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California Polytechnic State University: Professor in Organizational Behavior and International Management

The Management, Human Resource, and Information Systems Area of the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly seeks applicants for a full-time, tenure-track, academic year position at open rank (Assistant, Associate or full Professor) in the area of Organizational Behavior and International Management. Interest and ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate (MBA) level classes is desirable. Applicants must be able to teach courses in Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, and International Management.

The successful candidate must have completed a doctorate or equivalent degree in Business or a closely related field from an AACSB or equivalent accredited institution. The Ph.D./DBA must be awarded by the time of appointment. Applicants are expected to demonstrate exemplary teaching and a strong publication record (corresponding to rank), as well as currency in their professional field. To complete an application, please visit http://www.calpolyjobs.org, and apply to requisition # 102919. Attachments should include a cover letter, current vita, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Transcripts of highest degree will be required of all finalists. Questions about the position may be directed to the recruiting committee at calpolyOBrecruitment@gmail.com. The position will remain open until filled.

Initial conversations will take place at the Academy of Management Annual Conference in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL, in August 2013. Interested applicants who would like to be considered for an informal conversation at the Academy meetings should email a copy of a cover letter outlining their research and teaching interests and a curriculum vita to the search committee at calpolyOBrecruitment@gmail.com. Cal Poly is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and the Orfalea College of Business is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The University actively encourages applications from all qualified individuals.

Cornell University: Assistant and Associate Professor Human Resource Studies

The Human Resource Studies department of the ILR School at Cornell University has an opportunity to add two new faculty members beginning August of 2014. One opening is at the assistant professor level, while the other is at the associate or full professor level. At the assistant professor level, preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated potential to publish high-quality research in human resource studies and to teach HR courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

At the associate and full professor levels, preference will be given to tenure-qualified applicants whose work tends to take a strategic or organizational (i.e., macro) perspective of the field. We are seeking candidates with strong records of publications in top-tier journals in areas such as (but not limited to): untangling relationships between workplace practices and contexts and important stakeholder outcomes, emerging new approaches to work and employment relationships, human and social capital issues related to firm performance, international and comparative HRM, and the evolving role of the HR function. Particularly well-qualified applicants at the associate and full professor level will be considered for a chaired appointment as the William J. Conaty GE Professor of Strategic Human Resources.

At the time of appointment, applicants must possess a PhD in relevant disciplines, such as human resource studies, industrial and labor relations, work and employment, business strategy, organization theory, organizational behavior, I/O psychology, sociology, or economics. Applicants at the associate and full levels should have an active interest in engaging in outreach activities with HR executives and related stakeholders through the School’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), executive education programs, and similar venues.

Founded in 1865, Cornell University is a private, Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. The ILR School is the world’s leading college focused on work, employment, and related issues. Information about the School is available at www.ilr.cornell.edu. The HR Studies faculty includes 12 scholars who focus on both the macro and micro aspects of the field and study a wide range of issues in these arenas. Information about the department is available at http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/hr.html. In addition to CAHRS, the department is closely affiliated with the Institute for Compensation Studies, which is a major incubator and clearinghouse for compensation and related research (www.ilr.cornell.edu/ics).

Interested candidates should e-mail a cover letter describing their research and teaching interests, vita, writing sample, and three reference letters to Pam Staub, Administrative Assistant, Department of Human Resource Studies (pam.staub@cornell.edu). Alternatively, application materials may be mailed to: Pam Staub, 173 Ives Hall, ILR School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

The deadline for submission of all application materials is October 1, 2013. Informal meetings may take place in August, 2013 at the Academy of Management conference in Orlando, FL. Interested candidates should email a CV and statement of interest in advance of the meetings to Pam Staub (pam.staub@cornell.edu). Questions about these positions should be addressed to Professor Rosemary Batt at rb41@cornell.edu.

Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.

Call for Papers: Erwerbsarbeit um welchen Preis?

Call for Papers (Dissertationsprojekte) zum

3. Young Scholars‘ Workshop des SAMF e.V.
Erwerbsarbeit um welchen Preis?

Die Jahrestagung 2014 der Deutschen Vereinigung für sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeitsmarktforschung (SAMF) e.V. widmet sich am 21./22. Februar in Berlin (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht), den Bedingungen und der Qualität von Erwerbsarbeit. Im Rahmen dieser Tagung wird vorab am 20. und 21. Februar der dritte Young Scholars‘ Workshop des
SAMF e.V. stattfinden. Er soll Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden ein Forum zur Vorstellung und Diskussion ihrer Dissertationsprojekte im Kontext der Tagungsthemen bieten.

Abstracts werden bis zum 30.10.2013 erbeten.

