Office: Hilton 215
Phone: 310.338.7402
Email: ypaik@lmu.edu
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Areas of Expertise
• International Human Resource Management
• Global Strategic Alliances
• East Asian Business Studies
Biography
Yongsun Paik is a Management and International Business professor with an interest in international human resources management, cross-cultural management, expatriate management, international joint ventures, East Asian business management, and Latin American business studies. Prior to joining the faculty in 1991, Paik taught at the University of Washington. He has also served as a guest lecturer at Yonsei University and at Thunderbird’s American Graduate School of International Management. Paik is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of World Business and the Thunderbird International Business Review, former President of the Association of Korean Management Scholars, and a member of the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. He is a highly decorated academic where some of his honors include the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Award, Best Paper Award Nomination from the Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Best Paper Award from the Managerial + Organizational Cognition Division of the Academy of Management, Best Paper Award from the International Management Development Association, and the Most Outstanding Faculty Person Award from Delta Sigma Pi.
Education
| • PhD: |
University of Washington, Seattle (1991) |
| • MA: |
University of Texas (1986) |
| • BA: |
Yonsei University, Korea (1978) |
Recent Publications
• Paik, Y. and Parboteeah, K.P. and Shim, W. (2007). “The Relaiontship Between Perceived Reward, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Korean Companies in Mexico”, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(10): 1768-1781.
• Paik, Y. and Choi, D. (2007), “Control, Autonomy and Collaboration in the Fast Food Industry: A Comparative Study between Domestic and International Franchising,” International Small Business Journal, 25 (5), 533-553.
• Vance C., Groves, K., Paik, Y. and Kindler H. (2007), “Understanding and Measuring Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style for Enhanced Management Education and Professional Practices,” Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 6 (2), 167-185.
• Vance, C. and Paik, Y (2006). “Managing a global workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in International Human Resource Management,” New York: M. E. Sharpe Publications, August 2006.
• Vance, C., Paik, Y. and White, J. (2006), “Tracking Bias against the Selection of Female Expatriates: Implications and Opportunities for Business Education,” Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 48(6), 823-842.
• Vance, C. and Paik, Y. (2005), “Forms of Host Country National Learning for Enhanced MNC Absorptive Capacity,” Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 20(7), 590-606.