Senior Position (Associate or Full Professor)
The Organization Studies department of the Carroll School of Management at
Boston College invites applications from qualified individuals for a senior
faculty position as the Research Director for the new, funded Winston Center
for Leadership and Ethics. The primary scholarly emphasis of the person
hired should be in leadership, broadly defined, with scholarly interests in
ethics a plus.
The activities of the center include directing, energizing, and sponsoring
scholarly research related to the mission of the center, and developing
activities that support research such as colloquia, workshops, conferences,
and publications. As Research Director the candidate will be expected to
provide scholarly leadership for the center and will have an opportunity to
shape the centers mission, especially its research agenda. The Center also
has a Program Director who arranges teaching activities and colloquia and an
Assistant Director who is responsible for its day to day operations.
Some key domains of scholarly inquiry for the Winston Center include:
o The process by which leadership creates meaning, infuses value, and
directs principled, ethical action in institutions.
o The structures and networks by which leadership influences ethically
grounded thinking and action in organizations.
o The relational and emotional activities by which leaders communicate
and influence others.
o The dynamics of leadership in creating communities around
ideologies, identities and change.
o The potency of leadership ethics and values under ambiguity and in
dealing with moral or other dilemmas
Additional information about the center can be found on the web at
www.bc.edu/schools/csom/leadership.
Candidates must have a PhD or related degree and must be at the associate or
full professor level. They must have a proven record of top tier scholarly
publications, and must also demonstrate competence at teaching. The person
hired will be a member of the Organizational Studies Department and teach a
reduced course load.
The Organization Studies department at Boston College is a vibrant
intellectual community of 11 full time faculty offering MBA and
undergraduate concentrations as well as a Ph.D. program.
The department is affiliated with two independent centers: the Center for
Corporate Citizenship, and the Center for Work and Family.
The Carroll School of Management is consistently ranked in the top 50
business schools nationally and internationally in terms of its
undergraduate and graduate programs. It also hosts the Chief Executives
Club of Boston, which is consistently named the nation's No. 1 CEO speaking
forum.
Boston College is a private Jesuit university with an enrollment of 9,000
undergraduates and 4,700 graduate and professional students representing
every state and more than 99 countries. US News and World Report ranks
Boston College 34th among national universities. Additional Information
about the University, the Organization Studies Department, and the Carroll
School of Management can be found at
www.bc.edu.
Applicants should send a cover letter declaring their interest in this
position, a full scholarly vita, and a list of at least three references to:
William B. Stevenson
Department of Organization Studies
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808
phone: 617-552-0458
email:
stevenw@bc.edu
All applications are due by November 15, 2006
To discuss this position informally, contact William B. Stevenson (email:
stevenw@bc.edu), chair of the search committee.
Boston College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply.