MSCA-PF 2023: Management

Are you a young postdoc in the field of business management, human resources, or organizational behaviour? Come to Brno via MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship and conduct your research under the supervision of Jakub Procházka, one of our leading experts in the field of management, and his team.

The Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, is currently looking for postdocs who would like to apply for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowship in the 2023 call. Join a prestigious team of experts in the field of management and gain valuable research experience! More information about the call and topics can be found here.

Only in the Czech Republic, your research proposal will have a triple chance of getting funded. First, there is the European funding via Horizon Europe – the MSCA-PF programme. The projects which gain the score of 93 percent or higher will be accepted. However, projects which receive a mark of 70 percent or higher will automatically be eligible for funding from the Czech Structural Funds. This is usually achieved by 80 percent of all applicants! The third option is to apply for ERA Fellowships.

What’s in it for you?

• Research experience aiming at top rated publications
• Collaboration with top scientists on projects in the field of management
• Background and support of a strong organization and staff experienced in administering MSCA projects
• MSCA-PF super gross salary of approximately 5000 € per month
• Workshops focused on writing successful research proposals and other topics
• Opportunity to further participate in interesting international projects

Who are we looking for?

• Young researchers who completed their PhD before 13^th September 2023 and not longer than 8 years ago
• Candidates who have not resided in the Czech Republic for more than 12 months during the last 3 years at the time of the deadline (13^th September 2023)

Supervisor

During your stay, you will be supervised by associate professorJakub Procházka, one of our leading experts in positive human resources management and organizational behaviour. Jakub is the head of the Department of Corporate Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Administration. His research focus lies on the border between psychology and business management with application in human resources management. He is especially interested in attitudes and well-being of employees and positive ways in which organizations can influence it. The focal constructs are leadership, autonomy at work, organizational commitment, burnout, and psychological capital. In terms of methodology, he prefers quantitative research, especially experiments and large surveys with data analysis using Structural Equations Modelling. He has published in journals such as The International Journal of Human Resources Management, Psychological Science, Judgment and Decision Making, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, or Conscientiousness and Cognition.

Sounds interesting? If so, please submit the following documents to Jana Sosnová (Jana.Sosnova@econ.muni.cz) no later than on 19 March 2023:

• CV
• Annotation of your project (approx. half a page long)
• List of publications covering the last 5 years

Please, do not hesitate to reach out for more information.