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The Chair of HRM and Leadership at the University of Zurich in Switzerland is currently recruiting a new team with a particular focus on organizational behavior research and, specifically, leadership, emotion and motivation research. As part of these efforts, we are currently looking for
- A doctoral student and research associate
- A post-doctoral researcher
- A senior research associate (with PhD, similar to assistant professor)
Please find the job announcements attached, and feel free to share them with potential candidates!
If you are interested in any of these positions or if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Professor Jochen Menges at jochen.menges@uzh.ch or visit our website at www.business.uzh.ch/en/professorships/hrmlead.html.
About us:
The University of Zurich is a leading research university. With scholars and students from all over the world, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Technology engages with the important economic and social questions of our times and addresses them through cutting-edge research.
The Chair of Human Resource Management and Leadership is part of the Department of Business Administration within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Technology. In our research, we focus on the social dynamics between leaders and followers and on the role of emotions and motivation in organizational life. We employ primarily quantitative methods and conduct carefully controlled experiments as well as field and archival studies in organizations; we also use big data and related approaches in people analytics. We publish our findings in widely read top-tier academic journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. We also share our findings beyond academia in practitioner-oriented journals such as Harvard Business Review. Our research is frequently covered in the media around the world, for example, by the BBC, CNN, The Economist, The Financial Times, Le Monde, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and Die Zeit. Through our research and the communication of our findings in traditional and social media, we seek to inspire public debate on issues that are – or should be – at the top of the agenda for leaders and organizations.
Our research informs our teaching. We give our students at the Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Level a broad overview of people issues within organizations, through our courses, for example, on Organizational Behavior and Leadership. We also help leaders and those who aspire to be leaders, to become more effective, for example, through our Executive Programs. In our research, teaching and consulting, we have worked with companies from around the world, among them Ambrosetti, British Telecom, Google, Jaguar Land Rover, L'Oreal, Microsoft, Nordea, Save the Children, Trivago, The World Bank, and startup incubators such as Plug & Play in Silicon Valley and The Venture Cafe Foundation in Boston.
The Chair of Human Resource Management and Leadership provides a highly research-oriented environment in which people meet and work together to answer big questions, inspired by challenges that leaders and corporations currently and in the future face. We give aspiring researchers an opportunity to grow their academic careers in a collaborative setting with a global outlook, and we foster a startup spirit that allows all members of the Chair to shape and contribute to the Chair's goal of developing a leading platform for rigorous research, inspirational teaching, effective outreach, and organizational and societal impact.
About Zurich:
Located in the heart of Europe, Zurich is an important economic, cultural, and social center. The image of the largest city in Switzerland is dominated by its beautiful location on Lake Zurich and the Limmat River, its stunning views of the Alps on the horizon, numerous local recreation areas, and urban diversity. Around 390,000 people from more than 160 different countries live in Zurich. Zurich offers something for everyone: culinary flights of fancy, limitless shopping, numerous cultural and sporting events, Switzerland's trendiest nightlife, over 50 museums and 100 galleries, to mention only a few – plus the amazing outdoors of Switzerland with world-class skiing slopes, hiking trails, and watersports opportunities are just steps away and often accessible with public transport.