The Strategic Human Resource Management Chair of the Department of Business Administration at the Nijmegen School of Management (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands) is seeking applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a project studying Leadership Development through Learning Communities. The LEADER-project (LEAder Development in Road transport) is funded by NWO's Human Capital: Future of Work Programme. The project aims to understand: a) how leadership of truck drivers can be optimised to improve sustainable employability; b) the critical success factors for developing leaders in a context of learning communities within a road transport environment; and c) how learning communities can be designed and configured to support effective, adaptive and innovative collaboration networks that effect learning and working processes of leaders in road transport. Employees in the road transport sector will be affected greatly by increased robotisation and digitalisation. Leadership is critical in developing sustainable employability among truck drivers, as it plays a crucial role in facilitating learning and development of employees. However, knowledge about leadership in road transport is scarce, and is accompanied by several constraints such as physical space (drivers are mainly on the road), and the lack of empirical data due to the lower educational levels of both drivers and leaders. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow you will specifically study the current state of leadership development and learning communities within logistics and road transport. There are several initiatives that have already been implemented, ranging from training programmes to coaching programmes. However, these initiatives are rather ad-hoc and the effectiveness of these initiatives have not been systematically evaluated. Therefore, there is no evidence-based knowledge about which initiative works where, how and when. Furthermore, there are several initiatives for leadership development and learning communities in the logistics sector, such as Living Labs, learning networks, and Fieldlabs, which can provide input for deriving critical success factors for developing a Learning Community for Leadership Development. You will investigate what makes these learning communities successful, and what critical success factors underlie their effectiveness. 
As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, you will complement an interdisciplinary research team at Radboud University and the Dutch Open University consisting of experts in leadership, leadership development, learning communities and networks, and online technology-enhanced learning practices.

• You hold a PhD in social or educational sciences (e.g. Business Administration, Organisational Development, Organisational Behaviour, Learning Networks, Technology-enhanced Learning), preferably with a focus on learning communities.
• You have knowledge of and, preferably, experience with different concepts and techniques regarding qualitative methods, including text analysis and case studies.
• You have a keen interest in learning networks/communities, and online learning tools.
• You are experienced in academic writing as demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• You are fluent in Dutch (B2) and English (C2).
• You have strong social skills and the ability to effectively communicate with different stakeholders.
• You have a proactive, result-driven and flexible working attitude.
• You feel comfortable working in an interdisciplinary research team.
• You are able to work creatively, flexibly and independently.

Fixed-term contract: 2 years.

• Employment: 32 hours per week.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 5,127 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: 2 years.
• The intended start date is 15 December 2020.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

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The Nijmegen School of Management (NSM) is an academic centre of research and higher education, focusing on institutional and managerial issues within complex organisations. There are seven disciplines within the NSM: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics and Business Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography, and Spatial Planning. 
The NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach. The educational programme is characterised by small-scale teaching and provides a stimulating learning environment with an emphasis on the development of academic skills. The NSM employs 280 FTEs, 75% of whom are academics. Currently, the NSM has approximately 4,800 students.

The Department of Business Administration is responsible for the BSc programmes in Business Administration (including a full track offered in English, and a track in International Business Administration) as well as eight specialisations within the MSc programme in Business Administration (all in English). The department consists of five Chair Groups: Strategic Management, Organisational Design and Development, Marketing, Methods, and Strategic Human Resource Management.

Our interdisciplinary Responsible Organisation research programme addresses the multiple values underlying responsibility, the conditions required to realise those values, and the interventions geared to the transition of organisations towards responsible organisations. We co-create knowledge with multiple stakeholders in the wider community to ensure the impact of our scholarly work. Our research activities fall under the responsibility of the interdisciplinary Institute for Management Research (IMR).

The Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) group's research focuses on topics such as sustainable careers, employability, leadership of human resources, entrepreneurship, gender diversity, and cross-cultural management. Members of the Strategic HRM chair group have published in high-impact journals such as the Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Relations, International Journal of HRM, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Research Policy. Funding covers the salary of a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Depending on the phase of the research project, your job will require you to work on location at the Open Universiteit in Heerlen and Sectorinstituut Transport & Logistiek (STL) in Gouda. Additional funding will be available to present your work at national and international conferences and project-related workshops.