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The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of an assistant professor in the Business Policy and Law Area starting July 1, 2016.

Qualifications for this position include a Ph.D. or completion of a PhD within one year in Strategic Management and strong records or promise in both research and teaching. Although we invite applications from individuals doing research in all mainstream areas of strategic management, successful candidates must have:

- demonstrated potential for exceptional research including the ability (a) to publish in top-tier journals and (b) to maintain a highly productive and coherent research agenda;
- the ability and willingness to effectively teach core strategic management courses at the BBA and MBA levels.


The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics has over one hundred full-time faculty and more than five thousand undergraduate and graduate students on campuses in Waterloo, Brantford, and Toronto, Ontario. Waterloo, where the main campus is located, is a highly innovative and dynamic region, and is home to a number of leading high-tech firms. With a mission to achieve excellence in management education, the school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Honours BBA, MBA, MFin, and PhD. Laurier's undergraduate and graduate business programs are AACSB accredited. For more information, please visit our website at http://legacy.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=1823.

Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to employment equity and values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including persons of all genders and sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Members of the designated groups must self-identify to be considered for employment equity. Candidates may self-identify, in confidence, to Dr. Peter Carayannopoulos (contact details below). Further information on the equity policy can be found here - http://legacy.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=2465.

All positions are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a summary of research objectives and best/selected research article(s) along with a teaching summary that includes a brief description of their teaching experience and effectiveness including teaching evaluations, if available. Applicants should arrange for at least three academic referees to submit reference letters to polptac@wlu.ca at the time of application. Electronic applications are encouraged and all applications must include the Position Number in their application.

The review of all applications will commence on January 4, 2016 and continue until the position is filled. Please direct your application quoting Position Number 2016-04 to:

Dr. Peter Carayannopoulos
Associate Dean of Business: Faculty Development & Research
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, CANADA
Email: polptac@wlu.ca

The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics wishes to thank all applicants for their interest. All nominations and applications shall be reviewed and considered under a set of criteria established by the Search Committee and a short list of candidates shall be interviewed. Only those applicants selected for the short list will be contacted.