[AISWorld] Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in Information Systems at University of Groningen

[John Dong]

*Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in Information Systems at
University of Groningen*

*Organisation*

The department of Innovation Management & Strategy, University of
Groningen, seeks to fill one full-time, tenure track position in Management
of Information Systems.
We are part of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), we rank among
the top research institutions in Europe. We belong to the 1% of business
schools worldwide with both EQUIS and AACSB accreditations. Our members
publish in top general management journals such as Administrative Science
Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review,
Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Management
Science, as well as top disciplinary journals such as MIS Quarterly,
Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of
International Business Studies. We actively involve in many scholarly
associations (AOM, AIS, EGOS, EURAM, SMS) and also serves in editor and
editorial board roles at leading international journals.

Based in the North of The Netherlands (http://toerisme.groningen.nl/en/home),
we are one of the oldest and the largest Universities in the country,
ranking within the global top 100. We are truly a global institution with
close collaborations with renowned international universities, including
the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Uppsala, Göttingen, Ghent, Tsinghua
University, and Osaka University.

We are seeking a highly motivated colleague who has excellent research and
teaching abilities and willingness to collaborate with other co-workers and
PhD students. To qualify you should have completed your PhD or be close to
completion, specialized in Information Systems Management, preferably in
combination with Change Management, Innovation Management, Health Research
or Organization Studies.

*Job description*

You will conduct and publish academic research along with teaching to
contribute to the service mission of the Department. You will teach courses
in the field of information systems, digital business and thesis
supervision at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level.

You will be part of our department which comprises six Full Professors,
eight Associate Professors and 20 Assistant Professors in addition to PhD
students. We have a diverse department with more than 40% international
staff and 37% female staff members. We cover a variety of interests and
disciplinary backgrounds, and embrace various methodological approaches. We
value research of both theoretical significance and practical relevance. We
maintain a regular speaker series with guest speakers from leading
institutions around the world, recently including Bocconi University,
Cornell University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Imperial College London,
and London Business School among others. Most of our research support and
generous conference funding is through our research school SOM. Our areas
of research include innovation, strategy, information systems, organization
studies, and entrepreneurship. We participate actively in the Association
of Information Systems and the International Conferences on Information
Systems.

We contribute to programmes at bachelor’s, master’s, research master’s
levels and to the PhD programme. We are also responsible for four Master of
Science tracks: Change Management, Small Business & Entrepreneurship,
Strategic Innovation Management, and Health Management & Economics. Would
you like to work with us?

*Qualifications*

• you hold a PhD (or are in a process of getting it soon) in Information
Systems or a closely related discipline
• you have a proven potential for conducting high quality research and
publishing in top management/IS journals
• you have interest and ability in developing courses and to teach at the
undergraduate and graduate levels and in mentoring students
• you belong to an international network
• you work good within a team and possess good communication skills.

*Conditions of employment*

The University of Groningen offers a salary in line with Dutch regulations
depending on qualifications and work experience (
https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/cao-universiteiten.html).

Our tenure track positions are temporary positions subject to a tenure
decision.
You will get an initial appointment for a period of seven years, on the
condition of a positive mid-term evaluation before the end of the third
year of employment. The seventh year is to compensate for any ‘life events’
(e.g., parental leave) which might take place during the first six years.
Based on a positive final evaluation in the sixth year of your employment,
you are granted a tenure and will be promoted to Associate Professor.

Your career path will continue and can lead to promotion to Full Professor,
under the condition that you meet the requisite criteria. Formal Tenure
track requirements primarily include criteria with respect to research
prominence, teaching, and service.

We provide a fiscal facility pertaining to extraterritorial costs, the 30%
facility, this may be applicable if the rules of Dutch tax law permit this,
rendering part of your salary exempt from tax.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still
under-represented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged
to apply.

We would like you to start by August 2019.

Your application:
You may apply for this position until 14 March 23:59h / before 15 March
2019 Dutch local time by means of the application form (click on "Apply"
below on the advertisement on
https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0006TAP
).

You are requested to submit:
1. A cover letter containing your motivation for the position
2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae
3. Two letters of reference
4. Two examples of publications and/or working papers
5. Evidence of teaching ability (e.g. summarized teaching evaluations).

Based on the application, you might be invited for a campus visit shortly
after the deadline.

Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

*Information*

For information you can contact:

Prof. Albert Boonstra, albert.boonstra at rug.nl
Dr Clemens Lutz, c.h.m.lutz at rug.nl

Please do not use the email address(es) above for applications.


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Best regards,


*Dr. John Qi DONG*


Associate Professor with Tenure

Director of MSc Change Management

Director of MSc Digital Business Focus Area


Associate Editor, *Information & Management*

Guest Associate Editor, *Decision Support Systems*

Editorial Board Member, *Journal of Strategic Information Systems*


University of Groningen, 9747 AE Groningen, The Netherlands

Tel: +31-50-363-4839; Web: www.rug.nl/staff/john.dong

Email: john.dong at rug <john.dong at rug.nl>.nl <john.dong at rug.nl>;
db.focus.area at rug.nl


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