Tenured Full Professor Position Announcement
Department of Management, Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
2021
Position summary
The Department of Management in the Pamplin College of Business at
Virginia Tech seeks applications for one tenure-track full professor
position in management to begin August 2022. This search is
specifically at a full-professor level, so we are interested in
candidates who are full professors or senior associate professors at
strong research institutions. Women and underrepresented minority
candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are open to both micro
(such as OB and HR) or macro (such as strategic management and
entrepreneurship) areas. Potential for an endowed professorship exists
for a candidate with very strong research credentials. We are seeking
candidates who through their research, teaching, and/or service can
contribute to the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts
of the Pamplin College of Business community.
The Department of Management consists of 30 full-time faculty with an
impressive range of leading-edge research and teaching expertise
across the field of management. Our current faculty have published
very recently in top journals, including Academy of Management
Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal,
Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science,
Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of
Business Venturing, and Academy of Management Annals. You can see more
about us at:
https://management.pamplin.vt.edu/index.htmlThe accolades received by the Department of Management and its
research and instructional programs in recent years include # 25
ranking in the Princeton Review's list of top undergraduate programs
in entrepreneurship and the top award (tied with Texas A&M) from the
Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers for exceptional
contributions in entrepreneurship research. Our current doctoral
students have papers accepted in elite journals before they go to the
job market. Our recognition and reputation have risen and continue to
rise in many ways.
Virginia Tech's $1B+ Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia
(https://vt.edu/innovationcampus/index.html) is a key part of a
long-term strategy to build world-class research and educational
programs in technology entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging
areas such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cybersecurity
(https://vt.edu/cciblueprint/index.html). These initiatives are
supported by a growing number of public/private partnerships sponsored
by Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth of Virginia, high growth startups,
and leading global companies.
The Pamplin College of Business offers majors in management,
accounting and information systems, business information technology,
finance, hospitality and tourism management, and marketing. The
Department of Management is an active contributor to many of the
college’s programs such as the part-time MBA, EMBA, online MBA
programs; the Master’s of Information Technology program; and the
Executive Ph.D. program. A number of programs are conducted in the
Northern Virginia/metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.
The Pamplin College of Business, in conjunction with the College of
Engineering and College of Science, has begun building a four-building
complex known as the Global Business and Analytics Complex. The first
building is expected to be complete by 2023
(https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/03/gbac-groundbreaking.html).
Required qualifications: Candidates should have: (1) a doctorate in
Management or a closely related field from an AACSB accredited or
similar school; (2) strong program of scholarly research with recent
publications in elite management journals and evidence of working with
and mentoring doctoral students and junior faculty; and (3)
instructional capabilities at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral
levels; (4) the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the
diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts of the college and
university.
Preferred qualifications: Preferred candidates will have: (1)
Experience as a mentor to junior faculty and doctoral students, (2)
Overlap of research interests with those of our current faculty in the
micro or macro areas (3) Demonstrated teaching effectiveness at
masters and Ph.D. levels.
Virginia Tech is committed to building a diverse faculty and strongly
encourages applications from candidates from underrepresented
communities, including women and underrepresented minority candidates.
Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. If
you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation,
please contact McKinna Blankenship (
mckinpg@vt.edu, 540-231-6353 with
any questions.
The Pamplin College of Business affirms strategic and intentional
efforts that challenge the status quo and promote the diversity,
equity, inclusion, and belonging of all stakeholders. We are
committed to people excellence and building a model inclusive
community that embraces academic excellence and cultural humility
broadly. While Pamplin has observed paramount progress toward
advancing issues of diversity over the past decade, we are
transcending with a renewed, data-driven focus to seize opportunities
that address diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging issues of the
21st century.
For inquiries about the position, please contact Professor Karen
Schnatterly (
schnatterlyk@vt.edu), Search Committee Chair. The
committee also includes Dan Beal, Richard Hunt, Steve Markham, Manisha
Singal, and Phil Thompson.
Review of applications will begin August 10, 2021 and will continue
until the position is filled. You can apply through this link:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/516367/professorAbout Blacksburg
Blacksburg is located near the Blue Ridge Mountains and the
Appalachian Trail. Blacksburg's beauty and temperate climate are
attractive to many. Blacksburg is ranked as one of the top places in
America to raise children. Blacksburg also has high-quality schools
(K12) as well as a relatively low cost of living.
Virginia Tech hosts over 25,000 students, in Blacksburg, a town of
44,000 people. The greater Blacksburg area is approx. 120,000 people
(Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford) and is near Roanoke (pop
100,000+) with the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. Blacksburg is
also located just 160 miles from Charlotte (NC), 275 miles from
Washington, D.C., 200 miles from the Research Triangle Region of N.C.,
291 miles from the Port of Virginia in Norfolk and 400 miles from
Atlanta.
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Manisha Singal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Business
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0429