Assistant / Associate Professor Tenure-Track Position in Strategy, Organizational Theory, or Organizational
Behavior
Management & Organization Department
Smeal College of Business
The Pennsylvania State University
The Management and Organization (M&O) Department in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State
University (University Park, PA) has a full-time tenure-track professor position in the areas of Strategy,
Organizational Theory (OT), or Organizational Behavior (OB). We seek to fill this position at either the Assistant or
Associate Professor rank. The desired start date for the position is Fall 2025. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (or be in
the final stages), a proven track record in conducting high-quality scholarly research, and demonstrated teaching
competence at a high level.
Job Requirement: The preferred candidate will have publications in premier journals, a research program with highimpact
or such potential underway and is able to connect with a wide array of doctoral students and faculty in our
department. Faculty members in the M&O department are expected to pursue an active research program,
perform undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, supervise graduate students, and engage in professional service.
Candidates for the position can apply by uploading a letter of interest, CV, three research papers, and a one-page
diversity statement indicating the candidates' awareness of, experience with, and/or commitment to diversity and
inclusion. Candidates should also have three reference letters sent directly to psuSTGYprof@psu.edu. System
limitations allow for a total of 5 documents (5mb per document) as part of your application. Please combine
materials to meet the 5 document limitations. Any questions about the position can be sent to Amanda Brown,
M&O Support Coordinator, at the same email. Review of applications for the position will begin on February 15,
2025 and will continue until the position is filled.
The Department of Management and Organization is consistently ranked in the top-20 management departments
for its research productivity and values high-level theoretical and empirical ability, collegiality and collaboration
among its members, and the ability to teach management and organizational concepts effectively to multiple
audiences. Our department offers two undergraduate majors (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship;
Management), two online masters programs (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management
and Executive Leadership), a PhD program, core and elective courses in Smeal's full-time MBA and DBA programs,
and operates the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (which includes the Garber Venture
Capital Fund). Our tenure-line faculty are Carolyn Dang, Raghu Garud, Don Hambrick, Stephen Humphrey, Trevor
Israelsen, Margaret Luciano, Vilmos Misangyi, Tessa Recendes, Semin Park, Paul Shrivastava, Linda Treviño, Wenpin
Tsai, Kate Wang, Dani Yin, and Rui Zhong. Our nontenure-line clinical faculty are Shawn Clark, Jamey Darnell,
Jeanette Miller, Lisa O'Hara, and Özge Pala. Our nontenure-line full-time teaching faculty are Neil Fogarty, Ron
Johnson, Dave Lenze, Brad Leve, Travis Lesser, and Federica Pinelli. For more information on our department please
visit https://www.smeal.psu.edu/management
The M&O Department is part of the Smeal College of Business, which depends on more than 360 faculty and staff
to enact and support its strategic priorities of integrity, diversity, and sustainability and to serve the needs of more
than 8,000 students. Media outlets and independent observers regularly rank Smeal among the best business
schools in the world. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ for additional information. The Smeal College of
Business is located at the Pennsylvania State University's main campus (University Park) in the heart of State
College, Pennsylvania. Our community features the charms of a small town with the opportunities typically only
found in larger cities, with State College routinely ranked among the top 10 best college towns in the United States
(https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-college-towns-in-america/). For more details on our competitive
benefits package and what our community has to offer, please visit: https://hr.psu.edu/prospective-employee.
The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in
all of its forms. We embrace individual uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusive excellence that supports both broad
and specific diversity initiatives, leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity, and engage all
individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusive excellence as a core strength and an essential element of our
public service mission.
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Wenpin Tsai
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA
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