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Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School, The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>

The Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School provides academic degrees in Management, Finance and Accounting. It also conducts internationally recognised research in these areas.

The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s growing Management group currently has the following vacancies:

One Assistant/Associate Professor of Management, with strong knowledge of Research Methods

One Assistant/Associate Professor of Human Resource Management

Full-time

Position 1:

The successful applicant will do research in one of the areas covered by the management group, and conduct and coordinate teaching in the area of research methods at both the Bachelor and Master level. Candidates can come from any of the fields of expertise of the current management group, which includes strategy, organisation and marketing. Coordination skills and a strong affinity with research methods are vital, as the successful candidate will have an important role in further developing the Business School’s curriculum in this area.

Position 2:

The successful applicant will be an active researcher in the area of Human Resource Management (HRM) (broadly defined) and will conduct and coordinate teaching on HRM at both the Bachelor and Master level.

The assistant/associate professors will be part of a larger management group, which includes strategy, organisation and marketing. Research staff at the full professor level include Neil Anderson (human resource management), Ans Kolk (sustainable management), Deanne Den Hartog (organisational behaviour) and Nachoem Wijnberg (cultural entrepreneurship and management).

Requirements

Requirements for position 1 are a PhD in one of the areas covered in the management group, the proven ability to initiate and undertake research of international standards in this area, the ability to stimulate and encourage the research of others, demonstrated teaching excellence, affinity with and strong knowledge of research methods in business and management research, the willingness and ability to coordinate teaching in the methods area.

Requirements for position 2 are a PhD in HRM or a related area, the proven ability to initiate and undertake research of international standards in HRM, the ability to stimulate and encourage the research of others, demonstrated teaching excellence, and the willingness and ability to coordinate teaching in the HRM area.

All applicants should also have published research in international respected journals and have the ability to teach in English. Short listed candidates will be asked to give a research seminar. If the appointee does not speak Dutch she/he is expected to acquire a reasonable knowledge of the language within two years. Assistant professor appointments will usually involve tenure-track positions, with an appointment for initially three years, to become tenured upon good research and teaching performance.

The closing date for applications is 23 April 2006.

Information

Further information can be obtained from Prof.dr. Neil Anderson or Prof.dr. Deanne Den Hartog, tel. +31 20 525 5287 / 6746, e-mail N.R.Anderson@uva.nl or D.N.denHartog@uva.nl.

The University is located in the centre of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:city></st1:place>. For more information on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, including research areas and staff members of the management group, please check http://www.abs.uva.nl

Appointment

The salary will be negotiated within the salary scales for Assistant/Associate Professors at Dutch universities and in accordance with the collective agreement regulating employment conditions at Dutch universities. The date on which the appointment starts will be determined by mutual agreement, preferably by the middle of 2006.
Dutch scales for Assistant Professors run from € 2,191 (minimum scale 10) to € 4,605  (max scale 12) gross per month. For Associate Professors they run from €  4,100 (minimum scale 13) to € 5,489 (max scale 14) gross per month. Favourable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants and the University offers a very attractive pension scheme.

Job application

Interested applicants should send their CV, and a covering letter describing their research, coordination, and teaching interests and experience to: Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School, Okke Postmus, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can also e-mail your application to: O.Postmus@uva.nl. Please include the vacancy number or numbers.

The closing date for applications is 23 April 2006. Interviews/seminars are scheduled to be held in the second/third week of May 2006.