2026 Adrian John Wilkinson: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	82	146	136	9	9	420	24090

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Australia Leader Award
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the British Academy of Management

Overview

Adrian John Wilkinson is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research spans across Social Sciences with a focus on Business, Management and Accounting, particularly in the subfields of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Public Administration, and Communication.

Wilkinson's main research topics include:

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Management and Organizational Studies
Employment and Welfare Studies
Labor Movements and Unions
Workplace Health and Well-being
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Emotional Labor in Professions

Recent publications by Wilkinson cover themes related to workplace dynamics and worker voice. Selected papers include:

"Post-COVID remote working and its impact on people, productivity, and the planet: an exploratory scoping review" (2023) published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management
"Work, life and COVID-19: a rapid review and practical recommendations for the post-pandemic workplace" (2022) published in Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
"High-performance work systems and employee voice behaviour: an integrated model and research agenda" (2020) published in Personnel Review
"On the soft side of open innovation: the role of human resource practices, organizational learning culture and knowledge sharing" (2022) published in R and D Management
"New Trajectories in Worker Voice: Integrating and Applying Contemporary Challenges in the Organization of Work" (2021) published in British Journal of Management

Wilkinson frequently publishes in several academic journals, notably:

Human Resource Management Journal
Academy of Management Proceedings
Personnel Review
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Frequent co-authors in Wilkinson's research include Paula K. Mowbray, Tony Dundon, Michael Barry, Keith Townsend, and Maria Khan, indicating collaborative work in areas related to human resource management and organizational studies.

Wilkinson has contributed several books published by Edward Elgar Publishing, including:

Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (2020)
Missing voices? Integrating worker voice and social dialogue in the platform economy (2022)
Research Handbook on Decent Work in a Post-COVID-19 World (2025)

Their professional recognition includes fellowships from both the British Academy of Management and the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, reflecting engagement with scholarly communities in management and social sciences.

Best Publications

Empowerment: theory and practice

Adrian John Wilkinson

1084
Citations
Organizational Failure: a critique of recent research and a proposed integrative framework

Kamel Mellahi;Adrian Wilkinson

728
Citations
The meanings and purpose of employee voice

Tony Dundon;Adrian John Wilkinson;Mick Marchington;Peter Ackers

669
Citations
Human Resource Management at Work

Mick Marchington;Adrian John Wilkinson

654
Citations
The sustainability debate

Adrian John Wilkinson;Malcolm Hill;Paul Gollan

618
Citations
Employment relations in SMEs

Adrian John Wilkinson

562
Citations
Contemporary developments in Green (environmental) HRM scholarship

Douglas W.S. Renwick;Charbel J.C. Jabbour;Michael Muller-Camen;Tom Redman

536
Citations
Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases

Tom Redman;Adrian John Wilkinson

463
Citations
Managing with total quality management : theory and practice

Adrian John Wilkinson;Tom Redman;Ed Snape;Mick Marchington

453
Citations
An Integrative Review of Employee Voice: Identifying a Common Conceptualization and Research Agenda

Paula Mowbray;Adrian John Wilkinson;Herman Ho Man Tse

431
Citations
Reconceptualising employee silence: problems and prognosis

Jimmy Donaghey;Niall Cullinane;Tony Dundon;Adrian John Wilkinson

380
Citations
Organisational change and employee turnover

Keven M. Morrell;John Loan-Clarke;Adrian John Wilkinson

379
Citations
The meaning of empowerment: the interdisciplinary etymology of a new management concept

Nicola Denham Lincoln;Cheryl Travers;Peter Ackers;Adrian John Wilkinson

371
Citations
Making Quality Critical: New Perspectives on Organizational Change

Adrian John Wilkinson;Hugh Willmott

364
Citations
New Developments in Employee Involvement

Mick Marchington;John Goodman;Adrian Wilkinson;Peter Ackers

361
Citations
Managing with Total Quality Management

Adrian Wilkinson;Tom Redman;Ed Snape;Mick Marchington

338
Citations
The other side of quality: 'soft' issues and the human resource dimension

Adrian John Wilkinson

326
Citations
In search of TQM

Stephen Hill;Adrian John Wilkinson

322
Citations
Unweaving leaving: the use of models in the management of employee turnover

Kevin Morrell;John Loan-Clarke;Adrian John Wilkinson

313
Citations
Integrating products and services through life: an aerospace experience

Stewart Johnstone;Andrew Dainty;Adrian John Wilkinson

289
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mick Marchington University of Manchester

Ed Snape Hong Kong Baptist University

Bruce E. Kaufman Georgia State University

John Arnold Loughborough University

Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario

Kamel Mellahi University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Barrie Dale University of Manchester

John Storey The Open University

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

Andrew R.J. Dainty Manchester Metropolitan University

External Links

Personal website of Adrian John Wilkinson Google Scholar page

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