Kathlyn Wilson

Dr Kathlyn Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management. She is a Chartered Psychologist with a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a minor in International Business (The Ohio State University). She is an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).

Dr Wilson's research interests centre on the factors affecting the accuracy, fairness, and usefulness of assessment processes in organisations, particularly the conceptualisation and measurement of job performance; and cross-cultural management. She has published in peer-reviewed journals including Human Relations and has presented at international conferences such as the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr Wilson's Academic and scholarly experience include: Visiting Assistant Professor in the College of Business at Florida International University, Miami; Visiting Scholar at the Educational Testing Service (New Constructs Division), Princeton, New Jersey and Associate Professor (tenured) at Delaware State University’s College of Business (2004-2011).

Current advisory roles include the Department for Education's Apprenticeship Advisory Group. Kathlyn is an occasional assessor in assessment centres for UN agencies (World Food Programme and the UN Development Programme).

- conceptualisations of job performance

- assessing job performance

- cross-cultural management

Recent funded research projects include an exploration of the language used in evaluating the performance of different ethnic groups (for the Home Office); and an investigation of the barriers to Fellowship and Lectureship applications experienced by BAME and female early career researchers at Imperial College London.