Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University, also blames economic insecurity and geographical mobility.

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It is a sentiment shared by Prof Cary Cooper, an expert in organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School.

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For Paul Goodman, a professor of organisational psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who has made a documentary on the dabbawalas, this is one of the critical aspects of their appeal to Western management thinkers.

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