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Position Announcement - OB Area - Queen's School of Business

  • 1.  Position Announcement - OB Area - Queen's School of Business

    Posted 09-22-2009 15:00
    (Apologies for cross-posting)

    QUEEN’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is inviting applications for a tenure track
    position in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources (Assistant, Associate
    or Full Professor levels).

    Members of the Queen’s School of Business Organizational Behavior Group are
    widely acknowledged as leaders in areas of research such as organizational
    alliances, conflict and negotiations, team dynamics, cross-cultural
    management, institutional change, occupational health, leadership, and work-
    family issues. Some of our interests include trust in organizations,
    transformational leadership, well-being, safety, workplace diversity, the
    social context of collaboration, organizational culture, traditions and
    institutions, social enterprise, employee deviance and harassment, as well
    as claiming and using credits at work. Our faculty are members of
    prominent editorial boards (e.g., Organization Science, Strategic
    Management Journal), current or past editors/senior editors of major
    journals (e.g., Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of
    International Business Studies, Organization Science), and authors of
    leading textbooks (e.g., International Management Behavior, Negotiation,
    Handbook of Organizational Behavior and Handbook of Work Stress). The
    School has a Research Pool designed to give students first hand exposure to
    current behavioral research, and is administered through a website where
    researchers can post their studies and students can sign-up.

    QUALIFICATIONS:
    Candidates must have a PhD (or be near completion). Applicants must
    exhibit (or show potential for) high innovative scholarly research and for
    outstanding teaching contributions in support of the School’s various
    programs.

    COMPENSATION:
    Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointees
    have access to substantial internal funds both for research and course
    development through Queen’s School of Business Research Program and the
    Faculty Development Fund.

    INSTITUTION:
    Queen's University has a long and rich tradition of academic excellence,
    dating back to a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria in 1841. Queen’s
    School of Business is one of the world's premier business schools, with an
    outstanding reputation for innovation and quality. Our MSc and PhD programs
    in Management attract highly qualified research-oriented students in seven
    different fields of study. Our undergraduate Commerce program has among
    the highest entrance standards in Canada and is widely viewed as the
    country's best undergraduate business program. Queen’s has gained
    international recognition for its MBA and executive education programs. In
    2008 BusinessWeek magazine ranked the full-time Queen’s MBA #1 outside the
    U.S. for the third consecutive time. Queen's Executive MBA is ranked #1 in
    Canada and #23 in the world by BusinessWeek, and the Financial Times (UK)
    has ranked Queen’s open enrolment executive education programs among the
    top 25 in the world since 2000. Queen's School of Business is home to
    Centres focused on business venturing, corporate social responsibility,
    knowledge-based enterprises and corporate governance. The School is fully
    accredited by AACSB, EQUIS (the accrediting arm of EFMD – the European
    Foundation for Management Development), and the Association of MBAs. The
    learning environment at Queen’s is supported by outstanding library and
    computing facilities. More information is at: business.queensu.ca.

    THE CITY:
    Kingston, Ontario is a unique Canadian city of 125,000 with a distinct
    blend of history, recreation, industry and learning. Situated on the shores
    of Lake Ontario, it is within a two-and-a-half hour drive of Toronto,
    Montreal, and the nation’s capital, Ottawa. Kingston is a thirty minute
    drive from the international bridge linking Ontario and upstate New York,
    and another ninety minutes from Syracuse.

    This is an international search, open to candidates of all nationalities.
    However, in accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority
    will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Queen’s
    University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace
    and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, aboriginal
    people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or
    gender identity. The academic staff at Queen’s University are governed by
    a Collective Agreement between the Queen’s University Faculty Association
    (QUFA) and the University, which is posted at: qufa.ca. The appointments
    are subject to final budgetary approval.

    The effective date of the appointment will be July 1st, 2010, but is
    flexible. Applicants should submit a cover letter, current CV, three
    letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations and a sample publication,
    thesis proposal or completed thesis, electronically to:
    obrecruiting@business.queensu.ca.

    Applications will be accepted until October 15th, 2009 and review of
    applications will begin on October 16th, 2009.

    Organizational Behavior Recruitment
    Queen’s School of Business – Rm. 346 Goodes Hall – Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6

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    Kelley A. Packalen, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization
    Queen's School of Business
    Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 3N6
    Voice: 613-533-3243