Background
Richard is an established Psychologist who has been actively developing people and organisations for over 35 years based on applying sound psychological principles.
He is currently Professor of Organisational Psychology and Head of the Applied Psychology and Organisational Behaviour Group at Cranfield University.
He has been a senior organisational psychologist and manager in private and public organisations, and is a consultant to companies, partnerships and consultancies across the world.
He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Counselling Psychologist, former Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology, member of Council, Board of Directors and Chair of their Ethics Committee. He is Registered as an Applied Psychologist with the HCPC.
He is a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a Chartered Scientist and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He set up and was the director of the first UK Doctorate in Organisational Psychology. He currently heads up the Organizational Behaviour and Applied Psychology Group at Cranfield (which has been rated in the top 10 worldwide by the FT) and Chairs the Development and Learning Community.
In 2011 he was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences.
Current activities
Richard is a Registered Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC), Member of the Division of Occupational Psychology, Founder Member of the Division of Sports Psychology, Founder Member of the Division of Counselling Psychology, Founder member of Special Group in Coaching Psychology.
His scholarly interests centre around the application of psychology to organisations and individuals; this includes work on culture change and resistance, on assessment, on emotional aspects of learning and change, on applied ethics and in political psychology. He has published and presented over a hundred papers and contributed to several books. He was a specialist reviewer for the Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency and is currently a panel member and visitor for the Health and Care Professions Council. He has been quoted in the media, is a former editor and reviewer for several academic journals, and a former associate editor of 'The Psychologist'. He set up the Ethical Review process at Cranfield University. He is a Chartered Scientist and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He currently Chairs the Accreditation Appeals Panel for the World Association of Business Coaches and is a member of the APECS Ethics Committee.
He enthusiastically applies psychology to the world of work through his consultancy and coaching practice; he has worked with individuals and organizations from consultants to Board members, from Psychology to Banking, Steel to Defence and Health to Alternative Technology.
In 2011 the prestigious award of Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (now Fellowship) was conferred for significant contribution to Social Science in the UK. He is active in his community; a former school governor, former trustee of the Cranfield Trust.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Flinders M, Weinberg A, Weinberg J, Geddes M & Kwiatkowski R. (2020). Governing under Pressure? The Mental Wellbeing of Politicians. Parliamentary Affairs, 73(2)
- Kwiatkowski R, Duncan DC & Shimmin S. (2006). What have we forgotten ‐ and why?. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79(2)
- Kwiatkowski R & Duncan DC. (2006). UK occupational/organizational psychology, applied science and applied humanism: Some further thoughts on what we have forgotten. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79(2)
- Kwiatkowski R. (2003). We are not adjectives, we are psychologists. PSYCHOLOGIST, 16(9)
- Kwiatkowski R. (2003). Trends in organisations and selection: an introduction. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18(5)
- Hogan D & Kwiatkowski R. (1998). Emotional aspects of large group teaching. Human Relations, 51(11)
- Kwiatkowski R. Frontiers of Hypnotherapy. International Journal of Psychotherapy
- Kwiatkowski R. Current Issues in Clinical Psychology. International Journal of Psychotherapy
Conference Papers
- Kwiatkowski R, Angus A & Aktas E. (2023). Ethical challenges for employees in a time of pandemics and advances in artificial intelligence; or “is our psychology relevant any more”?
- Bushnell I, Burke E, Kwiatkowski R & Kosinski M. (2014). What's so big about Big Data?
- Kwiatkowski R. (2013). The Psychologist and the organisation; some cautionary vignettes
- Kwiatkowski R. (2013). Organizational Change and the Changing Ethical Landscape: Possible Impacts of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
- Kwiatkowski R. (2012). Psychological leadership and ethics
- Kwiatkowski R. (2012). Ethical thinking and the brave new world
- Kwiatkowski R. (2012). Ethical dilemmas in practice
- Kwiatkowski R. (2011). Politics and Change: A Longitudinal Study of Politicians in Government
- Kwiatkowski R, Drogin E & Williams J. (2010). Preaching to the choir? Harmonising current BPS and HPC sources of professional guidance
- Kwiatkowski R. (2010). Psychology, Parliament, Organizational Politics and Change
- Kwiatkowski R. (2008). Invited discusaant/panel member on open session on psychological ethics
- Kwiatkowski R. (2007). Occupational/organizational psychologists and ethics: How do employers see us?
