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Research Associate (5-month contract), Lee Kong Chian School of Business

2-5 Years
SGD 3,700 - 6,800 per month
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The family-like atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop a comprehensive dataset on entrepreneurship with the research team.
  • Conduct data cleaning, and verification using Stata and python.
  • Mentor a team of six to eight research assistants, providing guidance on data collection and variable coding and ensuring the accuracy of their work.
  • Contribute to the writing and preparation of the dataset description paper in collaboration with the research team.
  • Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Management, Economics, or a related field.
  • Experience in conducting quantitative research.
  • Good understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship research.
  • Basic knowledge of academic writing.
  • Proficiency in Stata for data cleaning and analysis.
  • Experience in data collection, cleaning and applying reproducible research practices.
  • Proficiency in reading Chinese-language (Mandarin).
  • Experience using python for data cleaning is a plus.
  • Ability to guide and mentor a team of undergraduate assistants.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work independently and coordinating closely with the research team.
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Job ID: 133795655