Skip to main content
About HEC About HEC
Summer School Summer School
Faculty & Research Faculty & Research
Master’s programs Master’s programs
Bachelor Programs Bachelor Programs
MBA Programs MBA Programs
PhD Program PhD Program
Executive Education Executive Education
HEC Online HEC Online
About HEC
Overview Overview
Who
We Are
Who
We Are
Egalité des chances Egalité des chances
HEC Talents HEC Talents
International International
Campus
Life
Campus
Life
Sustainability Sustainability
Diversity
& Inclusion
Diversity
& Inclusion
Stories Stories
The HEC
Foundation
The HEC
Foundation
Summer School
Youth Programs Youth Programs
Summer programs Summer programs
Online Programs Online Programs
Faculty & Research
Overview Overview
Faculty Directory Faculty Directory
Departments Departments
Centers Centers
Chairs Chairs
Grants Grants
Knowledge@HEC Knowledge@HEC
Master’s programs
Master in
Management
Master in
Management
Master's
Programs
Master's
Programs
Double Degree
Programs
Double Degree
Programs
Bachelor
Programs
Bachelor
Programs
Summer
Programs
Summer
Programs
Exchange
students
Exchange
students
Student
Life
Student
Life
Our
Difference
Our
Difference
Bachelor Programs
Overview Overview
Course content Course content
Admissions Admissions
Fees and Financing Fees and Financing
MBA Programs
MBA MBA
Executive MBA Executive MBA
TRIUM EMBA TRIUM EMBA
PhD Program
Overview Overview
HEC Difference HEC Difference
Program details Program details
Research areas Research areas
HEC Community HEC Community
Placement Placement
Job Market Job Market
Admissions Admissions
Financing Financing
Executive Education
Home Home
About us About us
Management topics Management topics
Open Programs Open Programs
Custom Programs Custom Programs
Events/News Events/News
Contacts Contacts
HEC Online
Overview Overview
Degree Program Degree Program
Executive certificates Executive certificates
MOOCs MOOCs
Summer Programs Summer Programs
Youth programs Youth programs

Wooseok JUNG

Assistant Professor

Management & Human Resources

 Profile picture

Biography

Wooseok JUNG received his Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from Northwestern University, the Kellogg School of Management. His research focuses on the political interactions between corporations and their stakeholders with a broad interest in reputation and status. In his dissertation, he explains how status competition and rivalry prompt elite U.S. law firms to reinforce their social performance by changing internal reward systems and acquiring new partners. His work has appeared in a leading scholarly journal, the American Journal of Sociology. He serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for various academic journals, and is a member of the Academy of Management and the American Sociological Association.

Scientific articles

Issue Bricolage: Explaining the Configuration of the Social Movement Sector, 1960–1995

American Journal of Sociology, July 2014, vol. 120, n° 1, pp 187-225, (in coll. with B. KING, S. A. SOULE)

Proceedings

Educational Prestige and Gender Differences in Financial Crisis Experiences

Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the AOM , 2019 , Boston , 2019 , 1 (R. BARBULESCU)

Female Penalty or Female Premium?

Proceedings of the 2018 Korean Sociological Association , 2018 , Seoul , 2018.05 (R. BARBULESCU)

Status Rebellion: When Lower Status Firms Differentiate Pro Bono Reward Strategy

Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the AOM , 2017 , Atlanta , 2017 , 1

Scientific articles

Issue Bricolage: Explaining the Configuration of the Social Movement Sector, 1960–1995

American Journal of Sociology, July 2014, vol. 120, n° 1, pp 187-225, (in coll. with B. KING, S. A. SOULE)

Proceedings

Educational Prestige and Gender Differences in Financial Crisis Experiences

Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the AOM , 2019 , Boston , 2019 , 1 (R. BARBULESCU)

Female Penalty or Female Premium?

Proceedings of the 2018 Korean Sociological Association , 2018 , Seoul , 2018.05 (R. BARBULESCU)

Status Rebellion: When Lower Status Firms Differentiate Pro Bono Reward Strategy

Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the AOM , 2017 , Atlanta , 2017 , 1

Education

  • Ph.D., Management Organizations, Kellogg School of Management - USA
  • M.A. Sociology, Yonsei University - South Korea
  • B.A., Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Yonsei University - South Korea

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2016- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
  • 2016- Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, European Group for Organization Studies, American Sociological Association (Economic Sociology/Organizations, Formal Complex)

Editorial activities

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer: Strategic Management Journal, American Journal of Sociology, Academy of Management Conference
  • Contributor, The ASQ blog (ASQblog.com)