Human Resource Management: A Very Short Introduction

Adrian Wilkinson reviews the historical development of human resource management, showing how the changes in political, legal, and macroeconomic spheres have shaped how human resources are managed. Considering HRM in a global world, he considers how it is adapting to a very different work landscape.

Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith University

Adrian Wilkinson is Professor and Director of the Centre for Work, Organisation, and Wellbeing at Griffith University, Australia. He holds Visiting Professorships at Loughborough University, and is an Academic Fellow at the Centre for International Human Resource Management at the Judge Institute, University of Cambridge. He has been shortlisted by HR magazine for the award of HR (Most Influential International Thinker). Adrian has authored/edited thirty books, including Contemporary Human Resource Management (5th ed, Pearson, 2016), the Handbook of Research on Employee Voice (Elgar, 2014), and The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations (OUP, 2014). He was elected as an Academician (Fellow) of the Academy of Social Sciences in the UK, as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.