Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy (Hitotsubashi ICS)
Full or Associate Professor (Tenured Faculty Position)
or Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track Faculty Position)
Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy
Hitotsubashi University Chiyoda Campus, National Center of Sciences Building (Gakujutsu Sogo
Place of Work

Center Building), 2-1-2, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 152-8439 Japan【Access Map】https://www.ics.hub.hit-u.ac.jp/contact/(Scope of change) Place determined by the University
Job Title# of Positions
SalaryFull or Associate Professor (Tenured Faculty Position)
or Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track Faculty Position)
1
Determined according to the Hitotsubashi University regulations, considering qualifications andexperience

Starting Date
EmploymentTermProbation

September 1, 2025 (negotiable)
For Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track Faculty Position), September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2030.
Tenure evaluation before the end of the five-year period. If successful, the appointee will be promoted
to a tenured position
6 months

PeriodJobdescription•Teach at the graduate level (MBA and DBA programs) and conduct research in English.

•Play a leadership role in conducting research and developing the course curriculum in the fields••of leadership.
Required to teach an MBA course “Leadership” and take an initiative to developing a methodbased program (e.g., leadership coaching in MBA, research methodology in DBA).
Participate in administrative tasks, including committee work, MBA/DBA admission, andprogram administration.

（Scope of change）General operations related to the management of the University
We are seeking a candidate for research and teaching in leadership, open to various disciplines suchas Organizational Behavior, Psychology, or Decision Science.
Minimum Qualifications:
1)Ph.D. or other doctoral degree in Leadership, Organizational Behavior, or a related field from arecognized university.

2)

Consideration given to applicants near completion of a PhD or other doctoral degree.

3)

Potential for high quality research and effective graduate-level teaching in English.

Desirable Qualifications:
Qualifications

1)

Published or forthcoming papers in international peer reviewed journals in Leadership,
Organizational Behavior, or related fields.

2)

Teaching interests in Leadership and related topics.

3)

Proven teaching ability at the graduate level.

4)

Knowledge of international issues in Leadership and related fields.

5)

Prior research related to Japanese economy and business is desirable, and will be consideredwith higher priority.

6)

Japanese language proficiency is desirable, but not required.

7)(a) For Full or Associate Professor: established international publication record.
(b) For Assistant Professor: solid pipeline of international publications.

•Work Hours

Work hours: 7 hours and 45 minutes per weekday / 38 hours and 45 minutes per week, under
the Discretionary Work System for Professional Work.

•Work days: 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.

Days Off

Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year days off; Mid-summer days off; Otherdays as designated by the president of the university.
Annual paid leave of 20 days per calendar year (January 1 to December 31), but 5 days in 2025

Leave

(October 1 to December 31); Sick leave; Special leave (bereavement, maternity, childcare, nursingcare, etc.)

SocialEmployment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employees’ Pension andInsurances

Health Insurance

Screening

Preliminary documentation screening and interview. Only candidate(s) who pass the initialProcess

documentation screening will be invited for an interview.
•Applications must be prepared in English. Send applications via Google Forms:
https://forms.gle/HKwtwvDZpAD2Mn57A•Submit the documents as listed in the "Documents to be submitted" section below. Make surethat your application is complete prior to submission. Incomplete applications will not beApplicationconsidered.

Process•Prepare all the documents in PDF format, and include your full name as part of the file name.
Please put all the documents in one Zip folder, and title the folder as“Firstname_Lastname.zip”.

1)

Cover letter clearly stating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications andsummarizing your research /teaching interests and reasons for wanting to join the faculty at
Hitotsubashi University of Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy.

2)

Digital soft copies of 3 representative papers (published or unpublished).

3)

List of three professional references (names, affiliations, titles, and contact information

Documents toincluding telephone numbers and email addresses) who are prepared to provide letters of

be submitted

recommendation.
4)

Current curriculum vitae

5)

Copies of official transcripts of graduate education (official transcripts required upon hiring).

6)

A list of courses taught at the graduate level, preferably with course and faculty evaluation
scores. Please include a copy of the syllabus for 3 selected courses, in the areas of Leadership,
Organizational Behavior, or related fields.

Application

5 PM, Friday, August 2, 2024, Japan Standard Time (JST)

Deadline
Notification ofresults
Interview
Date
Policy on

Only candidate(s) who pass the initial documentation screening will be contacted for interview byphone or e-mail by August 16. If not contacted by this date, it indicates non-progression to theinterview round.
Online interviews in late August to early September 2024.
Campus visit fly-outs in October 2024.
Application documents will not be returned and will be disposed of appropriately after processing.

Document
ReturnPoint of•Application Submission: https://forms.gle/HKwtwvDZpAD2Mn57A

Contact•

Inquiries*: Professor Satoshi Akutsu, Hitotsubashi ICS, ics-hiring@ics.hub.hit-u.ac.jp * Emailinquiries only.

Personal information obtained from application documents is used solely for the purpose of
conducting statistical surveys and operations related to recruitment and post-employment personnel/ salary / welfare, health management, labor, hygiene, employment / retirement, on-campus system
Notes

and facility usage management and will not be used nor provided to a third party for any purpose
other than these purposes. However, if it is necessary to achieve these purposes, we may outsource
the handling of the information to an external organization that has concluded a confidentiality
agreement with the university.
Smoking is prohibited on the university campus except in designated smoking areas.

The university does not have staff housing, but staff housing at partner universities may beavailable.