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Professor Helena Cooper-Thomas is a faculty member at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), holding the position of Professor of Organizational Behavior in the AUT Business School. She also holds honorary positions at the University of Auckland and the University of Waikato, reflecting her broad academic influence in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her research and teaching focus on organizational behavior, with an emphasis on employee development and workplace relationships.
Her research interests include:
- New employee adjustment and organizational socialization
- Proactive behavior and work engagement
- Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
- Workplace friendships and person-organisation fit
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Professor Cooper-Thomas's recent publications explore themes such as workplace gossip, psychological contracts, job crafting, and sustainability in organizations. Her work often investigates the social dynamics of onboarding, the role of leadership in psychological safety, and the impact of environmental practices on employee wellbeing. She employs both empirical and methodological approaches, contributing to both theoretical and practical understanding in organizational psychology.
She has received scientific recognition including:
- Best Paper Award, Group & Organization Management (2024)
- Best Paper selected by the Careers Division of the Academy of Management (2023)
Professor Cooper-Thomas is actively involved in mentoring and supervising graduate students at both Master’s and PhD levels, with recent projects covering topics such as broken psychological contracts, psychological safety for racial minorities, and menopause in the workplace. She contributes significantly to academic service as a Representative-at-Large for the Academy of Management’s Organizational Behavior Division (2022–2025) and as a member of the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Panel for Economics and Human Behaviour (2022–2024). She also serves on editorial boards for the Journal of Business and Psychology and Journal of Managerial Psychology, and regularly reviews for top journals and grant agencies. Her outreach includes public engagement through articles in The Conversation and NZ Management magazine, translating research into practical leadership insights.
She has collaborated with institutions across Europe, North America, and Asia, and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Cass Business School, Tilburg University, and Exeter Business School. She co-organizes the annual Aotearoa New Zealand Organisational Psychology and Organisational Behaviour Conference, fostering scholarly exchange nationally.