- Kwiatkowski R. (2005). Ethics: The Future?
- Kwiatkowski R. (2005). Change in Parliament: reason or resistance?
- Knox S, Kwiatkowski R, Jaina J, Creagh M, Hope-Hailey V, .... (2005). The MBA paradox: Critical examination or practical relevance?
- Cooper D, James K, Kwiatkowski R & Taffler RJ. (2004). The shadow in the balance sheet: The spectre of Enron and how accountants use
the past as a psychological defence against the future
- Turnbull James K, Kwiatkowski R & Bowman C. (2004). Developing Individual Strategic Capability
- Turnbull James K, Kwiatkowski R & Bowman C. (2004). Developing Strategic Capability: Managerial imaginings and psychological insights
- Bowman C, James K & Kwiatkowski R. (2003). Developing individual strategic capability: rediscovering psychological capability and context
- Kwiatkowski R. (1998). Ethnic Minority Graduates and Assessment Centres
- Scott S & Kwiatkowski R. (1998). Foul or Fair? Assessment Centres and Ethnic minorities: a study of major UK recruiters
- Kwiatkowski R & Scott S. (1998). Are assessment centres fair to ethnic minorities?: A study of major graduate recruiters
- Kwiatkowski R & Gilby R. (1997). Safety Culture in a Dying Factory
- Kwiatkowski R. (1996). Counselling Psychology in an Organisational Context: Education and Experience defeat Ignorance and Integrity
- Kwiatkowski R. (1996). Counselling vs Psychotherapy: some empirical thoughts on an old debate
- Kwiatkowski R & Lawrence S. (1996). Orchestral Metaphors and Organisational Reality: Or 'Taylor Rides Again'?
- Kwiatkowski R. (1994). Can your Grandmother suck eggs - on the difficulty of Evaluating Training
- Kwiatkowski R, Azizollah H & Roach S. (1991). Psychology without quality is like juggling without balls
- Kwiatkowski R & Horncastle P. (1990). On the consuption of the golden goose
- Kwiatkowski R & Horncastle P. (1989). Paradigms Lost?
Books
- Kwiatkowski R. (2018). Inside-out and outside-in: the use of personality and 360 degree data in executive coaching In Brunning H(ed.), Executive Coaching. Routledge.
- Kwiatkowski R. (2018). Chapter 2: Questioning the Virtue of Virtue Ethics: Slowing the Rush to Virtue in Research Ethics In Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity (Volume 3). Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Kwiatkowski R. (2011). Politicians and Power: MPs in the UK Parliament In Weinberg A(ed.), The Psychology of Politicians. Cambridge University Press.
- Turnbull James K, Bowman C & Kwiatkowski R. (2008). Strategic Leadership In Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds), Leadership Perspectives: Knowledge into Action. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Kwiatkowski R, Jaina J, Creagh M, Hope-Hailey V, Knox S, .... (2008). Can the MBA Develop Leadership?: "Academic Reflection" vs "Practical Training" In Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds), Leadership Learning: Knowledge into Action. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Kwiatkowski R & Winter B. (2006). Roots, relativity and realism: the occupational psychologist as scientist-practitioner In Lane D & Corrie S (eds), The Modern Scientist - Practitioner: A Guide to Practice in Psychology. Routledge.
- Kwiatkowski R, Harris H, Kakabadse A & Mapes J. (2002). Applying organisational behaviour theories and models in learning teams In Hockings C & Moore I (eds), Innovations in Teaching Business and Management. SEDA.
- Kwiatkowski R. (2000). Conflict in Organisations In Feltham C & Horton I (eds), Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sage.
- Kwiatkowski R & Hogan D. (1998). Group membership In Bayne R, Nicolson P & Horton I (eds), Counselling and Communication Skills for Medical and Health Practitioners. The British Psychological Society.
- Kwiatkowski R. (1996). Counselling psychology from an occupational perspective In James I & Palmer S (eds), British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology, Occasional Papers (Vol. 2). (Vol. 2).
