POSITIONS: PhD Studentships in Business & Management (Nottingham Business School)

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

PhD Studentships in Business & Management
Nottingham Trent University - Nottingham Business School
(3 years full time)

Nottingham Business School's success in RAE2008 confirmed a step change in our research profile, with one of the largest submissions for a post 1992 university, 80% of our research was recognised internationally. We now wish to build on this success and strengthen our core research areas by offering three year full time doctoral studentships. The studentships will attract a bursary (currently £13,290 per annum) in addition to payment of tuition fees (equivalent to UK/EU fees).

Nottingham Business School has five research groups: Employment, Learning & Knowledge Management, Applied Economics & Policy, Consumer Services, Public Sector Management and Technology Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

The studentships will involve carrying out research under the following headings:

* Women-owned SMEs' attitudes to Growth: A sectoral examination of marketing SMEs (Prof C Brindley & Dr C Foster)
* An investigation into stakeholder engagement & partnership working as prerequisites to drive the public confidence agenda: the case of the East Midlands Local Criminal Justice Board (Prof J Liddle)
* Investigating the impact of economic conditions (growth vs recession) on the employee resourcing strategy and practices of large project-based organizations (Dr A Raiden)
* Work-Life Balance and Identity: An Exploration of the Identity Work of Knowledge Workers in the Context of Organizational Flexibilities Initiatives (Prof S Tietze)
* An examination of the Economic and Social Value of Prediction Markets (Prof L Vaughan Williams)

Further details are available from Professor David Smith, Research Director at david.smith02 at ntu.ac.uk

Application packs are available from gsr at ntu.ac.uk

The closing date for studentship applications is 8 January 2010.