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Sir Cary Lynn Cooper, CBE AcSS (born 28 April 1940), is an American-born British 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 (within 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.
He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.