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FU Berlin: wiss. Mitarbeiter/in im Management-Department

An der Freien Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Management-Department ist eine Stelle als

wiss. Mitarbeiterin / wiss. Mitarbeiter

mit 3/4 -Teilzeitbeschäftigung befristet bis 30.09.2015 zu besetzen. Es besteht ggf. die Möglichkeit der Verlängerung.

Aufgabengebiet:
Sie arbeiten in dem vom DFG geförderten Drittmittelprojekt „Von HRO zu HRN? Koordination von Organisationen in Krisensituationen“. Arbeitsort ist entweder Berlin oder Düsseldorf.

Bewerbungen werden bis zum 15.07.2013 erbeten.

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Université catholique de Louvain (UCL): Post-doc fellowships

The FSR (Fonds spéciaux de recherche) incoming post-doc fellowships of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) are offered to scientists of all nationalities in order to strengthen the bilateral S&T collaborations as well as the realization of the European Research Area. They are assigned to researchers with a PhD degree (or equivalent), proving their expertise and research capacity by a personal scientific record. The fellowships, granted for a stay lasting between 12 to 24 months in one of the UCL research units, concern all fields of research activities dealt with by the UCL.

Deadline for applications is October 1st, 2013.

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Call for Papers: Sustainable people management practices in the Asia Pacific

Emerald Publishing is extending an invitation and call for papers for a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration (APJBA) focused on the theme of

Sustainable People Management in the Asia Pacific

The invitation is to scholars generally, but to scholars in the Asia Pacific region in particular, in the quest to contribute a regional voice to this growing research area.

The deadline for manuscript submission is 31st January 2014.

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Workshop on Sustainability and Human Resource Management

Workshop on

Sustainability and Human Resource Management:
Developing sustainable business organizations
September 2-3, 2013
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL),
Louvain School of Management, Belgium

This workshop will give participants an opportunity to gain a conceptual background on sustainable human resource management (HRM). Furthermore, it envisages developing technical competencies among participants to address the contemporary human resources research issues on the harm of organisational practices and its detrimental effects on occupational health, presenteeism, absenteeism, employee engagement, premature retirement, employee wellbeing etc.

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[wochenbericht] DIW Berlin: Gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuerquote – anders gerechnet

Gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung nicht übermäßig hoch
Stefan Bach

Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuerquote bezogen auf das Bruttoinlandsprodukt dürfte im Jahr 2013 bei 23,6 Prozent liegen; einschließlich der Sozialversicherungsbeiträge wird die gesamte Abgabenquote auf 39,3 Prozent geschätzt. Das ist höher als in den letzten zehn Jahren, liegt aber unter den Spitzenwerten um das Jahr 2000. Für die Steuer- und Abgabenquote bieten sich unterschiedliche Bezugsgrößen an. Der Bund der Steuerzahler bezieht das gesamte Abgabenaufkommen auf das Volkseinkommen und berechnet mit dieser Abgabenquote jährlich den “Steuerzahlergedenktag”, den Tag im Jahr, bis zu dem die Steuerzahler nur für den Staat arbeiten. Das Volkseinkommen ist aber als Bezugsbasis zu eng, weil dabei die indirekten Steuern abgezogen sind. Die geeignetere Bezugsbasis ist das Nettonationaleinkommen, das noch nicht um die indirekten Steuern vermindert ist. Bezogen auf das Nettonationaleinkommen dürfte die gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuerquote 2013 bei 27 Prozent liegen. Einschließlich der Sozialbeiträge wird die gesamte Abgabenquote auf 45 Prozent geschätzt. Der so berechnete “Steuerzahlergedenktag” wäre dieses Jahr auf den 13. Juni gefallen, bei der Berechnung auf der Basis des Volkseinkommens ist es der 5. Juli. Als Belastungsindikator sind die Steuer- und Abgabenquoten ohnehin nur begrenzt geeignet. Steuern und Sozialbeiträge finanzieren die Bereitstellung öffentlicher Güter einschließlich der sozialen Sicherung, die Bürgern und Wirtschaft zugutekommen. Eine Belastung im wohlfahrtsökonomischen Sinn entsteht letztlich nur insoweit, als der Staat nicht effizient wirtschaftet. Dies können die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Steuer- und Abgabenquoten aber nicht messen.

