This research study will attempt to explore the teaching and research expectations that universities have for their potential IS professors. Most university departments have certain job skills and qualifications for which they advertise when attempting to recruit faculty members. This study will examine over 200 IS placement advertisements for the academic recruiting year 2001-2002 and identify the top teaching and research areas that universities are interested in for their new hires. The study will then investigate whether the candidates on the market have similar interests; it will then be possible to identify any existing gap between the teaching and research needs of the universities and the preferences of the job candidates. Lists of (1) most required and (2) most desired IS teaching and research areas will be drafted and suggestions for areas to concentrate on by the job candidates will be offered. Finally, this study will investigate whether IS candidates are adequately prepared to teach effectively in their areas of interest.
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