The University of Tennessee's Haslam College of Business and the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship invite applications for two tenure-track positions in Organizational Behavior / Human Resources and Strategic Management at the Assistant Professor level. The effective date of employment is August 1, 2027, or when filled. Compensation will be competitive.
Qualifications
Required: Candidates must hold a Ph.D. from an accredited institution and demonstrate evidence of quality scholarship and teaching effectiveness in human resources, organizational behavior, organization theory, strategic management, or a related discipline. The Ph.D. must be earned by August 1, 2027. Candidates should show promise in developing a program in disciplinary research and scholarship that is gaining external recognition.
Preferred: Our preferred candidates will possess:
- An ongoing program of research in premier refereed journals.
- A desire to work with doctoral students.
- An identifiable methodological skillset.
- A record of demonstrated teaching success at an accredited institution.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Organizational Behavior / Human Resources: Engage in organization behavior or human resource management research that results in premier publications. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behavior, human resources, and general management. Participate in professional and university service activities.
Strategic Management Position: Engage in strategic management research that results in premier publications. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic management and general management. Participate in professional and university service activities.
Haslam College of Business and Department Background
The Haslam College of Business is well-funded with a current endowment of $260 million dollars. The Haslam College of Business is AACSB accredited, with over 200 full-time faculty serving nearly 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Classes are taught in the state-of-the-art James A. Haslam II Business Building. The college has experienced exceptional growth, more than doubling since the Haslam Business Building opened. To meet the needs of this growth, we are hiring new faculty and constructing a new 240,000 square foot building, Boyd Hall, which will open in Spring of 2028.
The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship offers two undergraduate degrees (Management and Human Resource Management), a Master of Science degree in Management and Human Resources, two university minors (Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship), and the Ph.D. degree in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Organizations. Tenured or tenure-track departmental faculty members include Savannah Asay, Brian Bergman, Melissa Cardon, David Gras, Joseph Harrison, Christina Hymer, Tom Lumpkin, Eduardo Meléndez, Alex Miller, Tim Munyon (Department Head), Tim Pollock, Anne Smith, Ruixiang Song, Stephanie Song, Sherry Thatcher, and Dave Williams. Our faculty publish in top journals including AMJ, AMR, ASQ, JAP, JBV, JIBS, JOM, Org Science, PPsych, and SMJ.
Our Community
Knoxville is located in east Tennessee, with a metro area of more than 900,000. Knoxville enjoys a mild climate, proximity to rivers and lakes, a beautiful and walkable downtown, vibrant nightlife and music, active neighborhoods, and eclectic shopping and restaurants. Knoxville has been consistently named as one of the top 25 best places to live by USA Today and a top 10 "America's best towns" by CNN Travel. It is home to several large corporations and located within easy driving distance of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Asheville, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville are readily accessible by car, and the Knoxville airport offers nonstop flights to 40 destinations.
Application Procedure
Candidates applying by August 1, 2026 will receive a complete review of their credentials. We will conduct preliminary interviews via videoconference (e.g., ZOOM) and will invite the finalists for each position to campus. We will continue reviewing applications until the positions are filled. We will not conduct interviews nor meet with applicants at academic conferences (e.g., AOM).
Please apply to only one of the positions. Applicants should submit a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references via Interfolio. In your cover letter, please explain your fit for the position.
Use the following links to apply for each position:
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Dr. Joseph Harrison, Search Committee Chair
Department of Management & Entrepreneurship
Haslam College of Business
417 Stokely Management Center
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN 37996-0545
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