Mooweon Rhee
Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Management
Cooperating Graduate Faculty of Sociology
Shidler College of Business
University of Hawaii
2404 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
mooweon@hawaii.edu
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Ph.D., Stanford University (1998-2003)
Graduate School of Business
Department of Organizational Behavior
Co-chairs: James G. March & Pamela R. Haunschild
Ph.D. Student, UCLA (1997-1998)
The Anderson Graduate School of Management
Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
M.B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1991-1993)
Graduate School of Business
Co-advisors: Sei-Chull Oh & Yong-Hak Kim
B.B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1987-1991)
College of Business
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2008-present)
Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professor (2009-present)
Shidler College Faculty Fellow, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2007-2008)
Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2004-2008)
Cooperating Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii, Department of Sociology (2007-present)
Associate Faculty, University of Hawaii, Center for Korean Studies (2005-present)
Co-director, Stanford Project on Entrepreneurial Education (2003-2004)
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business (2003-2004)
Research Associate, Stanford Project on Software / Incubating Industry in East Asia (2000-2003)
Research Associate, Stanford Project on Globalization in the Silicon Valley Workplace (1999-2000)
Instructor, Seoul National University of Technology, Korea (1997)
Research Associate, POSCO Research Institue, Korea (1995-1996)
Air Traffic Controller, Korean Army, Korea (1993-1995)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organizational Learning
Organizational Identity/Reputation
Social Networks
Asia-Based Theories of Organizations
TEACHING
Organization Theory (Ph.D. Students)
Strategic Management (Undergraduate Students)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Academic Associations
• The 2010 Winner of Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award (with Young-Choon Kim), Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle (2011)
• The National Research Foundation of Korea Grant (with Taeyoung Yoo and Reinhard Bachmann), Korean Government (2010-2013)
• Ascendant Scholar Award for 2009, Western Academy of Management, Midway (2009)
• The 2003 Winner of the West Publishing Best Paper Award (with Pamela R. Haunschild), Academy of Management, Seattle (2003)
• The 1999 Winner of the Annual IRRA (Industrial Relations Research Association; changed to Labor & Employment Relations Association) Student Writing Competition, Boston (2000)
University of Hawaii
• Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professorship (2009-present)
• Shidler College Faculty Fellowship (2007-2008)
• The 2007-2008 Winner of the Shirley M. Lee Research Award, Shidler College of Business
• The 2005-2006 Winner of the Shidler College of Business Research Award
• Research Productivity Award (2005-2008)
• Research Award from CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) (2004-2006, 2009)
• Research Award for the Financial Times Top-40 Journal Publication (2004, 2006, 2009)
Stanford University
• David S. Tappan, Jr. Fellowship (2002-2003)
• Clarke A. and Elizabeth Stuart Nelson Fellowship (2002-2003)
• C. Gordon Knight Fund (2001-2002)
• Leland F. and Margaret Perry Johnson Fellowship (2001-2002)
• William F. Miller Award (1999)
• John A. McCarthy Memorial Fellowship (1998-2000)
UCLA
• Graduates Excellence Fellowship (1997–1998)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals and Book Chapters
Rhee, Mooweon, and Tohyun Kim. 2013. “Exploration and exploitation.” In D. J. Teece and M.-A. Augier (eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management: forthcoming. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rhee, Mooweon, and Tohyun Kim. 2012. “After the collapse: A behavioral theory of reputation repair.” In M. L. Barnett and T. G. Pollock (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Reputation: forthcoming. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rhee, Mooweon, and Robin J. Hadwick. 2011. “Repairing damages to reputations: A relational and behavioral perspective.” In R. J. Burke, G. Martin, and C. L. Cooper (eds.), Corporate Reputation: Managing Threats and Opportunities: 305-325. Surry: Gower Publishing.
Kim, Young-Choon, and Mooweon Rhee. 2010. “The contingent effect of social networks on organizational commitment: A comparison of instrumental and expressive ties in a multinational high-technology company” Sociological Perspectives, 53: 479-502.
(The 2010 Winner of Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award, Pacific Sociological Association)
Kang, Jina, Mooweon Rhee, and Ki H. Kang. 2010. “Revisiting knowledge transfer: Effects of knowledge characteristics on organizational effort for knowledge transfer.” Expert Systems with Applications, 37: 8155-8160.
Rhee, Mooweon. 2010. “The pursuit of shared wisdom in class: When classical Chinese thinkers meet James March.” Academy of Management Learning & Education, 9: 258-279.
Chai, Sun-Ki, and Mooweon Rhee. 2010. “Confucian capitalism and the paradox of closure and structural holes in East Asian firms.” Management and Organization Review, 6: 5-29.
Rhee, Mooweon. 2009. “Does reputation contribute to reducing organizational errors? A learning approach.” Journal of Management Studies, 46: 676-703.
Kim, Tohyun, and Mooweon Rhee. 2009. “Exploration and exploitation: Internal variety and environmental dynamism.” Strategic Organization, 7: 11-41.
Rhee, Mooweon, and Michael E. Valdez. 2009. “Contextual factors surrounding reputation damage with potential implications for reputation repair.” Academy of Management Review, 34: 146-168.
Rhee, Mooweon, and Ji-Hwan Lee. 2008. “The signals outside directors send to foreign investors: Evidence from Korea.” Corporate Governance: An International Review, 16: 41-51.
Rhee, Mooweon. 2007. “The time relevance of social capital.” Rationality and Society, 19: 367-389.
Rhee, Mooweon, Young-Choon Kim, and Joon Han. 2006. “Confidence in imitation: Niche-width strategy in the UK automobile industry.” Management Science, 52: 501-513.
Rhee, Mooweon, and Pamela R. Haunschild. 2006. “The liability of good reputation: A study of product recalls in the U.S. automobile industry.” Organization Science, 17: 101-117.
Jang, Yong Suk, and Mooweon Rhee. 2006. “Resource mobilization and business incubation: The case of Korean incubators.” Development and Society, 35: 29-46.
Haunschild, Pamela R., and Mooweon Rhee. 2004. “The role of volition in organizational learning: The case of automotive product recalls.” Management Science, 50: 1545-1560.
Rhee, Mooweon. 2004. “Network updating and exploratory learning environment.” Journal of Management Studies, 41: 933-949.
Kim, Yong-Hak, and Mooweon Rhee. 2000. (written in Korean) “Manufacturing trust in small firms networks: The case of C-family.” Social Critics, 25: 100-128.
Refereed Proceedings
Rhee, Mooweon, and Pamela R. Haunschild. 2003. “The liability of good reputation: A study of product recalls in the U.S. automobile industry.” The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
(The 2003 West Publishing best paper winner, Academy of Management)
Rhee, Mooweon. 2000. “The effects of network structure and content on learning environments in the workplace.” Proceedings of the 52nd IRRA (Industrial Relations Research Association) Meeting, 280-296.
(The 1999 winner of the annual IRRA student writing competition)
Teaching Cases
Kim, Jae-Gu, Mooweon Rhee, and William P. Barnett. 2008. “Hyundai motor company in China.” Stanford Graduate School of Business / Harvard Business School, Case Number: IB91.
Rhee, Mooweon, William P. Barnett, and James G. March. 2003. “Hyundai motor company.” Stanford Graduate School of Business / Harvard Business School, Case Number: SM122.
SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
Ad hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Business and Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Management Science, Organization Science
Faculty Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii (2005~present)
Member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils (2006~present)
Academic Member: Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, INFORMS
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