Three PhD paid Scholarships and a Postdoc position on Emerging Technologies at Work at VU Amesterdam/Study in Netherlands

School of Business and Economics at Vrije University of Amsterdam is inviting applicants Pursuing PhD. in business administration to fill three paid PhD positions. The students will conduct theoretical and empirical research on themes such as the sociotechnical construction of emerging technologies; the impact and unintended consequences of deploying new technologies into organizations; the role of management in buying and implementing emerging technologies.

Duties of the PhD. Student

• The PhD student will conduct theoretical and empirical research on themes such as the sociotechnical construction of emerging technologies; the impact and unintended consequences of deploying new technologies into organizations; the role of management in buying and implementing emerging technologies.

• The PhD student will do field studies during an extended period in time, which sometimes implies being full-time ‘in the field’ doing observations and interviews

• The PhD student will provide a modest contribution to the Department’s teaching programme, with the opportunity to obtain a basic qualification teaching certificate (shortened as "BKO").

PhD. Candidate Qualifications

• Motivated to do high quality research with the aim of publishing top level articles for both an organizational science and practitioner audience.

• Communication skills required to collaborate with industry partner(s)l academic writing skills.

• High proficiency English language; Dutch proficiency (or willingness to learn) preferred.

• Research Master or MSc in business administration, sociology, anthropology, philosophy of science/technology.

• Expertise in and affinity with qualitative research methods e.g. ethnography, interviews, and observations.

Requirements for the Postdoc position

• PhD in Business Administration, Management, Sociology, or related social science field. Candidates close to defending their PhD are also invited to apply

• Strong experience with qualitative inductive research methods and ideally strong experience with ethnographic research

• Excellent academic skills; demonstrated for example by the quality of publications or conference papers

• Motivation to do high quality qualitative research

• Ability to combine creative and analytical thinking

• Flexible and communicative skills required to collaborate with industrial partner(s)

• Excellent English language skills; Dutch language proficiency is a significant advantage due to the need to conduct ethnography among Dutch speaking employees

Salary Details:

The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel and amounts € 2.770 (PhD) per month during the first year and increases to €3.539 (PhD) per month during the fourth year, based on a full-time employment.

For PostDoc: A Salary of minimum € 3.226,00 (Scale 10) and maximum € 5.090,00 (Scale 10) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Researcher 4. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.

a position for at least 0.8 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 1 year. Afterwards, the possibility of expansion for another year exists.month during the fourth year, based on a full-time employment.

Application deadline: 30-6-202430-6-202430-6-2024

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