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The DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University is currently seeking outstanding applicants with an established record of research, teaching and business community collaboration for a number of faculty positions.
- Director of Health Policy - Health Policy, PhD Program
- Associate Director of Health Policy - Health Policy, PhD Program
- Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies - Indigenous Studies Program
- AIC Chair in Investments and Portfolio Management - Finance and Business Economics Area
- CIBC Chair in Financial Markets - Finance and Business Economics Area
- TMX Visiting Professorship - Finance and Business Economics Area
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and Permanent Residents will be given priority. McMaster University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Faculty Profile
Associate professor Giri Kanagaretnam looks at accounting standards and the flexibility within those standards that can allow incentive-driven managers to capitalize on opportunistic benefits such as bonus clauses and pay incentives.
Using archived financial data, Kanagaretnam analyzes how CEO compensation, specifically stock options, influences stock performance and how executives can be motivated to manipulate results and earnings.
Kanagaretnam also looks at the ways corporate governance can facilitate or prevent the collusion of directors and chief executives in enehancing each other's compensation.