Name: KWUN, Seog Kyeun

Professor of Management & Organization Studies

College of Business

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Seoul, Korea

E-mail: skk@hufs.ac.kr

 

Education

Ph.D.                   University of Minnesota, USA

M.S.                     Seoul National University, Korea

B.S.                      Seoul National University, Korea        

 

Professional Careers at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies(HUFS)

• Director of Global Business Leader Program, HUFS
• Director of Academic Program, Graduate School of Business, HUFS
• Chair, Department of Business Administration, HUFS
• Dean of Research & External Affairs, HUFS
• Director, Institute of Business Research, HUFS
• Dean, College of Business, HUFS
• Dean, Graduate School of Business, HUFS

 

Professional Activities & Services (selected)

• Chair, Division of Organization Studies, Korean Academy of Management
• Board of Governors, Korean Strategic Management Society
• Non-executive Director, Board of Directors, Hunet, Inc.
• Executive Director, Board of Directors, Creatizen Ltd.
• Editor-in-Chief, Korean Management Education Review, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration
• Visiting Scholar, Carlson School of Management, Univ. of Minnesota
• Secretary-General, Korean Society of Human Resource Management
• President, Korean Strategic Management Society
• Chairman, Korean Unification Management Forum, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration
• President, Korean Academy of Management
• Chairman, Board of Directors, AhnLab, Inc.

 

Selected Papers

• Saavedra, R. & Kwun, S.K. "Peer evaluation in self-managing work groups," Journal of Applied Psychology, 1993, Vol. 78, pp. 450-462.
• Kwun, S.K & Cummings, L.L. "Role of self-esteem in resolving inequity," Psychological Reports, 1994, Vol. 75, pp. 95-111.
• Kwun, S.K. "Organizational learning: A critical review," Korean Journal of Management, 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 121-164.
• Kwun, S.K. "Managing the processes of organizational learning strategically," Korean Journal of Industrial Relations, 1995, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 187-213.
• Kwun, S.K. "The antecedents and barriers of organizational learning: An exploratory study," Korean Personnel Administration Journal, 1996, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 3-24.
• Kwun, S.K. "The structure and antecedents of job affect," Korean Journal of Management, 1997, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-53.
• Kwun, S.K. & Lee, E. "The relationship between interpersonal trust and learning-by-sharing," Korean Personnel Administration Journal, 1999, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 43-64.
• Kwun, S.K. "The effects of leader behavior, social similarity, and exchange relations on the subordinate's trust in leader," Korean Management Review, 2000, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 189-218.
• Saavedra, R. & Kwun, S.K. "Affective states in job characteristics theory," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2000, Vol. 23(special issue), pp. 131-146.
• Kwun, S.K. "Corporate culture of Korean ventures: Beyond a universalistic view," International Area Review, 2000, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 51-75.
• Kwun, S.K. "Human resource development and training for knowledge management: A competency perspective," Korean Management Education Review, 2000, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 7-28.
• Kwun, S.K. & Cho, N.S. "Organizational change and inertia: Korea Telecom," Asia Pacific Business Review, 2001, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 111-136.
• Lee, B.H. & Kwun, S.K. "Public policy toward the innovation-driven economy in Korea," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2003, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 267-281.
• Kwun, S.K. & Lee, C.W. "The effects of transformational and transactional leadership on the follower’s trust in leader," Korean Personnel Administration Journal, 2004, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 173-208.
• Park, J.H. & Kwun, S.K. "Suggestions for leveling up the effectiveness of management-by-objectives in the public sector," Korean Journal of Business Research, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 203-230.
• Park, J.H. & Kwun, S.K. "The effects of pay-for-performance on motivation in team-based work systems," Korean Personnel Administration Journal, 2006, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 87-119.
• Park, J.H. & Kwun, S.K. "The effects of team diversity, organizational context, and team development on the effectiveness of cross-functional project teams," Korean Management Review, 2009, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 1273-1305.
• Kwun, S.K. "The antecedents and effectiveness of interpersonal trust between the inter-departmental cooperative parties," Korean Journal of Human Resource Management Research, 2010, Vol.17, No. 2, pp. 95-120.
• Kwun, S.K. & Choi, B.I. "Affect convergence and the antecedents of group affect," Korean Journal of Management, 2010, Vol.18, No. 3, pp. 141-173.
• Choi, B.I., Jang, C.H. & Kwun, S.K., "The effects of person-organization fit and person-job fit on organizational effectiveness," Korean Journal of Organization and Management, 2011, Vol.35, No. 1, pp. 199-232.
• Park, J.H., Lee, J.H. & Kwun, S.K. "Research on peer rating tendency in self-managed teams," Korean Journal of Business Management, 2011, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 81-95.
• Kwun, S.K. "Firm’s strategic contexts and scenario-based management in the age of Korean unification," Korea Business Research, 2012, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 119-141.
• Kwun, S.K. & Choi, B.I. "The effects of social category diversity and task-oriented diversity on team processes and effectiveness," Korean Journal of Management, 2012, Vol.20, No. 2, pp. 1-46.
• Choi, B.I. & Kwun, S.K. "The mediating effects of affective experiences on the relationship between group characteristics and effectiveness: A cross-level study," Korean Journal of Human Resource Management Research, 2012, Vol.19, No. 3, pp. 173-194.
• Yoo, T. & Kwun, S.K. "Capitalism in crisis: New thoughts on management and organization theories,” Korean Journal of Management, 2013, Vol.21, No. 3, pp.195-227.
• Kang, B.S. & Kwun, S.K. "Understanding the Korean passion, Shinbaram: Emotions, behaviors, and their antecedents and consequences," Korean Journal of Management, 2013, Vol.21, No. 4, pp.123-158.
• Kim, G.I., Kwun, S.K. & Kang, S.W. “The impacts of organizational change efforts on organizational failure under hostile environment,” Korean Management Review, 2013, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp.1737-1778.
• Choi, B.I. & Kwun, S.K. "Personality diversity and team effectiveness: Their relationships and the moderating effects of transformational leadership," Korean Journal of Human Resource Management Research, 2014, Vol.21, No. 4, pp. 47-71.
• Kwun, S.K. “Humanities, the arts, and management: Exchange and consilience,” Korean Journal of Management, 2015, Vol.23, No. 2, pp.7-32.
• Yoon, S.Y. & Kwun, S.K. “On employee voice and silence: The effects of three leadership styles and their consequences," Korean Journal of Management, 2015, Vol.23, No. 3, pp.37-65.
• Kwun, S.K., Oh, S.H. & Choi, B.I. “Facilitating autonomous motivation: Job characteristics and transformational leadership as antecedents and performance behaviors as consequences," Korean Journal of Organization and Management, 2016, Vol.40, No. 2, pp. 31-58.
• Oh, S,H, & Kwun, S,K. "Job affect, transformational leadership and organizational effectiveness," Korean Journal of Human Resource Management Research, 2016, Vol.23, No. 4, pp. 35-54.
• Kwun, S.K. "Organizational commitment and employee efforts in ASEAN: Comparing Buddhist and Islamic countries," Korean Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2017, Vol.26, No. 3, pp.47-73.

