University College London: Faculty positions in Organizational Behavior, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship

University College London (UCL) is seeking applications for a faculty position at all levels in entrepreneurship, strategy (with a focus on innovation or technology), and organizational behaviour (with a focus on creativity). The anticipated start is 1 September 2014.

University College London (UCL) is London’s leading multi-disciplinary university and one of the world’s foremost research universities. UCL has 21,000 students and 4,000 academic staff in 54 academic departments. Academic staff and former students of UCL have won 20 Nobel Prizes.

The Department of Management Science & Innovation offers BSc, MSc and PhD programs in management, technology entrepreneurship, information management for business, and management science & operations. See www.ucl.ac.uk/msi for more information about the Department of Management Science & innovation.

To apply for this position, please send your CV, statement of research interests, at least one forthcoming article or working paper, and three recommendation letters (Ph.D. candidates only) to Jacqueline Sheehan (jacqueline.sheehan@ucl.ac.uk). The application deadline is October 1, 2013.

If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, we will meet with promising candidates at the AOM meeting in Orlando in August. Please email a CV to Jacqueline Sheehan (jacqueline.sheehan@ucl.ac.uk).

Job Requirements

Candidates should have a strong research record or demonstrated research potential in the area of entrepreneurship, strategy, or organizational behaviour, with a focus on publishing articles in top journals. Candidates will be expected to teach in the department’s BSc or MSc programmes.

University of New Hampshire: Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior

The Department of Management in the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire invites applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management beginning September 2014. Applicants must have an earned Ph.D. degree in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Psychology or a closely related field by the appointment date as well as a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and contributing to the academic mission of a research university.

We seek a colleague with the ability to successfully teach Organizational Behavior across our undergraduate and graduate programs, and with skills in the design of experiential and/or online learning. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in designing and teaching elective courses in Negotiations, Cross-Cultural Management, or Human Resources. Successful candidates will be expected to establish a strong research record within their area of expertise. We seek candidates who have a demonstrated ability to work in a community with a commitment to diversity and social justice. Appointment level will be commensurate with the candidate’s achievement in scholarship.

Applicants should send (1) a letter of interest, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) publication or writing sample, (4) evidence of teaching effectiveness, and (5) contact information for three references including name, address, e-mail address, and phone number to: ob.search@unh.edu. Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Management at UNH is committed to developing effective, socially responsible leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs through its innovative teaching, research, and service to the community. UNH has been ranked tenth among the “Top 25 Most Entrepreneurial Colleges” by The Princeton Review and Forbes.com in their assessment of campuses focused on raising the next generation of successful entrepreneurs. The Department is located in a new state-of-the-art facility that opened in January 2013. The University actively creates and nurtures a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue goals with mutual respect and a shared spirit of inquiry.
The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics is an AACSB accredited business school in the state of New Hampshire with world-class academic programs in business administration, economics, and hospitality management. We have 2,200 students in our undergraduate programs and 300 students in graduate programs, including MBA (full-time, part-time, executive, and online), MS Accounting, and MA and Ph.D. in Economics. Paul College is located at Paul Building, a state-of-the-art infrastructure with 115,000 sq. ft of space and high-tech classrooms and breakout meeting rooms.

UNH is located in the rural New England town of Durham on a 1,100-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston, 15 miles from the Atlantic coast, is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains, and is 11 miles from the growing artistic and historic town of Portsmouth and the Atlantic coast. The University enrolls more than 13,000 students with a full-time faculty of over 600 and offers more than 100 undergraduate and 100 graduate programs. UNH is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution. The University seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff, and students. The University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged. The University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics actively promotes a learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences and cultural backgrounds pursue goals with mutual respect and a shared spirit of inquiry.

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.

Weitere Informationen

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.

Further Information

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.

Further Information

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.

Further Information

[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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