We are seeking for a talent with a background in a combination of organizational behaviour (OB), change management, cross-cultural management, and operations management. We expect you to have acquired expertise in various (high-tech) research methods in business administration (qualitative, quantitative, or a mix), taught or co-developed OB-type courses, and can connect your research to the domains of industrial engineering or business information systems. Within the HBE department, you will be able to link your expertise to various other themes such as smart-industry, supply chain management, transportation and logistics management, innovation management, healthcare operations, technology-based entrepreneurship, purchasing and supply management, cyber security, financial engineering, e-marketing, and e-HRM.

We challenge conventional scholarly wisdom! Are you looking for a forward-thinking team-based environment to expand the borders of your home subject area and develop cross-disciplinary expertise? Join our team and strive to make a significant impact on science and society.

Responsibilities

You contribute to research, teaching, and knowledge valorization. You will

• carry out high-tech business research with a genuine interest in operating at the crossroads of OB, cross-cultural management, change management, and operations management;
• improve your home-based specific expertise and develop an interdisciplinary research line;
• co-build our research and teaching ecosystem (e.g., by acquiring external research funding and adopting challenge-based learning);
• (co-)teach and coordinate courses in our Bachelor and Master programs of International Business Administration and Industrial Engineering and Management, such as the course 'Cross-cultural Behaviour' in the 'International Management & Consulting' specialization track and our Honours programmes;
• guide students from these programmes in their graduation assignments;
• develop expertise in novel data driven research methods and work jointly with BMS lab (a lab that develops expertise in using industrial and behavioural research datasets and tools for the latest high-tech research); and
• co-supervise PhD students.

• hold a PhD degree in OB, change management, cross-cultural management, or behavioural operations management and have experience in research, which is apparent from publications in reputable academic journals, presentations in international scientific conferences, and related activities;
• show vision and an ambitious drive (seeing opportunities and possibilities, showing strong motivation in your work, etc.);
• have knowledge of and experience in interdisciplinary high-tech, human-centred, cross-cultural research in the business domain;
• are able to conduct (fundamental and applied) research within multidisciplinary and technologically-rich environments;
• are active in networks for acquiring research funding and have ambition and experience in working closely with companies and governmental agencies;
• have a passion for education and teaching experience (with various forms of lecturing and tutoring) in an internationally accredited university;
• possess good communication skills and an excellent command of English;
• hold a University Teaching Qualification certificate (or equivalent), or are willing to obtain this, and have a real passion for and the ambition to become a creative and effective teacher.

We will offer a 1-year contract with a prospect for a permanent position (1.0 FTE). The starting salary, depending on experience, ranges between € 3,974 to € 6,181 gross per month (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities), based on the job profile of an Assistant Professor. Furthermore, the University of Twente offers additional attractive employment conditions (8% holiday allowance, 8.3% end-of-year bonus, solid pension scheme, sabbatical leave, professional and personal development programmes, etc.).

HBE's mission is to design and execute impact-driven research and education to attain responsible and sustainable high-tech transformation of industries, using cross-disciplinary approaches. Such transformation requires in-depth knowledge about how geographically spread (high-tech) organizations and supply chains, and people working within those settings, can collaborate well and improve their performance, e.g. through the adoption of smart technologies and data-driven decision making. Or how multinational firms and/or (increasingly internationalizing) local workplaces like healthcare could realize technological and pro-environmental practices adoption and behaviour change, while minimizing resistance and maximizing employee thriving.

We are looking for excellent enthusiastic scholars to join the High-tech Business and Entrepreneurship (HBE) department at the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences. The HBE department is a growing research group that holds a leading position at the interfaces of business, technology, and the social sciences. We conduct cross-disciplinary business research, supporting organizations in innovative management and decision-making.

Please have a look at our video to learn more about our department.

The High Business Entrepreneurship corporate video can be watched via this link