DIW Wochenbericht 80(2013) Heft 27 ; S. 3-9

Ausbau der Ganztagsschule : Kinder aus einkommensschwachen Haushalten im Westen nutzen Angebote verstärkt
Jan Marcus, Janina Nemitz, C. Katharina Spieß

Der Anteil von Grundschulkindern, die ganztägig zur Schule gehen, ist in den letzten Jahren stark gestiegen. Maßgeblich dazu beigetragen hat das Investitionsprogramm “Zukunft Bildung und Betreuung” (IZBB), mit dem der Bund die Länder seit 2003 beim Ausbau der Ganztagsschule unterstützt. Doch welche Kinder nutzen Ganztagsschulen? Welche sozioökonomischen Merkmale haben ihre Familien? Setzt sich die Schülerschaft in Ganztagsschulen seit ihrem Ausbau anders zusammen als zuvor? Auf Grundlage von Daten der Längsschnittstudien Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) und “Familien in Deutschland” (FiD) zeigt sich für Grundschüler: Vor allem Kinder von in Vollzeit erwerbstätigen Müttern und von Alleinerziehenden gehen verstärkt in Ganztagsschulen – sowohl in Ost- als auch in Westdeutschland. Ferner sind in Westdeutschland Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund und Kinder aus Transferempfängerhaushalten häufiger in einer Ganztagsschule – in Ostdeutschland ist dies nicht der Fall. Mit dem Ausbau der Ganztagsschule besuchen zudem auch Kinder aus einkommensschwachen Haushalten in Westdeutschland verstärkt Ganztagsschulen: Ihr Anteil ist seit dem Start des Investitionsprogramms von knapp 18 auf fast 27 Prozent gestiegen.

DIW Wochenbericht 80(2013) Heft 27 ; S. 11-23

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Oregon State University: Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior/Leadership

Position summary. The College of Business at Oregon State University invites applications from qualified candidates for a full-time, tenure-track position in Organizational Behavior beginning Fall Quarter, 2014, at the Assistant Professor level. Teaching interest and/or expertise in Leadership is required for this position.

Job requirements. A Ph.D. from an accredited (AACSB) University, or ABD with the expectation for completion by the start date, is required. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated ability to conduct independent research in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management resulting in high quality publications, as well as the potential to deliver high-quality courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Preferred qualifications include interest in leadership, innovation & creativity, or group performance; demonstrated ability to collaborate in scholarly pursuits with colleagues located both locally and remotely; relevant professional non-academic work experience and the ability to develop strong linkages with the business community; and a demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.

About the College: The College of Business at OSU is growing rapidly, and will move in to our new $50 million LEED-certified building in the Fall of 2014. The College offers competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a vibrant and inclusive culture. The University is on a “quarters” system, generally allowing faculty to devote one quarter during the academic year exclusively to research. Oregon State University is one of only two Universities in the country recognized as a land-grant, sun-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, and offers the innovative environment of a PAC-12 University.

About Corvallis: Situated in the beautiful Willamette Valley and against the Coastal mountain range, Corvallis offers close access to numerous outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, biking, surfing, and skiing. Less than an hour’s drive away from Eugene and an hour and a half to Portland, Corvallis boasts one of the highest education levels in the country, excellent public schools, bike lanes throughout the city, local farmer’s markets, and a plethora of award-winning wineries nearby.

To apply, applications must be submitted using the university’s on-line application process located at http://oregonstate.edu/jobs Posting No. 0010769. Applications must be received no later than 9/15/2013 for full consideration. Candidates should submit: (1) letter of interest that clearly indicates the applicant’s interest in Leadership and/or Organizational Behavior, (2) a vita, (3) names and contact information for three professional references, (4) summary information on courses taught and student evaluations, and (5) a brief statement that describes research interests and teaching philosophy.

Oregon State University is an affirmative action, equal-opportunity employer, dedicated to maintaining diversity and multiculturalism. OSU faculty members engage in teaching, research, and service.

Martha and Spencer Love School of Business: HR Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track)

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business (LSB) invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant or associate professor in human resource management for Fall 2014. The individual selected will guide the development of a strong human resource management career track for the school and will also teach in a secondary area in the management discipline. The successful applicant will seek to personify Elon’s teacher/scholar model by being an effective undergraduate teacher who values mentoring students, and by having a well-established research agenda. Faculty members in the LSB are also expected to teach in the MBA program and Elon’s General Studies Program. Previous industry experience is desirable. Preference will be given to candidates who possess an earned doctorate in human resource management from an AACSB-accredited university.

About Elon University: Elon is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning. U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon second among southern master’s-level universities and #1 among schools “focused on their undergraduates,” and the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks Elon one of the 21 “best buy” private universities. The AACSB-accredited Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked #42 on the 2013 Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of undergraduate programs, and #1 on their ranking of part-time MBA programs. The undergraduate program is also ranked #9 for marketing by Bloomberg Businessweek.

To Apply: To learn more about Elon, please visit the University web site at www.elon.edu. We will be interviewing at the August Academy of Management meeting in Orlando, FL so please let us know if you will be available to speak with us there about the position. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until filled; applications received prior to October 1, 2013, will receive full consideration. To apply, email a letter of interest, curriculum vita, and a list of three references to: buschair@elon.edu.