 

Books

• Management Characteristics of Korean Large Firms (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Segyung-sa, 1995).
• Learning Organization: Theories and Practices (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Samsung Economic Research Institute, 1996)
• Corporate Restructuring (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Hongmun-sa, 1998)
• Downsizing and Employment Adjustment (co-authored with Y.M. Lee; Seoul, Korea: KPI Publishing, 1999). Translated later in Chinese and published as a Chinese book, entitled “Management Innovation in Corporate Crisis” (Beijing, China: Shinhwa Publishing, 2005)
• New Paradigm of Management in Organization and Human Resource Management (co-authored; New Paradigm of Management Book Series #6 by Korean Academic Society of Business Administration; Seoul, Korea: Pakyoung-sa, 2002)
• New Challenges for Korean Management (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Dasan Publishing, 2002)
• Knowledge Creation and Management in the Software Industries: A Comparative Study of Firms in Korea and the UK (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Hongmun-sa, 2004)
• e-MBA Human Resource Management (Seoul, Korea: Hunet Publishing Division, 2005, 2008)
• Korean Unification: Opportunities and Threats to Korean Firms (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: RHK Publishing, 2013)
• Human Resource Management (co-authored; Seoul, Korea: Sidaegachi Publishing, 2017)

 

Monographs & Professional Reports (in 2010’s)

• Contingent Workforce Management in Korean Firms, Korean Academy of Management and the Ministry of Employment & Labor, Republic of Korea, 2012. 12.
• Korean Management and Global Competitiveness, Korean Academy of Management, 2013. 2.
• Diagnoses on and Suggestions for Organizational Failures of the Fast-growing Medium Businesses in Korea, Small & Medium Business Administration, Republic of Korea 2015. 2.
• Improvement of Labour Environments and Productivity in ASEAN countries, Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Fund and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, 2015. 12.
• Integrated Accreditation Criteria of Korean Business Schools (revised edition), Korean Association of Business Education Accreditation and the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea, 2015. 12.