Cherns, Albert (fl. 1962-1987)

Collected papers of Albert Cherns, including lecture notes, papers, publications and draft writings.

The material is arranged as follows:

PSY/CHE/1 Draft papers & Publishers

PSY/CHE/2 Miscellaneous Articles, Essays & Reprints

PSY/CHE/3 Notes, Articles & Original Drafts

PSY/CHE/4 Papers & Publication Matters of the 1980's

PSY/CHE/5 Publications, 1962-1970

PSY/CHE/6 Publications, 1971-1973

PSY/CHE/7 Publications, 1974-1975

PSY/CHE/8 Reprints (I)

PSY/CHE/9 Reprints (II)

PSY/CHE/10 Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations Research Papers & Donovan Report

PSY/CHE/11 Quality of Working Life (QWL) Programme

Each of these headings corresponds to material grouped into a box-file by Cherns, with his title retained. Within those box-files there were various folders which have largely been catalogued separately. Titles for these that quote Cherns' own writing on the folder are given in inverted commas; titles without inverted commas are supplied by the cataloguer.

Albert Cherns, B.A. (Hons.)

Professor of Social Sciences and Head of Department of Social Sciences (1969-1984), Loughborough University;

Fellow, British Psychological Society;

Governor, British Steel Industry's Ashorne Hill College;

Member, Tavistock Institute Council.

Senior appointments in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research;

Secretary of the Heyworth Committee that recommended the establishment of a British Social Science Research Council.

Cherns established the Centre for the Utilization of Social Sciences (CUSSR) with key linkages to the Tavistock Institute, to ISR at Ann Arbor (Stan Seashore) and to UCLA (Lou Davis).