PhD candidate on employment conditions, (collective) action of employees and employee well-being

23 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)

Research Field

Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

4 Jun 2023 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

38.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The PhD candidate will study how workers fare and (re)act within organizations using quantitative and qualitative methods. How are workers' careers affected by firm policies, practices and culture concerning flexible employment contracts? This question will be tackled with quantitative methods, part of the ERC project DYNANSE, which focuses on employment trajectories of employees on non-standard contracts, such as temporary contracts or on-call contracts. You will use register data on employment from Statistics Netherlands linked to collective labour agreement (CLA) data to study the relation between collective action, CLAs and employment conditions. The project will go further into studying how the way firms shape workers' careers, interacts with workers' participation in individual and collective action. In this, the PhD candidate will tackle broader questions: why do some employees join a trade union and a strike, and others not? Why do some employees do the bare minimum at work to protect their mental health, while others work until they burn out? We will study the influence of employment characteristics (pay, autonomy, etc), social norms regarding work (work ethos) and personal resources on the willingness and ability to take part in different forms of action and will study the effects of these actions on working conditions and well-being of employees. This will be done qualitatively, by interviewing workers with different backgrounds about their motives for taking part in different forms of action.

We are looking for researchers who are interested in labour market sociology and who have interest and knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and who are motivated to further develop as researchers. The successful candidate are able to and enjoy formulating research ideas and questions that are related to the topics described above.

Your duties

• To write a dissertation about the relation between employment conditions, work ethos, employee action and well-being
• To conduct high-quality quantitative and qualitative sociological research, resulting in publications in scientific journals
• To conduct research based on co-creation with different stakeholders, e.g. trade unions, to increase societal impact of research
• Develop research questions and ideas that give further substance to the research project
• Be an active member of the ERC research team
• To follow courses at the level of a PhD candidate to collect 30 ECTS, for instance at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Social Sciences (GSSS; admission to the GSSS is mandatory. For more information click here )
• Support 'open science' and work in a reproducible way and share tools and data with the wider scientific community
• Assist in the teaching of courses in Sociology or Statistics and Methodology in courses of the curricula of the Faculty of Social Sciences

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• A completed (research) master degree in sociology, (political) economy or a related field;
• Solid background in qualitative and quantitative research; experience with working with large datasets is considered an asset;
• The wish to further develop quantitative and qualitative research skills;
• Being able to work independently as well as in a team and with stakeholders;
• Fluency in English, writing and speaking;

Additional Information
Benefits

A challenging position in a socially involved organization. The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel and amounts €2,541 (PhD) per month during the first year and increases to €3,247 (PhD) per month during the fourth year, based on a full-time employment. The job profile: is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0.8 FTE.

The appointment will initially be for 1 year. After a satisfactory evaluation of the initial appointment, the contract will be extended for a duration of 4 years.
Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

• a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• solid pension scheme (ABP)
• contribution to commuting expenses
• space for personal development

Additional comments

Are you interested in this position? Please apply via the application button and upload your curriculum vitae and cover letter until 02/06/2023. The job interviews are planned for mid June, when possible please take them into account when applying for the position.

Submitting a diploma and a reference check are part of the application process.

Applications received by e-mail will not be processed.

Vacancy questions
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, you may contact:

Name: Stef Bouwhuis
Position: Assistant Professor Sociology
E-mail: [email protected]

No agencies

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Postal Code

1081HV

Street

De Boelelaan 1105

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/328079/phd-candidate-on-employment-conditions-…

Contact

City

Amsterdam

Website

http://www.vu.nl/

Street

De Boelelaan 1105

Postal Code

1081 HV

STATUS: EXPIRED