📌 Key facts
- When: Start anytime. Applications are open!
- Workload: very flexible
- How to apply: Send us an e-mail (at the end of this page) with your CV and a grade report.
💡 Background
Are you fascinated by the intricacies of decision makers that hold the future of entire organizations in their hands? Do you want to work on a quantitative research project at the forefront of top management research? Then join us on this project! We’re looking for multiple motivated Master and Bachelor students with a solid skillset in understanding and analyzing complex datasets and are eager to work independently on a given topic.
Potential tasks
- Working with and integrating different databases and datasets into the groundwork of top journal publications
- Synthesizing the literature and assisting in the preparation of a new Master’s course on the topic
- Writing a research paper for your thesis
- Collaborating with internationally recognized researchers
- Develop your own understanding of interesting avenues for future research
🦾Who We Are
My name is Fabian and I’m a postdoctoral researcher at CSO. My background is in organizational behavior and corporate governance, hence my research focus on studying boards of directors and top management teams.
The Chair for Strategy and Organization is focused on research with impact. This means we do not want to repeat old ideas and base our research solely on the research people did 10 years ago. Instead, we currently research topics that will shape the future. Topics such as Agile Organisations and Digital Disruption, Blockchain Technology, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation, Diversity, Education: Education Technology and Performance Management, HRTech, Leadership, and Teams.. We are always early in noticing trends, technologies, strategies, and organisations that shape the future, which has its ups and downs.
🎓 Profile - what we value
- Interest and basic knowledge of corporate governance research, mainly focused on boards of directors and/or top management teams.
- Organizational skills and proactive communication.
- Experience with data analysis.
- Knowledge of statistical software (R preferred, other appreciated) and/or programming languages (e.g. Python) are a plus but not mandatory.
📝 How to Apply
If you are interested, please contact Dr. Fabian Ahrens by submitting your CV and grade report. Please also briefly outline your tentative research idea (research question, data and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx) and your motivation to work on the topic.
A strong plus: Get an intro to join the team.
We're greatly looking forward to hearing more about you!
P.S.: Please don’t reach out via LinkedIn. Messages there won’t be answered regularly. (October 2024)
📬 Contact
Fabian Ahrens (Chair for Strategy and Organisation)