"Visiting/Adjunct Professor Positions in Organizational Behavior and Global Innovation"

Job Overview

NYU Shanghai invites applications from qualified individuals to teach courses in Organizational Behavior and Global Innovation for graduate students during the Fall 2022 semester. Instruction for each course will be in English and scheduled for 35 hours of classroom time. The Fall 2022 semester runs from September 5 to December 16. Appointments will be made on a part-time visiting or adjunct professor basis.

Candidates may come from academia or from industry practice and must have a graduate or professional degree (PhD, MBA, or similar). Prior teaching experience in organizational behavior or global innovation and an enthusiastic commitment to higher education are highly valued.

A sample course description for Organizational Behavior is as follows: Introduction to theory, research and practice to better understand human behavior in organizations. Topics include motivation and job satisfaction; decision making; group dynamics; work teams; leadership; communication; power, politics and conflict; organization culture, structure and design; impact of technology; management of work stress; organizational change and development; and career management. Analysis of organizational behavior problems by self assessments, case studies and simulations.

A sample course description for Global Innovation is as follows: This course focuses on global technology-enabled innovation. Topics covered include management of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, internet of things; issues, theories and dilemmas in global innovation; how organizations can become more innovative; accessing global sources of innovation, coordination and organization of activities worldwide; identify, evaluate and discuss key theories, frameworks and models in relation to global innovation; identify, evaluate, and analyze firms’ challenges to access, transfer and use globally dispersed knowledge.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae to ehm4@nyu.edu. Questions or inquiries about the positions may also be directed to the prior email address. Terms of employment at NYU Shanghai are comparable to NYU New York and other U.S. institutions.

About NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai is one of three degree-granting campuses within New York University’s global network. It is the first higher education joint venture in China authorized to grant degrees that are accredited in the U.S. as well as in China. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university that attracts students from around the world, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world’s great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU’s global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live.

NYU’s global network includes degree-granting campuses in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi, complemented by fourteen additional academic centers across five continents. Faculty and students circulate within the network in pursuit of common research interests and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary endeavors, both local and global.

NYU Shanghai is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented individuals in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Shanghai affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach.