Histories

Proposal for Emeritus Professorship 

Philip Dewe 

The School of Business, Economics and Informatics would like to propose Professor Philip Dewe as an emeritus professor. Prof. Dewe, who retired from the College in September 2015, has an exceptional record of service to the College and to his academic discipline. 

Prof. Dewe was an MSc student in Industrial Relations at the LSE and was a senior research officer in the Work Research Unit set up to research the quality of working life 1976-1979. Prof. Dewe returned to NZ in 1980 to be Head of the Human Resource Management Dept at Massey University where he remained for the next 20 years. In that period he returned on sabbatical to the LSE in 1986 and to Birkbeck in 1996. 

In 2000 Prof. Dewe was recruited back to Birkbeck by the then Head of the Dept of Organizational Psychology, Professor David Guest. The aim was for the two of them to work together but Professor Guest was recruited to Kings College London and Prof. Dewe was subsequently appointed Professor and Head of the Dept of Organizational Psychology and of the School of Management and Organizational Psychology in 2001. 

Prof. Dewe was appointed Vice-Master of the College in 2003 and remained in this role until 2014. On stepping down from this role he was PV-M Special Projects. He was made a Fellow of the College in November 2014. 

As the short attached CV demonstrates, Prof. Dewe has a distinguished record of research and teaching in organisational psychology in addition to his record of leadership and management. 

Curriculum Vitae 

Name:      Philip John Dewe                      Title:            Professor 

Pre-retirement Responsibilities:     Vice-Master of Birkbeck College 

                                                       Professor of Organizational Behaviour 

Department:          Department of Organizational Psychology 

Qualifications:       B.Com (Victoria University) 1969 

                              BCA (Hons) (Victoria University) 1972 

                              MCA (Victoria University) 1974 

                              MSc (London School of Economics) 1975 

                              PhD (London School of Economics) 1984 

Work Experience: 1964              Management trainee, British Petroleum 

                             1965-1967     Full-time university study, Wellington 

                             1968-1974     Inspector, Inland Revenue Department, Wellington 

                             1974-1975     Full-time university study, London 

                             1975- 1976     Accountant, London 

                             1976- 1979     Senior Research Officer, Work Research Unit, London 

                             1980- 1999     Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 

                             2000- 2015     Birkbeck College (University of London) 

Overseas Appointments 

Visiting Professor, Erasmus University, Rotterdam 1987-1995 (2 months a year). 

Research Fellow, Department of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, 1986 

Senior Teaching and Research Fellow, Department of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck College, 1996. 

Senior Teaching and Research Fellow, Department of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck College 

Journal Associations 

Associate Editor - Work & Stress.Associate Editor – American Journal of Health Promotion Editorial Board – International Journal of Stress Management Review Board - Journal of Organizational Behaviour 

Publications 

Books