Chul Chung

Dr Chul Chung has expertise in Human Resource Management in international contexts, combining academic and practical experiences.

Chul Chung is an Associate Professor in International Human Resource Management at Henley Business School, specialising in International Human Resource Management. His broad research interests encompass the areas of intersections between international business, human resource management, strategic management and organisation studies. His current research is focusing on three themes:

Managing people and HR functions in multinational enterprises

• International HRM of South Korean, Japanese and emerging economy MNEs
• International HRM strategies of MNEs to achieve global integration and local responsiveness in managing people
• The transfer of HRM practices to subsidiaries in MNEs
• Motives and location choices for HR shared services in MNEs

Knowledge, capability and innovation in MNEs

• HRM and subsidiary knowledge creation in MNEs
• International experiences of managers, social capital and knowledge flows in MNEs
• International diversification and new capability development

Alternative organisational praxis in institutional contexts

• Governance of worker cooperatives: multiple institutional logics and identity work
• Adoption of egalitarian employment practices in the institutional context of precarious labour

Specialisms

• International Human Resource Management
• Comparative Human Resource Management
• Strategic Human Resource Management

Companies

• Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in International Human Resource Management Henley Business School, University of Reading (2012)
• Senior Managing Consultant IBM Global Business Services (2003 — 2008)
• Managing Consultant Towers Watson (1999 — 2003)
• Consultant LG Economic Research Institute (1997 — 1999)