Assistant Professor - Strategic Management

 

Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor

School/Department Name: School of Management

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range:  $134,000 - $142,000. See Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent employment benefits.

Target Start Date: August 18, 2025

Application Deadline: September 30, 2024 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

 

Position Description

The School of Management at San Jose State University’s Lucas College and Graduate School of Business seeks to fill Assistant (tenure-track) position/s in Strategic Management beginning August 2025. Applicants should be interested in teaching courses in primarily Strategic Management and also interested in teaching Organizational Theory, Business and Society, and if applicable Business Law.  Research areas can focus on any aspect of strategic management but should have a strong connection to innovation and its role at the organizational and societal levels. 
 

The School of Management (SOM) is home to the Management and Human Resource Management undergraduate concentrations in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business.  The school has approximately 1,400 majors and offers 17 tenured/tenure track faculty, 30 lecturers, and offers courses in the undergraduate program and across multiple graduate programs and certificates. Faculty in SOM maintain robust research programs and regularly publish in high-quality journals.  For more information about the School of Management, please visit the department’s website at https://www.sjsu.edu/mgmt/.
 

The Lucas College and Graduate School of Business is the largest provider of business graduates to Silicon Valley.  Blending a multi-cultural, global perspective with the Silicon Valley’s historic foundation of technological innovation, our programs reflect our esteemed, local heritage. With over 80% of our students working in the Valley, our business students and alumni are truly Powering Silicon Valley. We provide the resources, skills, and opportunities for students to succeed.  The college as well as the university are highly supportive and committed to faculty success.  Please see https://www.sjsu.edu/cfd/.  Our faculty are highly engaged with our students and serve as mentors and advisors to student organizations including Advancement Institute for Management, Latino Business Student Association, SHRM Student Club, Women in Business.

San José State University values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines, along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

Required Qualifications

• A doctorate from an accredited university and/or scholarly active (SA) status under AACSB standards. A doctoral degree must be fully awarded by the date of appointment in order to start but preferably by May 31, 2025.
• Evidence of teaching excellence or potential for teaching effectiveness in strategic management (primary), innovation, organizational theory, business and society, or business law.
• Demonstrated record of, or potential for scholarly publications in strategic management or related areas