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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-DATE LONDON UNIVERSITY
Professor in Psychology (ad hominem) in the University of London (since 1.10.92). Previously Lecturer (1981-
1987) and Reader (1988-1992) at UCL.
1978.1990 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
1995-97 HONG KONG UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL
Visiting Professor at the Business School every 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
Honarary Professor of Psychology.
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 80 books 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.
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. 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.
45 Thornhill Square, London Nl IBE
TEL: (H) 0207-607-6265 (0) 0207 679-5395 E-MAIL: ucjtsaf@ucl.ac.uk

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Short CV1

  • 1. 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) _______________________________________________________________________________________ CAREER 1981-DATE LONDON UNIVERSITY Professor in Psychology (ad hominem) in the University of London (since 1.10.92). Previously Lecturer (1981- 1987) and Reader (1988-1992) at UCL. 1978.1990 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 1995-97 HONG KONG UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL Visiting Professor at the Business School every 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 Honarary Professor of Psychology. 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 80 books 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. 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. 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. 45 Thornhill Square, London Nl IBE TEL: (H) 0207-607-6265 (0) 0207 679-5395 E-MAIL: ucjtsaf@ucl.ac.uk