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Tenure-Track – Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management (OB/HRM)

The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the OB/HRM area at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2018. This position is subject to budgetary approval.

Qualifications for this position include a PhD (or completion of a PhD within one year of employment start date) with an emphasis in Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, or related discipline. The successful candidate must have exceptional research potential including: (a) the demonstrated ability to publish in top-tier journals, and (b) the potential to maintain a highly productive research agenda. Research and potential contributions relevant to the mandate of the Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises will be considered an asset (see below for details). The ability to teach effectively in undergraduate and research-based graduate (MSc and PhD) courses is also required. Ability and interest in teaching in the MBA program will also be considered an asset.

The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics has over one hundred full-time faculty and more than five thousand undergraduate and graduate students on campuses at Waterloo and Brantford, and locations in Toronto. The OB/HRM Area Group is composed of 12 tenured or tenure-track faculty members who publish in top-tier journals and welcome potential colleagues with a range of research interests.  For more information, please visit our website at https://legacy.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=1825.

Waterloo, Ontario is a highly innovative and dynamic region. It is the home to a number of leading high technology firms, insurance companies and educational/research institutions (e.g. University of Waterloo, the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics). Laurier's undergraduate and graduate business programs have been accredited by the AACSB. For more information, please visit http://www.wlu.ca/sbe.

The Lazaridis Institute helps Canadian technology companies reach their next level of growth through world-class programs; leading-edge research in innovation, management and disruption in the tech ecosystem; and the connection of international research, best practices in global scaling, and curriculum. http://www.lazaridisinstitute.ca

Applicants should send a letter of application; curriculum vitae; summary of research objectives; best/selected research article(s); teaching summary that includes a brief description of teaching experience and effectiveness including teaching evaluations, if available; and should arrange for at least three academic referees to submit reference letters to obptac@wlu.ca at the time of application.

All applications must include the Position Number 2017-09, and should be addressed to:

Dr. Peter Carayannopoulos
Associate Dean of Business: Faculty Development & Research
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, CANADA

Email: OBPTAC@wlu.ca Electronic applications quoting Position Number 2017-09 are encouraged.

 Deadline for Applications is September 15, 2017.

Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to employment equity and values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including persons of all genders and sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. In accordance with the requirements of the Department of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the successful applicant will be required to prove they are legally able to work in Canada.

Members of the designated groups must self-identify to be considered for employment equity. Candidates may self-identify, in confidence, to Jennifer Knechtel – Senior Administrative Office: Lazaridis School of Business & Economics (jknechtel@wlu.ca). Further information on the equity policy can be found at https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2465&p=10545

To obtain a copy of this job ad (or links referenced) in an accessible format, please contact Jordan MacNeil (jomacneil@wlu.ca)

The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics wishes to thank all applicants for their interest. All nominations and applications shall be reviewed and considered under a set of criteria established by the Search Committee and a short list of candidates shall be interviewed. Only those applicants selected for the short list will be contacted.