Assistant Professor

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Closing Date:

08/20/2024

Type of Position:

Faculty - Tenure/Tenure Track

Workstudy Position:

No

Job Type:

Academic Term (Fixed Term)

Work Shift:

Sponsorship Available:

Yes

Institution Name:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation's top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance Arkansas and build a better world through education, research and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, promoting an inclusive and diverse culture and climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery and the spread of new ideas and innovations.

The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation's strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.

As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

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Department:

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Venture Innovation

Department's Website:

https://walton.uark.edu/

Summary of Job Duties:

The Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation in the Sam M.

Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is currently hiring for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a specialization in strategic management, entrepreneurship, innovation, and/or organizational research methods.

The expected start date for the position is August 11, 2025. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The job duties for the position include research, teaching, and service.

Conducting and publishing research in the top academic journals in the field is the primary job duty. Teaching expectations include teaching in person classes at the undergraduate, masters, or doctoral level and holding in person office hours. Finally, the position requires service to the profession, university, college, and department commensurate with rank.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

The Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation (SEVI) is comprised of faculty focusing their research in the broad areas of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The tenured and tenure-track faculty include Nur Ahmed, Alan Ellstrand, Jake Grandy, Jon Johnson, Scott Kuban, Jason Ridge, Dan Worrell, and Shannon Younger.

Our faculty have consistently published in top journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Journal of Management, in addition to several other top outlets. Furthermore, the department, with the Management Department, placed 10th in department productivity per faculty in the 2023 TAMUGA rankings. We also have a historically strong doctoral program with a record of placing our students in Research I universities.

Walton College offers faculty a competitive teaching load and a very supportive environment for conducting research targeted at top tier journals. Information about the department is available at: https://walton.uark.edu/departments/sevi/.

The Sam M.

Walton College of Business, founded at the University of Arkansas in 1926 and accredited by AACSB International since 1931, has been ranked as a top 30 public business school for 15 years in a row by U.S.

News & World Report. U.S.

News currently ranks Walton College 28th.

Four Walton College graduates serve as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and nearly 30 Walton alumni occupy executive offices at Fortune 500 companies. In 1998, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation gave Walton College an endowment of $50 million, then the largest up-front cash gift to a business school. The college has experienced extremely strong growth in enrollment over the past several years (over 23% increase since fall 2021). Fall 2023 enrollment included over 8200 undergraduate and 580 graduate students.

The college is located on a four-building business campus including the Business Building, housing most undergraduate and Ph.D. education, Willard J. Walker Hall, home of our graduate programs, the Donald W.

Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development and the J.B. Hunt Transport Center for Academic Excellence, site of our state-of-the-art behavioral research lab.

Fayetteville is located in Northwest Arkansas, a region with unmatched natural beauty, culture, business and community. In addition to being home to the Sam M.

Walton College of Business and the University of Arkansas, it is teeming with Fortune 500 companies and dynamic new startups. The region has ranked in the Top 10 in U.S.

News & World Report's Best Places to Live in the U.S. for several years.

Growth in the region has been propelled by the presence of large corporations such as Walmart, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., and Tyson Foods. In addition, the area has emerged as a major hub of Walmart retail vendors - more than 300 of the Fortune 500 companies have a physical presence in the area - which has created a thriving business environment and many job opportunities in the region.

The Northwest Arkansas National Airport offers daily non-stop flights to 22 major U.S. cities. The area features a variety of outdoor recreational activities with excellent hiking, canoeing, and mountain biking opportunities. The area also features many cultural amenities including two symphony orchestras, an outstanding regional theater group, a comprehensive trail system, a botanical garden, and the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. For more see https://walton.uark.edu/about/fayetteville.php.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in management or a related discipline from an AACSB (or equivalent) accredited university, conferred by the start of employment

• Demonstrated experience teaching strategy, entrepreneurship, or innovation

• Demonstrated potential to publish in top-tier strategy or entrepreneurship focused journals.

• Must meet standards to be classified as a Scholarly Academic for AACSB purposes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong research record, or strong indicators of potential, and demonstrated leadership in research projects that resulted in top-tier journal publications

• Currently possess strong pipeline of research

• Strong strategic management scholarly and pedagogical background

• Demonstrated ability to provide an excellent learning environment in the classroom and value collegiality

• Demonstrated active engagement with on-campus environment and participation with on-campus activities

Additional Information:

Salary Information:

Commensurate with education and experience

Required Documents to Apply:

Cover Letter/Letter of Application, Curriculum Vitae

Optional Documents:

Proof of Veteran Status

Recruitment Contact Information:

Professor Jason Ridge (jridge@walton.uark.edu)

Head, Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation

Sam M.

Walton College of Business

1 University of Arkansas, WCOB 402

Fayetteville, AR 72701

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Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vita by August 20, 2024, to receive full consideration, but applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. The search committee may conduct remote interviews with select candidates prior to the application deadline, so early applications are encouraged.

Applicants who have not yet completed their Ph.D. but who expect to complete their Ph.D. by August 2025 should send a brief description of their dissertation and the expected timeline for completion. Completion of the doctoral degree is expected prior to employment for the positions offered.

Initial inquiries should be sent to Professor Jason Ridge (jridge@walton.uark.edu), Head, Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Innovation.

Finalists will be asked to submit three letters of reference.

Pre-employment Screening Requirements:

Criminal Background Check, Sex Offender Registry

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Background checks include a criminal background check and a sex offender registry check. For certain positions, there may also be a financial (credit) background check, a Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) check, and/or drug screening. Required checks are identified in the position listing.

A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication or adverse financial history information alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

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Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.

All application information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Constant Physical Activity:

Hearing, Talking

Frequent Physical Activity:

N/A

Occasional Physical Activity:

N/A

Benefits Eligible:

Yes