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THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a government-funded tertiary institution in Hong Kong. It offers programmes at various levels including Doctorate, Master's and Bachelor's degrees. It has a full-time academic staff strength of around 1,300. The total annual consolidated expenditure budget of the University is in excess of HK$7.6 billion.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
Post Specification
Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Management
The Department of Management and Marketing (MM) is one of the constituent departments of the Faculty of Business. According to the 2024 US News and World Report Global University Ranking, PolyU is ranked 67th in the Best Global Universities and 30th in the Best Universities for Economics and Business (6th in Asia). The University of Texas at Dallas ranks our faculty's research 41st in the world and 5th in Asia (as of March 2024).
MM currently has around 70 full-time academic staff who are dedicated to providing cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills for our students in three key areas of business - Management, Marketing, and Management Information Systems. We offer a full range of programmes leading to the awards of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science, and Bachelor of Business Administration. Our doctoral program has successfully placed our PhD students in elite institutions in Asia and Australia, including Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Renmin University, and Deakin University.
The Management discipline invites applications for open-ranked faculty positions in the Strategic Management and OBHR areas. The faculty members in the Management discipline of MM regularly publish their research in top-tier journals such as the Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes and other premier outlets. Our research support includes a reduced teaching load in the first three years, generous start-up grant, and considerate administrative services.
The department has a collegial environment. Currently, faculty in OBHR team includes Wu Liu, Michael Bond, Krishna Savani, Yi (Amy) Ou, Jia (Katrina) Lin, Jun (Melody) Zhang, Ren Li, Seunghoo Chung, Mannok Wong, Zhishuang (Olivia) Guan, Jingfeng Yin, Rujiao (Helene) Cao, and Abhishek Sheetal; and faculty in Strategic Management team includes Chinien Chung, Shuping Li, Xueyong Zhan, Robert Wright, Qi Zhu, Juyoung Lee, Hang-Jun Cho, Junghyun Mah, Qinyu (Ryan) Wang, and Xinhao (Jamie) Qiao.
Please visit the website at https://mm.polyu.edu.hk/ for more information about MM. The appointee will be required to (a) engage in top-level scholarly research in their areas of expertise; (b) supervise research students; (c) secure external competitive research grants; (d) teach at the undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels; and (e) perform any other duties as assigned by the Head of Unit or his delegates.
Applicants should have an earned doctoral degree at the time of appointment or be close to receiving it. Preference will be given to those with a focused research orientation and the potential or demonstrated ability to publish in high quality scholarly journals.
Conditions of Service
The compensation package, teaching loads, and research support are highly competitive. Initial appointment for Assistant Professor will be on a fixed-term gratuity-bearing contract. Re-engagement thereafter is subject to mutual agreement. An appropriate term will be provided for appointment at Associate Professor / Professor levels. For general information on terms and conditions for appointment of academic staff in the University, please visit the website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/docdrive/careers/doc/Prof.pdf.
Application
We will begin reviewing applications on September 30, 2024, so it is strongly recommended that a complete application be received by that date. However, we will continue until the positions are filled. Please submit an application through PolyU's career website (https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/academic). Consideration of applications will commence now until the position is filled. The University's Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/careers/pics_for_recruitment/.
For further information about the post, applicants are invited to contact Professor Wu Liu, Head of Department of Management and Marketing, by email at wu.liu @polyu.edu.hk, or Professor Chinien Chung, Associate Dean and Chair Professor of Strategic and Organization Management, by email at chinien.chung@polyu.edu.hk.
PolyU is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, nationality, family status or physical or mental disabilities.
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Hang-Jun Cho
Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
hangjun.cho@polyu.edu.hk------------------------------