The University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. It opened its doors in 1904 on the Bloemfontein Campus with a mere six students in the Humanities. Since then, our institution has grown to more than 34 127 students, spread across seven faculties over three campuses. https://www.ufs.ac.za/about-the-...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Department Business Management (2-Year Contract) (Job ID: 5825)
Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University if the Free State.
Graduated with a PhD degree in a relevant discipline within the last five years.
Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS.
Duties and responsibilities:
Conduct innovative research in the following areas: women entrepreneurship, gender, work-family conflict, family support, work-life balance; entrepreneurial intention and behaviour, business outcomes (growth, survival performance and exit).
Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET–accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books. The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
Initiate projects and seek funding for them.
Register and reside as postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research