3 PhD Students
Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
The Universiteit van Amsterdam aims to provide an inspiring, broad based and international academic environment in which staff and students can reach their full potential. It offers a critical and creative intellectual climate, an atmosphere of self-reliance and independence of thought and a strong commitment to contemporary society and to the multi-cultural local community. The Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) provides academic courses in Accounting, Finance, Management, Economics and Econometrics. It also conducts international research in these areas.
The UvA Business School and the UvA School of Economics form part of the FEE. The Business School’s growing Management Group currently has the following vacancies:
3 PhD students
full-time
One on leadership; two on applicant reactions and decision-making in employee selection procedures.
Project 1: Negative psychological effects of selection predictors upon applicants, job reference number 05-5029
This PhD-project will investigate the mental health and career exploration impacts of exposure to election method outcome decisions upon unsuccessful applicants. Theoretically-grounded propositions of the likely impacts of receiving negative outcome decisions will be tested empirically across a series of large-scale field studies. Likely methods to be investigated include cognitive ability tests, tests of personality, structured and unstructured interviews, assessment centres, honesty and integrity tests, and tests of drug and alcohol dependence upon applicants. Applicant resilience to receipt of negative outcome decisions will be examined in relation to candidate personality, self-esteem, and social support as hypothesised mediators of NPEs.
Access to the selection systems of several large collaborating organisations will need to be negotiated for successful performance of this PhD project, thus calling for skills of research liaison with host organisations, some experience of field study methods, and good external presentation skills. Supervisor: Prof. Neil Anderson
Project 2: Ethnic minority applicants’ attitudes to, and perceptions of, discrimination during employee selection, job reference number 05-2030
This PhD-project will explore the perceptions of key ethnic minority groups to selection procedures used by major Dutch organisations.
Minority reactions (applicants from Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese, and other groups) will be compared against those of Dutch majority group applicants. This project will examine why ethnic minority applicants experience discrimination, the congruence between perceptions of adverse impact and actual proportions of applicants selected by different selection methods, and what can be done practically to prevent perceived (as opposed to actual) discrimination by major employer organisations.
One approach to this project will be to investigate the potentially negative impact of web-based recruitment systems increasingly being used for initial screening by Dutch organisations upon minority groups, so-called e-loadedness. Some experience of conducting field research either based in organisations or with key ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands would be advantageous. Supervisor: Prof. Neil Anderson
Project 3: Ethical leadership at work, job reference number 05-2031
This PhD-project will explore antecedents and consequences of both ethical and unethical leadership at different levels in the organization. Although there has been much attention for ethical as well as unethical leadership in the media, empirical research in this area is scarce. Building on available literature, the project will develop and test a model of ethical leader behaviour. Ethical leaders demonstrate normatively appropriate conduct and ethical leader behaviours may, for example, include demonstrating integrity and morality, fairness, and empowerment. Unethical behaviours may include favoritism, controlling, and hostile or threatening behavior. The project adresses some of the effects of such behaviours, for example, on employees’ performance, helping, and counterproductive behaviour, and tests the impact of several personal and contextual variables as antecedents or moderators in this process. The research will be conducted in a field setting, combining multiple methods of investigation. Some previous experience of conducting (related) field research in organisations would be advantageous. Supervisor: Prof. Deanne Den Hartog
RequirementsRequirements for all three positions are:
• a Masters degree (MA, or drs) in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior or Applied Psychology (Social and/or Organisational Psychology)
• interest in, and experience of, field research including conducting studies based within larger organisations
• excellent quantitative-statistical analysis skills (e.g., multivariate analysis of variance)
• good mastery of English reading and writing skills
More information For further information, contact Prof. Neil Anderson (for positions 1 and 2), e-mail N.R.Anderson@uva.nl
or Prof. Deanne Den Hartog (for position 3), e-mail D.N.denHartog@uva.nl. The university is located in the centre of Amsterdam. For more information on the Business School, please check http://www.agbs.nl.
AppointmentThe appointments will be for 12 months initially, to be extended with 3 years upon excellent performance. (an evaluation will take place after 8 months). The salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 1,877 (first year) up to a maximum of € 2,407 (last year) gross per month. The Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities is applicable. Start date is 1 March 2006, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Job application Applicants should submit a CV and a covering letter to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School,
personnel department,
Roetersstraat 11,
1018 WB Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Please include the job reference code(s). But we prefer your application to be e-mailed to: pz-fee@uva.nl. Insert job reference number in subject field! The closing date for applications is 31 December 2005. Interviews will be held in January 2006.
