PhD Decision Biases in Family Firms Internationalization (1.0 FTE)

Department

Faculty of Economics and Business

Organisation

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, University of Groningen, V24.0238

Job description

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.

Faculty of Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programmes, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.

FEBRI, the graduate school and research institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business has one PhD position in the field of Decision Biases in Family Firms Internationalization available.

Project description
Family firms are vulnerable to many decision biases that deviate their internationalization strategies from rational economic models. One such bias is bifurcation bias, which refers to the asymmetric treatment of family and non-family assets within a firm. Bias can also be triggered by the framing approach (e.g., aggregation rules, gain versus loss framing) that family firms use to evaluate investment outcomes. The project aims to explore how decision biases impact family firms’ internationalization, exploring heterogeneity among family firms and between family and non-family firms.

The PhD position is embedded in the research programme Global Economics and Management of FEB’s Research Institute. The project will be supervised by Prof. Rian Drogendijk, Dr Maria Cristina Sestu, and Dr Lipeng (Gary) Ge.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research. You have has a thorough training in research skills, speaks and writes English fluently and has obtained excellent results in the Master phase.
The PhD candidate should have a background (MSc, research master) in International Business, Strategic Management, Organizational Behaviour or other relevant discipline.

Conditions of employment

Contract length: 48 months.

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:

• a gross monthly salary from a minimum of € 2,770 which increases yearly to a maximum of € 3,539
• an additional 8% holiday allowance each year in May, and an additional 8.3 % end of year bonus in December
• a temporary full-time appointment for a period of four years, under the condition of a positive assessment at the end of the first year. PhD candidates contribute 20% of their time to teaching in years 2-4.

Starting date: Preferably per 1 September 2024

Job Application

The application package consists of the following separate documents: • a motivation letter (1A4 max) combined with a short study proposal for the PhD project (2 A4 max) • your cv • a scan of your diploma including transcripts • proof of English proficiency • other relevant documents. The documents 1-4 are compulsory and please note that incomplete application packages will not be taken into account. You may apply for this position until 12 May 11:59pm / before 13 May 2024 Dutch local time (CEST) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website). An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview. The University of Groningen strives to be a university in which students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of differences in background, experiences, perspectives, and identities. We believe that working on our core values of inclusion and equality are a joint responsibility and we are constructively working on creating a socially safe environment. Diversity among students and staff members enriches academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. We therefore invite applicants from underrepresented groups in particular to apply. For more information, see also our diversity policy webpage: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/ Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code We provide career services for partners of new faculty members moving to Groningen. Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

Additional information

For additional information, please contact:

For more general information, please send an email to
febphdvacancies@rug.nl

Dr Maria Cristina Sestu (for more information on this specific project)
m.c.sestu@rug.nl

In your application, please always include the job opening ID V24.0238

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