[AISWorld] University of Bremen: Job posting for researcher with tenure track

Tue Jun 30 06:00:09 EDT 2020

Dear all,

the University of Bremen is hiring a researcher with a four year tenure track to senior researcher. The position is associated with the working group on „Psychology of Work and Organization Development” and has strong links with information systems. The deadline to apply is July 15th 2020.

Please see the full job posting below or here: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/the-university-as-an-employer/job-vacancies

Best regards

Lauri 
1 x 1,0 Researcher with Tenure-Track to Senior Researcher (f/m/d)
The University of Bremen is characterized by its high capacity for innovation. It thus offers for early-career researchers a multifaceted teaching and research environment with clearly defined career structures and opportunities, also besides professorships. Information on career paths for mid-level academic staff at the University of Bremen can be found at www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer.html

The University of Bremen is offering – under the condition of job release – a fulltime position as

Researcher with Tenure-Track to Senior Researcher
Reference number LK 241/20

at the Faculty of ”Business Studies and Economics” with a focus on Work Psychology and Organizational Development starting at the Oct. 1, 20

Initially, the appointment is limited to four years (salary group 14 TV-L). The employment is regulated by the Act of Academic Fixed-Term Contract, §2 (1) (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). Therefore, candidates may only be considered for appointment if they still have the respective qualification periods available in accordance with § 2 (1) WissZeitVG. The permanent position of a Senior Researcher (salary group 15 TV-L) can be assigned in case of proof of outstanding aptitude, performance and competence after successful completion of an evaluation. Research and scientific teaching are carried out independently within the framework of the Bremen Higher Education Act (§ 24). The teaching responsibilities are four weekly hours per semester in the position as Researcher and nine weekly hours as Senior Researcher.

The researchers research and teaching duties will focus on Business Psychology while having touch-points with research on Management Information Systems. The teaching responsibilities are eight weekly hours per semester in the position as Lecturer and twelve weekly hours as Senior Lecturer.

Your tasks and responsibilities:
You do research in one or more of the designated areas: „Digital Transformation of Work“, „Digital Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation”, „Changing Nature of Work“, „Platform Economy“, „Communications and Collaboration Systems” , „Enterprise Social Media“, „Human-Technology Interaction” and your research yields publications in well-ranked academic journals
You independently organize and conduct teaching in the abovementioned areas, particular in the master’s curriculum on Business Psychology, and you will actively contribute to all teaching programs at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
You contribute to further developing the portfolio of courses at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics; especially through the design and implementation of novel course formats
You raise competitive third-party funding
You engage in academic self-governance
Your qualifications (recruitment requirements):
You have a diploma, master’s or equivalent degree in business and/ or management information systems and/or Business Psychology, and/ or applied cognitive and media science granted by a university
You have an outstanding, recently finished dissertation in one of the abovementioned areas
You have published work that relates to one or more of the abovementioned areas
You have solid knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods
You have taught in one or more of the abovementioned areas
You have outstanding German and English language skills
Further are desirable:
You have gathered experience abroad and build an international network that you can leverage to advance research and teaching at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
You master contemporary media and presentation techniques in your teaching
Your communication skills are outstanding
The University of Bremen aims to increase the proportion of women in the scientific field. It has received several awards in programs to promote gender equality and is certified as a family-friendly university. Female scientists are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications from persons with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. Severely handicapped applicants will be given priority if they have essentially the same professional and personal aptitude.

Questions regarding the job advertisement will be answered with pleasure by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jochen Zimmermann, dean of the faculty of “Business Studies and Economics“, +49 421 218 – 66681 or mail dekanfb7uni-bremen.de.

Please direct your application with the usual documents until 15 July 2020 quoting the above mentioned Reference number.

We ask you to submit only copies of your application documents (not fancy folders), because we cannot return them for cost reasons; these will be destroyed upon completion of the selection procedure.

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Prof. Dr. Lauri Wessel

Professor of Management and Organization

Faculty 7: Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen

Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 1 (WIWI 1), Room A2340

28359 Bremen, Germany

Tel.: 0049-421-218 66600

Email: lauri.wessel at uni-bremen.de

Web: www.mo.uni-bremen.de 

Check out our latest publications:

Wessel, L., Baiyere, A., Ologeanu-Taddei, R., Cha, J., Jensen, T. B. ”Unpacking the Difference between Digital Transformation and IT-enabled Organizational Transformation”. (forthcoming) Journal of the Association for Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339947001_Unpacking_the_Difference_between_Digital_Transformation_and_IT-enabled_Organizational_Transformation

Wessel, L., Davidson, E.; Barquet, A., Rothe, H., Peters, O., Megges, H. (2019) “Configuration in Smart ServiceSystems: A Practice-based Inquiry.” Information Systems Journal, 29(6), 1256-1281. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12268 

Rothe, H., Wessel, L., Barquet, A. (forthcoming) “Accumulating Design Knowledge: A Mechanisms-based Approach”.  Journal of the Association for Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333429644_Accumulating_Design_Knowledge_A_Mechanisms-based_Approach

Haack, P., Sieweke, J., Wessel, L. (Eds.) (2019) “Microfoundations of Institutions.“ Research in the Sociology of Organizations Volume 65A&65B (Double Volume), Emerald. https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Microfoundations-of-Institutions/?k=9781787691247

Haack, P., Sieweke, J., Wessel, L. (2019) “Microfoundations and Multi-Level Research on Institutions,” in: Research in the Sociology Organizations “Microfoundations of Institutions“, 65A, 11-40. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334773190_Microfoundations_and_Multi-Level_Research_on_Institutions 

Ologeanu-Taddei, R., Wessel, L., Bourdon, I. 2019 “Persistent Paradoxes in Pluralistic Organizations: A Case Study of Continued Use of Shadow-IT in a French Hospital”. 40th International Conference on Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336044337_Persistent_Paradoxes_in_Pluralistic_Organizations_A_Case_Study_of_Continued_Use_of_Shadow-IT_in_a_French_Hospital 