Graduate Assistant in Organizational Behavior

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

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Presentation

The Department of Organizational Behavior at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary research environment (https://www.unil.ch/ob/home.html). We value the diverse areas of expertise among department members, who hold Ph.D.s in business, management, psychology, economics, and population biology.  More broadly, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne is one of the largest faculties on campus and consists of 10 departments. We publish in top-tier journals in numerous disciplines, including Academy of Management Journal, American Economic Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Nature, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes, Organizational Research Methods, PNAS, and others.  Department members come from several different countries, and the working language of the department is English.

Job information

Expected start date position: September 1st, 2026, or October 1st, 2026

Contract duration: The initial contract is one year. The contract is twice renewable for two years, and thus the maximum funding period is five years.

Type of position: Due to budgetary constraints, if starting on September 1, 2026, the position will be at 80% for the first three months, then increase to 100%. If starting on October 1, 2026, we guarantee a 100% contract.

Salary: According to legal stipulations here

Supervisor: John Antonakis

Your responsibilities

• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to completion of doctoral studies


• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to providing teaching, administrative, and research support for the supervisor

Your qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following skills: 

• Master’s in management, organizational behavior, economics, sociology, psychology, or a related field


• Fluent in English


• Interest in organizational behavior topics and leadership in particular, experimental methods and research methods


• Must be accepted to the doctoral program in management

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

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Contact for further information

Information about John Antonakis and the Department of Organizational Behavior is available here: Department of Organizational Behavior - HEC Unil.

• Inquiries about the position itself should be sent to Prof. John Antonakis [email protected]


• Inquiries related to the application process for this position should be sent to Vanessa Zirek [email protected]

Your application

Deadline : July 10th, 2026

Please submit the following documents in pdf format through the UNIL applications platform:

• Letter of motivation


• Brief explanation of potential thesis topic (2 pages maximum)


• Curriculum Vitae


• Copies of university diplomas and degrees; transcripts (indicating marks/grades achieved)


• MSc thesis or an example research project 

Please, send your full application in Word or PDF.
Only applications through this website will be taken into account.

We thank you for your understanding.

Additional information

Information about the Faculty of Business and Economics is available here: Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne) - HEC Unil 

Information on the doctoral program in Management is available here: Doctoral School - HEC Unil 

UNIL is committed to:
•    equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
•    ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
•    offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
•    supporting early career researchers.

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