John Arnold

John Arnold is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK. He is a Fellow and Chartered Occupational Psychologist of the British Psychological Society. John’s research, teaching and consultancy involve all areas of careers and their management from both individual and organizational perspectives. Particular interests include career choice, personal development and adjustment, work role identities and transitions (including the transition into working life), career success and failure, mid/late career issues, and the impact of career management interventions such as mentoring, development centres and succession planning. John is author or co-author of over 70 refereed journal articles, the successful textbook Work Psychology (6th edition published in 2016), and the specialist books Managing Careers into the 21st Century (1997) and Understanding Careers 2nd edition (2014). He is past editor of Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and currently on the editorial boards of four leading academic journals.