Jongwook Pak

Dr. Jongwook Pak is Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. He received his PhD at Seoul National University, and his Master’s degrees at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Università degli Studi di Milano. Prior to joining Trinity Business School, he had held an appointment at Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea.

Jongwook has extensively been working on implementation issues of management practices and organizational innovation. His articles appear in top-tier international journals such as Journal of Management (JOM), and he is the lead author of the book titled, Sources and Consequences of HRM gap: The Korean Experience. Also, he is a regular presenter at Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. He was shortlisted for best paper at 2016 AOM Human Resource International Conference, and is the winner of several awards at Korean management conferences. Before PhD, Dr. Pak worked for global management consulting firms such as booz & company, Accenture, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and was engaged in a wide range of consulting services (e.g., new business strategy, business process reengineering, HRM ). He was a national-level swimmer and won several national championships over his athletic career. He still enjoys swimming at Trinity College Sport Centre.