Senior Position (Associate or Full Professor)
The Organization Studies department of the Carroll School of
Management at Boston College invites applications from qualified
individuals for a senior faculty position as the Research Director
for the new, funded Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics. The
primary scholarly emphasis of the person hired should be in
leadership, broadly defined, with scholarly interests in ethics a plus.
The activities of the center include directing, energizing, and
sponsoring scholarly research related to the mission of the center,
and developing activities that support research such as colloquia,
workshops, conferences, and publications. As Research Director the
candidate will be expected to provide scholarly leadership for the
center and will have an opportunity to shape the center's mission,
especially its research agenda. The Center also has a Program
Director who arranges teaching activities and colloquia and an
Assistant Director who is responsible for its day to day operations.
Some key domains of scholarly inquiry for the Winston Center include:
oThe process by which leadership creates meaning, infuses value, and
directs principled, ethical action in institutions.
oThe structures and networks by which leadership influences ethically
grounded thinking and action in organizations.
oThe relational and emotional activities by which leaders communicate
and influence others.
oThe dynamics of leadership in creating communities around
ideologies, identities and change.
oThe potency of leadership ethics and values under ambiguity and in
dealing with moral or other dilemmas.
Additional information about the center can be found on the web at
www.bc.edu/schools/csom/leadership.
Candidates must have a PhD or related degree and must be at the
associate or full professor level. They must have a proven record of
top tier scholarly publications, and must also demonstrate competence
at teaching. The person hired will be a member of the Organizational
Studies Department and teach a reduced course load.
The Organization Studies department at Boston College is a vibrant
intellectual community of 11 full time faculty offering MBA and
undergraduate concentrations as well as a Ph.D. program.
The department is affiliated with two independent centers: the Center
for Corporate Citizenship, and the Center for Work and Family.
The Carroll School of Management is consistently ranked in the top 50
business schools nationally and internationally in terms of its
undergraduate and graduate programs. It also hosts the Chief
Executives Club of Boston, which is consistently named the nation's
No. 1 CEO speaking forum.
Boston College is a private Jesuit university with an enrollment of
9,000 undergraduates and 4,700 graduate and professional students
representing every state and more than 99 countries. US News and
World Report ranks Boston College 34th among national
universities. Additional Information about the University, the
Organization Studies Department, and the Carroll School of Management
can be found at
www.bc.edu.
Applicants should send a cover letter declaring their interest in
this position, a full scholarly vita, and a list of at least three
references to:
William B. Stevenson
Department of Organization Studies
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808
phone: 617-552-0458
email:
stevenw@bc.edu
All applications are due by November 15, 2006
To discuss this position informally, contact William B. Stevenson
(email:
stevenw@bc.edu), chair of the search committee.
Boston College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply.