Open Rank Professor - Organizational Behavior and Management (Tenure-Track)

Faculty Position Information

Open Rank Professor - Organizational Behavior and Management (Tenure-Track), with a start date of Fall 2027.

Rank depends on experience and qualifications.

The position will teach undergraduate and potentially graduate courses in organizational behavior, along with other management courses as needed, for business students in residential programs.

Faculty members are expected to maintain Scholarly Academic (SA) status through a program of intellectual contributions in the form of peer-reviewed academic publications and presentations and other forms of professional development consistent with the school's maintenance of AACSB Accreditation. Faculty will also mentor students and accept departmental, college, and university service assignments.

About the Management Sciences Department

The Department of Management Sciences employs more than fifteen full-time faculty members holding terminal degrees and has the largest undergraduate enrollment at ACU. The department offers residential undergraduate majors in Information Systems, Management, and Marketing, and it partners with ACU-Dallas to deliver online undergraduate (BS in Management, BS in Marketing) and graduate (MBA and MS in Management) business programs.

About the College of Business Administration at Acu

ACU's College of Business Administration (COBA) educates business and technology professionals for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. COBA is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, combining rigorous academic preparation and high-quality research with a deeply relational, faith-informed approach to education.

Faculty are actively engaged in mentoring students through student organizations, study abroad and domestic experiential learning opportunities, case competitions, entrepreneurship initiatives, and impactful research that advances both theory and practice.

Through our distinctive societal impact program, faculty lead students in projects that expand educational and economic opportunity locally and globally, reflecting our conviction that business can be a powerful force for human flourishing and positive transformation.

With AACSB and ABET secondary accreditation, the college offers eight undergraduate majors and a Master of Accountancy on the Abilene campus and partners with ACU-Dallas to deliver two undergraduate and two graduate online programs. The college includes four academic units (Accounting Department; Dukes School of Finance; Management Sciences Department; School of Information Technology and Computing) and two centers (Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy; Lytle Center for Faith and Leadership).

Qualifications

Due to ACU's affiliation with the fellowship of the Churches of Christ, this position requires the employee to be a professing Christian and to be willing to support the Christian mission of ACU.

Qualified candidates will have an earned PhD or DBA (completed or near completion) in business management, organizational behavior, or a related business field with a secondary interest in entrepreneurship, leadership, healthcare management, hospitality management, or human resources. In addition, qualified candidates will have a strong record of relevant research and/or professional experience, combined with a commitment to ongoing professional development. Finally, candidates should have proven college/university teaching experience, or show strong promise in teaching.

As part of the application process, applicants need to provide the following:

• Curriculum Vita (CV)
• Statement of philosophy of teaching and learning and the role of scholarship in teaching and learning
• Copies of transcripts for all academic work
• Selected copies of papers and publications
• Academic letter of recommendation
• Statement about one's personal spiritual journey
• Letter of recommendation from a church leader
• Statement of reflection/response to a document about the identity, mission, and future of Abilene Christian University

Additional information

ACU does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, disability, genetic information, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in keeping with applicable state and federal law.

ACU is committed to maintaining a safe and secure campus environment and protecting the university's financial and physical assets. Therefore, Abilene Christian University conducts background checks on all candidates for employment in security sensitive positions. As a current employee, it will be determined if you need an additional background check upon your hire.