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This position is an excellent fit for someone with a background in psychology (or other related social sciences) who in the future is considering applying to a PhD program, and/or pursuing a career in behavioral research.
The RA would collaborate with two professors in different research projects (detailed below).
Research Projects
Governance and the growth and sustainability of entrepreneurial firms
* How do governance and decision-making structures impact the growth and sustainability of entrepreneurial firms?
* How firms build effective relationships with stakeholders (e.g., employees, investors, and customers) and ensure value is shared in ways that support long-term success.
* How entrepreneurial firms can effectively manage their workforce to address challenges such as hiring talent retention and leadership development.
Consumer decision making: Differences between material purchases and experiential purchases
* How different types of purchases are processed, for instance, whether experiential purchases (travel, restaurants, movies) are processed more intuitively or are surrounded by more uncertainty, versus material purchases (cars, clothes, appliances).
How do consumers process the information and make decisions for one type of purchase versus the other?
Role requirements: Must have:
* Fluency or near fluency in English (ideally also fluency in Spanish).
* Literature review: Ability to conduct literature searches related to the above topics, including identification of articles and summary of key findings.
* Coding and statistical analysis: Coding of materials or data entry for analysis in studies.
Desirable to have:
* Theory development: Participation in the elaboration and construction of the theoretical framework of our projects.
* Studies: Designing and running survey studies and experiments (online and “paper and pencil”), exporting data, data analysis, and summary of results.
* Statistics: Knowledge of statistical software (e.g., SPSS, STATA, or R) and analysis in the social sciences (ANOVAs, regressions, moderated mediation), and ideally, experience in multi-level modeling. Knowledge of Python (text mining, scraping, and text analysis) would also be a plus.
* Writing: Capability of writing for academic journals (ideally with previous experience, e.g., writing a research thesis).
Education:
* BS/BA degree or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Social Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Marketing, or Commercial Engineering (or in a related field).
* Work permit for Spain.
* Highly proficient in English (both oral and written).
Conditions:
* Full-time position (1,830 euros/month before tax).
* Work contract and Social Security.
* Start date: February.
* End date: 1 year with the possibility of extending.
CONTACT:
Interested parties please send CV, academic transcript, and a cover letter in English to:
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