Job Description

The Post-Doc Position

The Puig Chair of Global Leadership Development at IESE Business School invites applications for a three-year Post-Doctoral position. The primary criterion for acceptance is research excellence in the field of Organizational Behavior/Strategic Leadership and an interest in studying topics related to Top Management Teams, leadership development, and employee well-being. Ideally the candidate will have some publications in top academic journals and a strong pipeline. The position will start ideally by September 2022; candidates should have finished their Ph.D. degree by the start date. This position will be responsible for conducting original research with the Chairholder Prof. Anneloes Raes, who will supervise the candidate’s work. This position is also expected to become actively involved in the IESE Business School intellectual communities by regularly participating in research seminars, brown bag presentations, etc. Teaching is not required.

Research Topics

• Top management team impact on organizations
• Strategic leadership and employee well-being
• Leadership development
• The interface of top management team and middle managers

IESE Business School

IESE Business School (www.iese.edu) is the Graduate School of Management of the University of Navarra, with main campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo. It offers master-level (Master in Business Administration), graduate (Ph.D. in management), and executive education programs. Founded in 1958, recent rankings of the Financial Times, the Economist, and Business Week consistently situate IESE among the top-5 business schools in Europe. With full-time professors from 25 countries and professors with PhDs from the world’s leading universities, the faculty’s teaching and research efforts are global in outlook and content. IESE has about 32.000 alumni working more than 100 countries around the world.

Puig Chair of Global Leadership Development

Leadership development is of paramount importance, especially in facing the current challenges of constant company transformation. To build sustainable organizations and maintain employee commitment and performance, human capital management strategies require leaders who adopt a long-term humanist approach, imbuing work with passion and meaning. The mission of the Puig Chair of Global Leadership Development is to help understand and apply management policies on leadership development in global companies. To this end, the Chair encourages research into effective talent management strategies that enable companies to secure both long-term economic growth and social progress through the training of responsible global leaders.

We offer

• A professional working environment, stimulating activities in research and in-depth contact with business communities
• A competitive salary at the post-doc level
• A city that is often ranked as the most attractive European city to live in.

Qualifications

Requirements

1. Ph.D. degree in Organizational Behavior or related fields
2. Demonstrated research ability excellence in the field of Organizational Behavior/Strategic Leadership; ideally, the selected candidate will have some publications in top academic journals and a strong pipeline
3. Profound knowledge of rigorous research methods, especially quantitative methods

Application Instructions

Recruitment procedure

Interested candidates are to send: 1) a research statement, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) 2 letters of recommendations and 4) copies of 2-3 research papers

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

IESE’s programs, research and activities, and our organizational practices, are informed by a humanistic and ethical vision of management. As such, IESE is an equal employment opportunity organization, and does not discriminate against any person on any legally protected basis.