He was inducted as a fellow into The Centre for International Human Resource Management, which is part of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
Academic fellows are recognised as leaders in their field around the world and will contribute to the academic breadth of the School.
“It’s a great honour to be associated with the Centre and Cambridge,” Professor Wilkinson said.
“This will improve our international ties and allow us to work more closely together,” he said.
Professor Wilkinson is director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing in Griffith Business School.
He has written on many aspects of human resource management and employment relations.
Recent research has encompassed employee participation and voice; high performance work systems and; comparative and international employment relations.
Professor Wilkinsons recent books include Human Resource Management at Work; Contemporary Human Resource Management; The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management and The Oxford Handbook of Organisational Participation.
Professor Wilkinson served on the Australian Research Council College of Experts from 2008-2010.
In 2010, he was appointed both an Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Research Fellow and a British Academy of Management Fellow.
Contributed by Julia Phipps.