaertnerWhat Should We Do About Motivation Theory? Six Recommendations for the 21st Century - G.P. Latham and C. PinderWhy People Stay Using job embeddedness to predict voluntary turnover - E.A. Lock and G.P. LathamThe Future of Work Motivation Theory - T. Mitchell, B. Holtom, T. Lee, C. Sablynski and M. ErezVOLUME 2 - R. Steers, R. Mowday and D. ShapiroSection 3: LeadershipAuthentic Leadership Development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership.Trust in Leadership Meta-analytic findings and implications for research and practice - B.J. Avolio and W.L. GardnerEmotions and Leadership The role of emotional intelligence - K.T. Dirks and D.L. FerrinMentor Functions and Outcomes A comparison of men and women in formal and informal mentoring relationships - J.M. GeorgeLeader-Member Exchange (LMX) research A comprehensive review of theory, measurement and data-analytic practices - B.R. Ragins and J.L. CottonPart 2: Individual and Group Interface in Organizations - C.A. Schriesheim, S.L. Castro and C.C. CogliserSection 1: Job and Organization PerformanceThe Contingent Value of Social CapitalHow Much Does performance Matter? A Meta-analysis of CEO Pay Studies - R.S. BurtCrafting a Job Revisioning employees as active crafters of their work - H.L. Tosi, S. Werner, J.P. Katz and L. Gomez-MejiaSection 2: Job Satisfaction - A. Wrzesniewski and J.E. DuttonWhy Do Lay People Believe that Satisfaction and Performance are Co-related? Possible Sources of a Commonsense TheoryThe Job Satisfaction Job Performance Relationship A qualitative and quantitative review - C.D. FisherSection 3: Teams and Groups in Organizations - T.A. Judge, C.J. Thoresen, J.E. Bono and G.K. PattonThe Ripple Effect Emotional Contagion and its influence on group behaviourThe Collective Construction of Work Group Moods - S.G. BarsadeTask Versus Relationship Conflict, Team performance and Team Member Satisfaction - C.A. Bartel and R. SaavedraLearning More by Crossing Levels Evidence from Airplanes, Hospitals and Orchestras - C. De Dreu and L. WeingartThe Influence of Shared Mental Models on Team Process and Performance - J.R. HackmanVOLUME 3 - J.E. Mathieu, T.S. Heffner and G.F. GoodwinSection 4: Career DevelopmentCareer Benefits Associated with Mentoring for Proteges A meta-analysisAlternative Approaches to the Employee-Organizational Relationship Does investment in employees pay off? - T.D. Allen, L.T. Eby and M.L. PoteetPart 3: Macro Organizational Issues - A.S. Tsui, J.L. Pearce, L.W. Porter and A.M. TripoliSection 1: Organization Stress and Well-BeingHealth and Well-Being in the Workplace A review and synthesis of the literatureWork-Family Conflict, Policies and the Job-life Satisfaction Relationship A review and directions for organizational behavior human resources research - K. Danna and R.W. GriffinOrganizational Cynicism Extending the exit, voice, loyalty and neglect model of employees′ responses to adverse conditions in the workplace - E.E. Kossek and C. OzekiAn Examination of Attributions and Emotions in the Transactional Approach to the Organizational Stress Process - F. Naus Ad Van Iterson and R. RoeExecutive Health Building self-reliance for challenging times - P.L. Perrewe and K.L. ZellarsAffect and Favorable Work Outcomes Two longitudinal tests of the happy-productive worker thesis - J.D. Quick, C.L. Cooper, J.H. Gavin and J.C. QuickSection 2: Emotions in the Workplace - T.A. Wright and B.M. StawOrganizational Behavior Affect in the work placeAffective Continuance and Normative Commitment to the Organization A meta-analysis of antecedents, correlates and consequences - A. Brief and H. WeissThe Dimensions, Antecedents and Consequences of Emotional Labour - J.P. Meyer, D.J. Stanley, L. Herscovitch and L. TopolnytskyTowards a Theory of Psychological Ownership in Organizations - J.A. Morris and D.C. FeldmanSection 3: Organization Culture - J.L. Pearce, T. Kostova and K.T. DicksOrganizations Unfettered Organizational form in an information-intensive economyA Dynamic, Multi-level Model of Culture From the micro level of the individual to the macro level of a global culture - J. Child and R.G. McGrathThe Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior - M. Erez and E. GatiA Quarter Century of Culture′s Consequences A review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede′s cultural values framework - G. JohnsOrganizing and the Process of Sensemaking - B.L. Kirkman, K.B. Lowe and C.B. GibsonA Group-level Model of Safety Climate: Testing the effect of group C climate on microaccidents in manufacturing jobs - K. Weick, K. Sutcliffe and D. ObstfeldVOLUME 4 - D. ZoharSection 4: Organizational ChangeThe Art of Continuance Change Linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shifting organizationsFinancial Consequences of Employment-Change Decisions in Major US Corporations - S.L. Brown and K.M. EisenhardtPart 4: Organizational Theories and Strategy - W.F. Cascio, C.E. Young and J.R. MorrisSection 1: Organizational Justice and CitizenshipTit for Tat? The Spiralling Effect of Incivility in the WorkplaceJustice at the Millennium: A meta-analytic review of 25 years of organizational justice research - L.M. Andersson and C.M. PearsonA Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behavior - J.A. Colquit, M.J. Wesson, C.O.L.H. Porter, D.E. Conlon and K.Y. NgLosing Sleep over Organizational Injustice: Attenuating insomniac reactions to underpayment inequity with supervisory training in interactional justice - R.S. DalalSame Behavior, Different Consequences: Reactions to Men′s and Women′s Altruistic Citizenship Behavior - J. GreenbergThe Nature and Dimensionality of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A critical review and eta-Analysis - M.E. Heilman and J.J. ChenSection 2: Strategic Organizational Behavior - J A LePine, A Erez and D E JohnsonKnowledge Transfer A basis for competitive advantage Human Resource Management and Performance: A review and research agenda - L. Argote and P. IngramSocial Capital, Intellectual Capital and the Organizational Advantage - D.E. GuestSocial Capital and Value Creation: The role of intrafirm networks - J. Nahapiet and S. GhoshalPart 5: Methodologies in Organizational Behavior - W.P. Tsai and S. GhoshalThe Need for and Meaning of Positive Organizational BehaviorCommon Method Biases in Behavioral Research A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies - F. LuthansIs There Such a Thing as "Evidence-based Management"? - P.M. Podsakoff, S.B. MacKenzie, J.Y. Lee and N.P. Podsakoff