Organisational Behaviour

The OB area group has 29 permanent faculty members. Every year we also welcome visiting professors from other universities.

We offer courses for MBAs, EMBAs, PhDs and Executives.

Our research covers many topics such as leadership, negotiations, team dynamics, virtual communication, career transition, identity, social networks, dispute resolution, organisational innovation, change, decision making, national and organisational culture, diversity, and power and politics.

Our MBA & eMBA courses include core courses on Organisational Behaviour and electives on Negotiations, Power and Politics, Psychological Issues in Management, Embracing Complex Change, Leadership and Communication and Managing Global Virtual Teams.

Our PhD courses include Introduction to Social Psychology, Introduction to Organisational Behaviour, Organisational Theory, Organisational Psychology, Organisational Sociology, Social Networks and an Advanced Topics course.

Faculty Recruitment

Please note that the recruitment for 2019-2020 is now closed.

The Organisational Behaviour Area at INSEAD aims to fill multiple tenured or tenure-track positions beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. We are conducting a broad search with potential to hire for meso and macro profiles, using all methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, experimental, mixed), at all levels (assistant, associate, full) in both France and Singapore. This includes individuals building and testing theory about organizations, or organizational phenomena and studying processes within and across multiple levels including intra-organizational, inter-organizational, organization-environment, and the role of organizations in society and fields.

Applicants should hold a PhD in Management, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Sociology, or a related discipline; and be interested in teaching to business audiences.

INSEAD is a top-ranked research-focused business school with MBA, EMBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. As a school, our goal is to develop value-driven leaders with a global mindset who will use business as a force for good. We have a strong international focus with fully-integrated campuses in France and Singapore, as well as international alliances/partnerships with The Wharton School, Sorbonne University, and Tsinghua University.

INSEAD encourages publication in the premier scholarly journals in both the basic and applied behavioral sciences (e.g., AMJ, ASQ, Organization Science, OBHDP, Management Science, AMR, JAP, JPSP, Psych Science, AJS, ASR, SMJ, etc.). Internal funding for research and conference attendance is generous. The Organizational Behavior Area comprises seventeen tenure-track faculty members from around the world with varied research interests and methodological approaches. To learn more, visit:

https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/academic-areas/organisational-behaviour

Applications should include:

A current curriculum vita
A cover letter, which should include reasons for candidates’ interest in being in Fontainebleau and/or Singapore
A research statement
A teaching statement and/or evidence of teaching effectiveness
Copies of 2-3 writing samples (publications and/or working papers)
Three letters of recommendation

Note that you are welcome to apply to more than one department at INSEAD, and we welcome applications from women and members of under-represented groups. For more information about the application process, please email: Catherine Billault. The search committee is comprised of Spencer Harrison, Mike Lee, and Anthony Vashevko.

Teaching & Research

Resident Faculty

Standing & Affiliate Faculty

Jose-Luis Alvarez

Senior Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour

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