PhD Candidate in International Business

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHQjc4ndas&t=41s About the position The position is at NTNU in Ålesund at the School of International Business. We are looking for candidates with an educational background in international business or international management. However, other business and management degrees, including technology management, innovation management, organizational leadership and behavior, or human resource management, will also be considered. Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate and, at the same time, gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a future career in higher education and research, both within and beyond academia. Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department. About the project Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and remote operations are transforming not only where people work, but also how work is organized. As technologies redistribute tasks, expertise, decision-making authority, and responsibility across people and locations, they can reconfigure established roles, relationships, and ways of working. These changes raise important leadership questions: How do leaders help employees navigate changing roles and responsibilities? How are trust, shared understanding, and coordination maintained when work becomes increasingly technology-mediated and geographically distributed? And how do leadership practices emerge as established authority structures are reshaped by technology? These leadership challenges can become particularly pronounced in culturally diverse teams, where members may differ in their expectations regarding leadership, authority, autonomy, participation, communication, and responsibility. Such differences may reflect both the cultural composition of the team and the cultural values and orientations of individual members. The aim of this PhD project is to investigate how leadership and culture jointly shape responses to technology-driven changes in distributed work, with particular attention to how leaders navigate culturally diverse expectations as new ways of working emerge, and how these processes influence trust, role clarity, and coordination. The PhD project seeks to advance research on leadership, cross-cultural management, and technology-driven organizational change, potentially using remote maritime operations as a relevant empirical context in which geographically dispersed and culturally diverse actors must navigate shifting roles and authority while coordinating effectively in a safety-critical environment. The successful candidate will have scope to develop the theoretical framework, research questions, and methodological design within the project's overall direction. About the proposal The PhD candidate should develop and submit a proposal within the scope of the topic, and, if selected as the preferred candidate, conduct research on the topic. Preferably, the PhD candidate’s research should focus on industries relevant to the Møre and Romsdal county, such as the marine and maritime industries. Duties of the position Complete the doctoral education until obtaining a doctorate Carry out research of good quality within the framework described above Academic publications and popular science dissemination Participate in the research group on international business and innovation. Participate in international activities such as conferences and/or research stays at foreign educational institutions Be prepared for changes to your work duties after employment. Required selection criteria You must have an academically relevant background, preferably within international business or international management. However, other business and management degrees including technology management, management of innovation, organizational leadership and behavior, or human resource management may also apply. You must have a master’s degree in international business, international management, business administration, or equivalent. Your course of study must correspond to a five-year Norwegian course in which 120 credits have been obtained at the master's level. Master's students can apply, but the master's degree must be obtained and documented before starting the position. You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and have an average grade from your Master's degree studies, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared to NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studie

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