Professor ADRIAN FURNHAM
An academic, consultant on organizational behaviour, writer and broadcaster. Particularly adept at communicating complex psychological and business concepts to a variety of clients.
British. Date of Birth: 3rd Feb. 1953. Married: one son. (22. Jul.1997)
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CAREER
1981-2018 LONDON UNIVERSITY: Professor in Psychology (ad hominem) in the University of London (1.10.92). Previously Lecturer (1981- 1987) and Reader (1988-1992)
1979-1981 OXFORD UNIVERSITY: Lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College (1979-1982). Part-Time Tutor in Department of External Studies
1985- APPLIED BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Founder director of a management consultancy
1995-1997 HONG KONG UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL: Visiting Professor at the Business School spring term.
1999-2007 HENLEY MANAGEMENT COLLEGE: Total Oil Marine Visiting Professor of Management.
2009- NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT: Adjunct Professor in Organisational Psychology.
2015- UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL: Honorary Professor of Psychology.
2015- UNIVERSITY OF VERDANA, MALAYSIA: Honorary Professor of Psychological Medicine.
2017 - UNIVERSITY OF EXETER: Honorary Professor of Psychology in the Business School
2018- STAMFORD ASSOCIATES: Principal Behavioural Psychologist
EDUCATION
1995 NATAL University D.Litt.
1991 LONDON University D.Sc.
1977-81 OXFORD University D.Phil.
1976-77 STRATHCLYDE University M.Sc.
1975-76 LONDON University (LSE) M.Sc. Econ (with distinction)
1970-74 NATAL University B.A.Hons, M.A.
Chartered Occupational Psychologist; Chartered Health Psychologist; Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Member of the American Psychological Association. Cited as most productive European Psychologist from the 1990's to the present; second most productive psychologist in the world, 1985-2005. Top 200 Psychologists of all time 2015. Elected past president of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. Entry in current Who's Who. Fellow of the Leadership Trust 2010; Academician of the Learned Society of the Social Sciences 2010. Consultant, trainer and speaker for over 30 multinational companies including public sector (army, police, government) and private sector (banks, airlines, consortia) in the UK and abroad.
PUBLICATIONS
1981-DATE Author of 95 books translated into 40 languages including Culture Shock, The Economic Mind, The Protestant Work Ethic, The Psychology of Behaviour at Work, Psychology of Managerial Incompetence; Heart and Mind Management; The People Business; The Psychology of Physical Attractiveness. 50 Psychology Ideas; The Elephant in the Boardroom; Body Language in Business; Bad Apples; Leadership- Everything you want to know, High Potential; The New Psychology of Money, High Potential; Psychology 101, Twenty Ways to Assess People
Author of various popular pieces (around 500) in newspapers (Financial Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times Higher Educational Supplement, Sunday Times) and magazines (Spectator, Personnel Management, New Scientist, Across the Board, Spotlight) in both Europe and North America
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Columnist in various magazines (Mastering Management, Human Resources) and newspapers (FT, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph).
Author of 1200 peer-reviewed scientific papers in international scientific journals.
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