Ronald J. Burke is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the School of Business, York University, Toronto. The author of many books, he was founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. He previously held the Imperial Life Professorship in Organizational Behaviour and was a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Management Research and Development.

Cary L. Cooper is BUPA Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has written or edited over 80 books, and is co-editor of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management. Professor . Cooper is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Health and of both the American and British Academy of Management.