Work-Nonwork Management

Nina M. Junker is a Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Oslo. Prior to her current appointment, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at Goethe University Frankfurt, where she also obtained her PhD. She is a work-nonwork scholar with a particular aim of contributing to a better understanding of how individuals can successfully manage multiple roles and deal with gaining and losing social roles and group memberships. Her work has been published in leading outlets, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Occupational Health Journal, and the Leadership Quarterly. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for Organizational Psychology Review, and her prior work received funding from German and Norwegian funders.

Maria Karanika-Murray is a Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Leicester. Her research focuses on well-being and performance and a range of questions around understanding and promoting both, individually and in tandem, including presenteeism, the work-non-work interface, workplace health interventions, and sustainable work. Her work on presenteeism was honored with the Human Relations Paper of the Year Award 2020. She has delivered research for national research councils, European funders, charities, Government, and industry, and has written widely for academic, policy, and practitioner audiences. Through her work she brings disparate stakeholders together to build knowledge and fortify practice.

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, e.g., 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.