Faculty Search Announcement
Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management
Department of Managerial Sciences
Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
The Robinson College of Business seeks applications and nominations for multiple tenure track faculty positions at multiple ranks in the area of Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management. At least one position will be filled at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Successful candidates will begin employment in August, 2014.
These positions offer an exceptional opportunity to qualified candidates. The Department of Managerial Sciences has many outstanding faculty colleagues with research and teaching interests that represent the different facets of Management including Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Business Analysis, and Operations Management. The Department is also affiliated with the Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations, a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to supporting research and education in the area of People at Work and to promoting outreach to the local professional community. Our faculty members are enthusiastically engaged in research and regularly publish in the top journals in their disciplines, hold leadership positions in professional associations and sit on the editorial boards of top journals. They are also engaged with colleagues in other units of the College, the University, and neighboring universities in the Atlanta area in a variety of professional activities to form an involved community of scholars The city of Atlanta provides an excellent setting for someone with interests in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management with 13 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the metropolitan area along with a number of regional headquarters, a large number of regional, national and global enterprises, and a vibrant entrepreneurial community. Georgia State has strong ties with the Atlanta business community, many of whom are alumni of the College.
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in a relevant field from an AACSB accredited university and a current record of scholarly publications consistent with rank, as well as a demonstrated ability or high potential for teaching within Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management. Individuals applying for a senior level position are expected to be eminent scholars with an international scholarly reputation; willingness and ability to mentor junior faculty members and PhD students are expected as well, and interest in and capability to contribute to executive programs is a plus. The College expects and strongly supports faculty research leading to publication in top tier journals. Collegiality and a demonstrated ability to develop and work with others to define and conduct research are important at all ranks. The positions include teaching at the graduate and/or undergraduate levels in the College’s academic programs. Salary, teaching loads, and other types of support are competitive with other research universities. These positions are contingent upon final budget approval by the University.
The Robinson College of Business, accredited by the AACSB, is one of the largest in the country with approximately 6,000 undergraduate, 1,500 master’s and 100 Ph.D. students. Our MBA program for working professionals is ranked among the best by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report, and the Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world’s best EMBA programs.
Application review will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. To apply, email a letter of application, vita and, for junior candidates, a writing sample to: Dr. Lisa Schurer Lambert at: hrmob@gsu.edu. If necessary, applications may be sent by mail to Dr. Lambert at the following address: Department of Managerial Sciences, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4014, Atlanta, GA 30302-4014.