Sung-Choon Kang

Sung-Choon Kang is an Associate Dean of Student Affairs and a Professor of Human Resource Management at Seoul National University Business School. Prior to joining SNU in 2008, He was an assistant professor at Korea University from 2006 to 2007. He has a BBA Degree from Seoul National University and received his PhD in Human Resource Management from Cornell University.

His research has focused on Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Capital, Managing Star Employees and Professionals, Compensation, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, and Social Capital. His articles have appeared in top HRM journals such as Academy of Management Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Human Resource Management.

He has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Managment, Management and Organization Review, and Korean academy of Managment Journal.

Education

• Ph.D., Human Resource Management, Cornell University, 2006
• MBA, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Seoul National University, 1994
• BA, College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, 1992

Work Experience

• 2008.2-present. Assistant professor, Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University
• 2006.2-2008.2. Assistant professor, School of Business, Korea University
• 2005.8-2005.12. Visiting scholar, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
• 1999.8-2005.5 Research Assistant, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
• 1994. 8-1997.6 - Instructor, Department of Management, Korea Air Force Academy

Professional Activities

Ad hoc reviewer for Human Resource Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Strategic Entrepreneurial Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, The Service Industries Journal

Awards and Honors

• 2nd Place, Ralph Alexander Dissertation Award, Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management, 2006.
• Teaching excellent award, Korea Air Force Academy. 1994.
• Research Grant from CIPD in UK (with Scott Snell & Shad Morris), 2004
• Research Grant from Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) (with Scott Snell & Shad Morris), 2003
• Undergraduate Student Fellowship, Seoul National University

Publications

Books

• Kinnie, N., Swart, J., Lund, M., Morris, S., Snell, S. & Kang, S.-C. 2006. Managing People and Knowledge in Professional Service Firms. London, UK: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Publications At International Referred Journals

• Kang, S.-C., Morris, S. S., & Snell, S. A. 2007. Relational Archetypes, Organizational learning, and value creation: Extending the human resource architecture. Academy of Management Review, 32(1): 236-256.
• Kwon, S. W. Kim, M. S., Kang, S.-C., Kim, M. H. 2008. Employee reactions to gainsharing under seniority pay systems: The mediation effects of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. Human Resource Management. 47(4): 7457-776.
• Kang, S.-C., & Snell, S. A. 2009. Intellectual capital architectures and ambidextrous: A fr_x_amework for human resource management. Journal of Management Studies, 46(1): 65-92.
• Yanadori, Y., & Kang, S.-C. 2011. Intra-firm differentiation of compensation systems: Evidence from US high-technology firms. Human Resource Management Journal, 21(3): 236-257.
• Kang, S.-C., & Yanadori, Y. 2011. Adoption and coverage of performance-related pay during institutional change: An integration of institutional and agency theories. Journal of Management Studies, 48(8):1837-1865.
• Kang, S.-C., Snell, S. A., & Swart, J. 2012. Options-based HRM, intellectual capital, and exploratory and exploitative learning in law firms' practice groups. Human Resource Management, 51 (4), 461-485
• Kim, H., & Kang, S.-C. 2013. Strategic HR function and firm performance: The moderating effects of high-involvement work practices. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 30(1): 91-113.
• Shin, J. Y, Kang, S.-C., Hyun, J.-H., & Kim, B.-J. 2014. Determinants and performance effects of executive pay multiple: Evidences from Korea. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.