Article: Business Faculty Job Selection: Factors Affecting the Choice of an Initial Position Journal: Journal of Business and Management (JBM) 2004 Vol.10 No.1 pp.53 - 71 Abstract: This study examines the factors new management faculty consider most important in accepting a particular academic position, their level of knowledge about these factors prior to accepting the position, and their level of confidence that they selected the correct school. Differences were found in the importance of factors in job selection between those going to doctoral-granting vs. non-doctoral schools and between male and female respondents. Many applicants had poor levels of understanding of certain variables they ranked highly in their job acceptance decision. Also, information is presented on how interviews with universities were obtained and conducted, and applicants' satisfaction with the process. The results of this study are compared and contrasted to accounting and finance studies to determine general conclusions that apply across business disciplines versus those that are more related to management PhDs. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Business Faculty Job Selection: Factors Affecting the Choice of an Initial Position

Authors: Steven C. Hunt

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Abstract: This study examines the factors new management faculty consider most important in accepting a particular academic position, their level of knowledge about these factors prior to accepting the position, and their level of confidence that they selected the correct school. Differences were found in the importance of factors in job selection between those going to doctoral-granting vs. non-doctoral schools and between male and female respondents. Many applicants had poor levels of understanding of certain variables they ranked highly in their job acceptance decision. Also, information is presented on how interviews with universities were obtained and conducted, and applicants' satisfaction with the process. The results of this study are compared and contrasted to accounting and finance studies to determine general conclusions that apply across business disciplines versus those that are more related to management PhDs.

Keywords: Faculty job selection; academic positions; level of confidence; academic interviews; job acceptance decision.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.2004.141124

Journal of Business and Management, 2004 Vol.10 No.1, pp.53 - 71

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *

Title: Business Faculty Job Selection: Factors Affecting the Choice of an Initial Position

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