Contact Prof. Neil Anderson (for positions 1 and 2)N.R.Anderson@uva.nl
Prof. Deanne Den Hartog (for position 3)D.N.denHartog at uva.nl
Web site UvA Business School: http://www.agbs.nl
Web site Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE: http://www.fee.uva.nl/English
Web site ‘Working at the UvA’ (for international staff members:)http://www.uva.nl/staff
Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
The Universiteit van Amsterdam aims to provide an inspiring, broad based and international academic environment in which staff and students can reach their full potential. It offers a critical and creative intellectual climate, an atmosphere of self-reliance and independence of thought and a strong commitment to contemporary society and to the multi-cultural local community. The Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) provides academic courses in Accounting, Finance, Management, Economics and Econometrics. It also conducts international research in these areas.
The UvA Business School and the UvA School of Economics form part of the FEE. The Business School’s growing Management Group currently has the following vacancies:
3 PhD students
full-time
One on leadership; two on applicant reactions and decision-making in employee selection procedures.
Project 1: Negative psychological effects of selection predictors upon applicants, job reference number 05-5029
This PhD-project will investigate the mental health and career exploration impacts of exposure to election method outcome decisions upon unsuccessful applicants. Theoretically-grounded propositions of the likely impacts of receiving negative outcome decisions will be tested empirically across a series of large-scale field studies. Likely methods to be investigated include cognitive ability tests, tests of personality, structured and unstructured interviews, assessment centres, honesty and integrity tests, and tests of drug and alcohol dependence upon applicants. Applicant resilience to receipt of negative outcome decisions will be examined in relation to candidate personality, self-esteem, and social support as hypothesised mediators of NPEs.
Access to the selection systems of several large collaborating organisations will need to be negotiated for successful performance of this PhD project, thus calling for skills of research liaison with host organisations, some experience of field study methods, and good external presentation skills. Supervisor: Prof. Neil Anderson
Project 2: Ethnic minority applicants’ attitudes to, and perceptions of, discrimination during employee selection, job reference number 05-2030
This PhD-project will explore the perceptions of key ethnic minority groups to selection procedures used by major Dutch organisations.
Minority reactions (applicants from Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese, and other groups) will be compared against those of Dutch majority group applicants. This project will examine why ethnic minority applicants experience discrimination, the congruence between perceptions of adverse impact and actual proportions of applicants selected by different selection methods, and what can be done practically to prevent perceived (as opposed to actual) discrimination by major employer organisations.
One approach to this project will be to investigate the potentially negative impact of web-based recruitment systems increasingly being used for initial screening by Dutch organisations upon minority groups, so-called e-loadedness. Some experience of conducting field research either based in organisations or with key ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands would be advantageous. Supervisor: Prof. Neil Anderson
Project 3: Ethical leadership at work, job reference number 05-2031
This PhD-project will explore antecedents and consequences of both ethical and unethical leadership at different levels in the organization. Although there has been much attention for ethical as well as unethical leadership in the media, empirical research in this area is scarce. Building on available literature, the project will develop and test a model of ethical leader behaviour. Ethical leaders demonstrate normatively appropriate conduct and ethical leader behaviours may, for example, include demonstrating integrity and morality, fairness, and empowerment. Unethical behaviours may include favoritism, controlling, and hostile or threatening behavior. The project adresses some of the effects of such behaviours, for example, on employees’ performance, helping, and counterproductive behaviour, and tests the impact of several personal and contextual variables as antecedents or moderators in this process. The research will be conducted in a field setting, combining multiple methods of investigation. Some previous experience of conducting (related) field research in organisations would be advantageous. Supervisor: Prof. Deanne Den Hartog
RequirementsRequirements for all three positions are:
• a Masters degree (MA, or drs) in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior or Applied Psychology (Social and/or Organisational Psychology)
• interest in, and experience of, field research including conducting studies based within larger organisations
• excellent quantitative-statistical analysis skills (e.g., multivariate analysis of variance)
• good mastery of English reading and writing skills
More information For further information, contact Prof. Neil Anderson (for positions 1 and 2), e-mail N.R.Anderson@uva.nl
or Prof. Deanne Den Hartog (for position 3), e-mail D.N.denHartog@uva.nl. The university is located in the centre of Amsterdam. For more information on the Business School, please check http://www.agbs.nl.
AppointmentThe appointments will be for 12 months initially, to be extended with 3 years upon excellent performance. (an evaluation will take place after 8 months). The salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 1,877 (first year) up to a maximum of € 2,407 (last year) gross per month. The Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities is applicable. Start date is 1 March 2006, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Job application Applicants should submit a CV and a covering letter to:
Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School,
personnel department,
Roetersstraat 11,
1018 WB Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Please include the job reference code(s). But we prefer your application to be e-mailed to: pz-fee@uva.nl. Insert job reference number in subject field! The closing date for applications is 31 December 2005. Interviews will be held in January 2006.
Contact Prof. Neil Anderson (for positions 1 and 2)N.R.Anderson@uva.nl
Prof. Deanne Den Hartog (for position 3)D.N.denHartog at uva.nl
Web site UvA Business School: http://www.agbs.nl
Web site Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE: http://www.fee.uva.nl/English
Web site ‘Working at the UvA’ (for international staff members:)http://www.uva.nl/staff