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POSITION SPECIFICS

Smeal Chaired Professor (Tenure-Track Position) in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, or Strategy

Management & Organization Department

Smeal College of Business

The Pennsylvania State University

The Management and Organization (M&O) Department in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) has a full-time tenure-track position in the areas of Organizational Behavior (OB), Organizational Theory (OT), or Strategy. We seek to fill this position at the rank of Full Professor. The position is to fill the Smeal Chaired Professor of Management. The desired start date for the position is Fall 2027. Candidates must have a PhD, a proven track record in conducting high-quality scholarly research with sufficient impact of that work on the field, and demonstrated teaching competence at a high level.

Job Requirement: The preferred candidate will have publications in premier journals, a research program with high-impact, and is able to connect with a wide array of doctoral students and faculty in our department. Faculty members in the M&O department are expected to pursue an active research program, perform undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, supervise graduate students, and engage in professional service. Onsite teaching is an essential function of the job

For the Smeal Chaired Professor specifically, there is an expectation of sustained research excellence and thought leadership, an established history of mentorship, high ethical standards for their own professional work, and a strategic vision for growing and sustaining the research culture within the M&O department.

Candidates for the position can apply by uploading a letter of interest and CV. Any questions about the position can be sent to Amanda Brown, M&O Support Coordinator, at [email protected]. Review of applications for the position will begin on October 1, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Management and Organization is consistently ranked in the top-20 management departments for its research productivity and values high-level theoretical and empirical ability, collegiality and collaboration among its members, and the ability to teach management and organizational concepts effectively to multiple audiences. Our department offers two undergraduate majors (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Management), two online masters programs (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management and Executive Leadership), a PhD program, courses in Smeal’s full-time rMBA and DBA programs, courses in Smeal’s part-time hMBA and OMBA, and operates the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (which includes the Garber Venture Capital Fund). Our tenure-line faculty are Heejung Byun, Carolyn Dang, Raghu Garud, Don Hambrick, Stephen Humphrey, Trevor Israelsen, Jon Jachimowicz, Margaret Luciano, Vilmos Misangyi, Semin Park, Tessa Recendes, Kira Schabram, Paul Shrivastava, Linda Treviño, Wenpin Tsai, Dani Yin, and Rui Zhong. Our nontenure-line clinical faculty are Shawn Clark, Sean Doherty, Jeanette Miller, Lisa O’Hara, Özge Pala, Federica Pinelli, and Angela Schwartz. Our nontenure-line full-time teaching faculty are Cameron Conaway, Neil Fogarty, Ron Johnson, James Jones, Dave Lenze, Travis Lesser, and Brad Leve. For more information on our department please visit https://www.smeal.psu.edu/management.

The M&O Department is part of the Smeal College of Business, which depends on more than 360 faculty and staff to enact and support its strategic priorities of integrity, inclusivity, and sustainability and to serve the needs of more than 9,000 students. Media outlets and independent observers regularly rank Smeal among the best business schools in the world. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ for additional information. The Smeal College of Business is located at the Pennsylvania State University’s main campus (University Park) in the heart of State College, Pennsylvania. Our community features the charms of a small town with the opportunities typically only found in larger cities, with State College routinely ranked among the top 10 best college towns in the United States (https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-college-towns-in-america/).

 

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