Graduate Teaching Assistant Human Resource Management

Salary: £12,300 per annum

This post will involve engaging in original PhD research for a 3 year period and will also involve undertaking undergraduate teaching for no more than 5 hours per week during term-time. This position offers an excellent opportunity to pursue a doctorate as part of an academic career development pathway in teaching and research, in a dynamic and successful department. In association with the University of Strathclyde, the Department is also able to offer the successful applicant a fee waiver for the full duration of their appointment. Potential applicants should have a minimum of a 2.1Honours undergraduate degree in a relevant business/management or social science discipline, and be able to produce a research proposal in one of the following areas, although other areas of interest may also be considered.

HRM and management of the employment relationship - especially:
- trust and the psychological contract;
- work and employee health/well-being;
- work-life boundaries;
- employee involvement;
- recruitment and selection processes;
- leadership;
- line management and HRM;
- disability management;
- absence management
- risk and safety culture/climate;
- psychological contract for health and safety
- employment relations in the voluntary sector
- trade union recognition,
- organisation and strategy
- call centres - offshoring to India,
- employment relations and union strategies

For guidance on the research proposal see the Department’s website at: http://www.hrm.strath.ac.uk/research/degrees.htm. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Dora Scholarios Tel. 0141 548 3135 or e-mail d.scholarios@strath.ac.uk.

Candidates should provide:

1. a completed Research Student Application Form, downloadable from here
2. a completed University of Strathclyde Staff Application Form downloadable from here
3. a full curriculum vitae
4. a short research proposal (not more than 1000 words) outlining the proposed PhD topic
5. a one page covering letter explaining why you would like to be considered for this post.

For an application pack (available on request in alternative formats for applicants with a disability) visit Vacancies at our website www.strath.ac.uk or contact Human Resources, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, Tel 0141 553 4133 (24 hour Voicemail Service) quoting Ref JA/R54/2007.

Application closing date: 17th July 2007. Interviews will take place in the week starting 30 July.