POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Strategic Management/Entrepreneurship
The Department of Management in the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business seeks junior faculty for a tenure track, Assistant Professor appointment for August, 2010. The position involves teaching entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates whose disciplinary background, training, and interests are in the area of strategic management are strongly preferred. Our ideal candidate is one who has proven publication success, and who is a strategy person with research interests in, and willingness to teach, entrepreneurship (or related areas such as new venture startups). Applicants must have received their doctorate prior to August, 2010.
Starting nine-month salary for the position is $185,000. Assistant professors also are eligible for $20,000 summer research grants for their entire tenure as assistant professor (and beyond). Professors also receive an annual research budget, a doctoral student research assistant, as well as outstanding computer, administrative, and library support. The teaching load is 3½ courses/year or equivalent.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Those who wish to apply for the position should send the following (email or mailed):
1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Brief (one-page) statement indicating qualification for position, and research
and teaching interests;
3. Three writing samples (published articles, in press articles, or working papers);
4. Arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to address below.
Committee members: Timothy Judge (chair), Jason Colquitt, Wei Shen, Larry DiMatteo
Application deadline: November 1, 2009
The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
About University, College, and Department
The University of Florida (UF) is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state's oldest, largest and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities. UF has a long history of established programs in international education, research, and service. It is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities that belongs to the Association of American Universities (AAU).
The Warrington College of Business is one of the most research productive business schools in the world. The departments enjoy colleagial relationships; all are relatively small and well-resourced. The College is in the midst of a $112 million (over $100 million of which has been raised) capital campaign which will be used for facilities, professorships, and research support. Currently, based on a $60 million gift, the business school is building the Hough Graduate School in Business, which will provide "signature" classroom and program space for the college's graduate (including MBA) programs. The dean of the business school, John Kraft, dean for 20 years, is a popular and effective dean both within and outside the college. Kraft has served as recent president of AACSB International. The Warrington College of Business' graduate and undergraduate programs are nationally ranked. Particularly highly ranked are its distance learning and executive education programs, the return on investment from its degrees, and the research productivity of its departments.
For the past 10 years, the Department of Management has been one of the world's most active in terms of productivity in top-tier management journals (the department maintains a list of eight top-tier management journals, which are [in alphabetical order]: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, and Strategic Management Journal). The department consists of three areas: organizational behavior (Amir Erez, Jeffery LePine, Jason Colquitt, Timothy Judge, John Kammeyer-Mueller), strategic management (Wei Shen, Srikanth Parachuri, Gwendolyn Lee, Henry Tosi), and business law (Virginia Maurer, Robert Emerson, Robert Thomas, Larry DiMatteo). Its PhD program includes a diverse group of 12 students who, cumulatively, have published more than a dozen articles in top-tier management journals. Recent PhD graduates are employed at some of the nation's leading research universities, including Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Purdue University, and the University of Arizona.
About Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida is a large college town (population 125,000) that is one of the state's centers of education, medicine, cultural events, and athletics. The University of Florida and Shands Hospital at UF are the leading employers in Gainesville and provide jobs for many residents of surrounding counties. Known for its preservation of historic buildings and the beauty of its natural surroundings, Gainesville's numerous parks, museums and lakes provide entertainment to thousands of visitors. Because of its beautiful landscape and urban "forest," Gainesville is one of the most attractive cities in Florida. It has appeared in numerous "best cities" lists, including the Smithsonian ("Where to Live Next"), Cities Ranked and Rated (#1 of 400 metropolitan areas), Forbes magazine ("America's Smartest Cities"), Money magazine ("#1 Best Place to Live in America"), Sperling's Best Places ("Top Ten Cities in the USA for Outdoor Activities"), and National Geographic Adventure magazine ("50 Best Places to Live and Play"). It contains a collection of outstanding public and private schools, many of which have earned recognition as among America's finest.