Seung-Hwan Jeong

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin M.S., Korea University B.B.A., Korea University

Seung-Hwan Jeong is an Assistant Professor in Strategic Management at the Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. His research interests include behavioral strategy, corporate governance, strategic leadership, and organizational ambidexterity. Seung received his Ph.D. in Management, with a concentration in Strategic Management, from The University of Texas at Austin. He also received a M.S. in Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Korea University, South Korea.

Education

• PhD, Strategic Management, University of Texas at Austin, 2018
• MS, Business Administration, Korea University, 2012
• BBA, Business Administration, Korea University, 2010

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Corporate Governance
• Diversity in Strategic Leadership
• Family Firms
• Exploration/Exploitation

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:

• Best paper award, Academy of Management, STR division, Strategic Leadership, TMT, and Corporate Governance track, 2022
• Finalist, Sucheta Nadkarni Award for Outstanding Publication on Women Executive Leadership, 2022
• Outstanding Teaching Performance Award, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, 2019
• Strategic Management Society Outstanding Reviewer Award, Strategic Leadership and Governance IG, 2018

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Jeong, S.-H., Murphy, A. M., Zhang, Y., Quigley, T. J. (Forthcoming) How do Investors Really React to the Appointment of Black CEOs? Strategic Management Journal

Jeong, S.-H., Kim, H., & Kim, H. (2022). Strategic Nepotism in Family Director Appointments: Evidence from Family Business Groups in South Korea. Academy of Management Journal, 65: 656–682.

Kim, Y., Busenbark, J.R., Jeong, S.-H., Lam, S.K. (2022). The Performance Impact of Marketing Dualities: A Response Surface Approach to Resolving Empirical Challenges. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 1-26.

Campbell, R. J., Jeong, S.-H., & Graffin, S. D. (2019). Born to take risk? The effect of CEO birth order on strategic risk taking. Academy of Management Journal, 62: 1278–1306.

Jeong, S.-H. & Harrison, D.A. (2017). Glass Breaking, strategy making, and value creating: Meta-analytic outcomes of women as CEOs and TMT members. Academy of Management Journal, 60: 1219- 1252.