WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor of Human Resource Management at the Department of Management. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.

WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) combines excellence with responsibility. Its rare triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA is a guarantee for the highest quality research and teaching in the fields of business, economics, and business law. WU’s research is characterized by a wide diversity of disciplines practiced at WU, allowing researchers to deal with even the most complex of research questions.

International cooperation is very important to WU, and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its responsibility to its students, faculty, and staff and is committed to gender equality, equal opportunities, accessibility, family-friendly working conditions, and sustainability.

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply and will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.

WU has been awarded University and Family Audit (Audit hochschuleundfamilie) certification and assists dual career couples. For further details, please see https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/job-portal.

Further details on the call for applications, including a detailed qualification profile, can be found online: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/job-portal/jobs/professorships.

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher as exemplified above and to have the following characteristics (candidates’ qualifications will be assessed under consideration of their academic age):

1. A solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD, habilitation, or equivalent qualification) in management (highly advantageous), alternatively a closely related area;
2. a track record of international experience;
3. an outstanding international reputation for excellent research in Human Resource Management from a social science perspective;
4. an excellent research record with regard to their academic age, especially by
   1. having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals of the field (especially advantageous also in journals from the WU star-list and the department’s A+ and A lists) and by
   2. regular participation in conferences and workshops in the field of Management (e.g., Academy of Management, EGOS, EURAM, VHB)
5. a record in successfully attracting research funding;
6. excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education;
7. active participation in the international scientific community and a track record of serving the scientific community;
8. team leadership qualities;
9. gender and diversity management skills;
10. well documented activities in the areas of self-governance and third mission
11. ability to teach in German is an advantage; in case this is not possible at the start of the employment, a strong commitment to learn German towards an advanced level (CEFR B2) in the first five years is expected in order to fulfill necessary responsibilities of this position, including teaching, university self-governance, and third mission

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