So, you want to be a business professor?

Finding a tenure‐track position in academia in North America: Development of an employability model for new assistant professors

“…The current study sets out to investigate employability in academia in North America through the analysis of data collected from a sample of recently hired business school professors. This presents an intriguing context for the present study as business schools continue to hire new faculty members (i.e., an average of 5.2 faculty members per year, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, 2017); however, the level of competition for these positions has increased significantly as more candidates with doctoral degrees enter the market (Wisneski, 2013). In addition, business school applicants can take between six months to a year to secure a position as the hiring process is often highly involved and complex (Fiset & Saffie-Robertson, 2020).…”

The power of community in the business professional to academic transition

“…Various business professionals provide excellent articles on the challenges of moving from the business to the academic world (e.g. Showalter, 2018; Wisneski, 2013). The current article expands on previous work by discussing a critical area in the transition: harnessing the power of different communities in the academic environment.…”

“…Various business professionals have shared their learnings after working as NTT faculty. Wisneski (2013) stresses the need to embrace the autonomy in one’s new role, describing how academicians highly value creating their own knowledge assets. Showalter (2018) discusses a transition from the perspective of the accounting function.…”

“…The academic environment is characterized by greater autonomy in one’s role than is the case in the corporate environment (Wisneski, 2013), with supervision generally not as rigorous. Thus there is a particular need in the academic world to be proactive about seeking out mentors to help one learn and progress in one’s career.…”

The Vanguardist Good Professor in Natural and Social Sciences

“…In a self-critical and reflective paper about becoming a good social science professor, Wisneski (2013) elucidates some key aspects and problems that challenges business professors from his years of management consultation within industry and as a university docent. According to him, as industry professionals, they are aware of the performance measures and rewards for the appropriate technical skills.…”