The department of Organization & Strategy (O&S) is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated colleague with a research interest in the broad areas of OB/OT/HRM. Example topics include, but are not limited to; pro-active work behavior, performance in organizations, human resource management, innovation/learning, teamwork, (strategic) leadership, and other individual and collective processes at work. Researchers in the department are actively studying such phenomena and have successfully published in top journals such as;  Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Human Relations, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Besides providing you with an active research group that is open to collaboration, the O&S group can provide you with experience-based support for building your academic career. Lastly, besides OB/OT/HRM faculty, the O&S department contains scholars who research topics such as entrepreneurship, strategic management, international business strategy, labor economics, industrial organization, and alliances. Hence, there are opportunities for multi-disciplinary research.

The position will contain teaching and supervision at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels.

Doctorate:
Applicants should have a PhD in Business Administration, (Organizational/Industrial) Psychology, or another Social Science field related to OB, OT, and/or HRM. Ideally, candidates have published one or more high-quality papers. Additionally, strong candidates will have an active pipeline of scientific papers and can demonstrate a good research fit with the department.

Fixed-term contract: Tenure Track 6 years.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,500 students and 4,000 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Maastricht University is internationally recognized to be a top university as indicated by the global top 100 ranking in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2017. The School of Business and Economics holds triple accreditation from EQUIS, AMBA, and AASCB. 

School of Business and Economics

The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics offers you a truly international perspective. We are an integrated, synergetic and society-oriented institute, focusing on conducting excellent research and educational innovation. Our renowned Problem Based Learning method fosters authentic students, critical thinkers and gives rise to societal conscious leaders. Our multidisciplinary approach inspires us to explore, in fundamental as well as in more applied research. As such we function as the interface between Society, Business and Academia. We work collaboratively, in openness, towards a sustainable future. We are driven to share responsibility with all those involved in the SBE community.

We inspire you to be an interdisciplinary and engaged professional.

Organization and Strategy

The Department of Organization and Strategy of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics was founded in the year 2002. In the relatively short period of its existence, the department has gained a strong reputation in both research and education. Our department is pursuing high quality research and publishes regularly in renowned international journals. Research is multidisciplinary and spans the fields of Industrial Organization and Entrepreneurship, International Business and Strategic Management, Organizational Theory and Behavior as well as the interrelationships between these disciplines. The variety of expertise available allows us to provide excellent education at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. level in the broad area of organization and strategy. Business education at Maastricht University has an international reputation for quality and excellence and our department continuously strives to maintain and improve this high standard of teaching business.

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