Professor Aaron Cohen is a Professor Emeritus in the Division of Public Administration at the University of Haifa, Israel. He specializes in Human Resource Management (HRM) and Organizational Behavior (OB), with a particular focus on adverse workplace behaviors, including counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), cyberloafing, social loafing, bullying, and cyberbullying. Additionally, he investigates dark personality traits in the workplace and strategies for mitigating their negative effects.

Author or co-author of approximately 100 publications in refereed journals and five books, Professor Cohen has held visiting professorships at several prestigious institutions, including Monash University (Psychology), the National University of Singapore (Management), ESADE, Barcelona, Spain (Department of Management), the University of Western Sydney (Management), and the University of Bremen, Germany (Institute of Technology and Education).

In 2023, Professor Cohen was ranked among the top 2% of researchers in his field worldwide by the Elsevier/Stanford list. His most recent publications include:

Cohen, A. (2023). The rise (and fall?) of dark personalities: The moderating effect of perceived success on the relationship between the Dark Triad and counterproductive work behaviors. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. Published online: December 7, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2023.2291459

Cohen, A. (2018). Counterproductive work behaviors: Understanding the dark side of personalities in organizational life. New York: Routledge.

Cohen, A., & Özsoy, E. (2021). Dark triad personalities and situational variables in their relationship to career success and counterproductive work behaviors among employees in Turkey. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 14(5), 506-525.

Cohen, A. (2024). The Cyber Predators: Dark Personality and Online Misconduct and Crime. Cambridge University Press.