Woo-Jong Lee is a professor of accounting at SNU Business School. He is or has been a member of governing boards of public and private companies, advisory boards of not-for-profit entities, and editorial boards of scholarly journals.

CV (English)

[Academic Experience]

• Professor (tenured), Seoul National University (2020-present)
• Associate Professor, Seoul National University (2016-2019)
• Assistant Professor, Seoul National University (2015)
• Associate Professor (tenured), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2014-2015)
• Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008-2014)
• Ph.D. in Business Administration (accounting concentration), Seoul National University
• Bachelor in Business Administration, Seoul National University

[Teaching]

• Accounting Principles (Undergraduate)
• Accounting Analytics (MBA, Executive MBA)

1. “An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences in Asymmetric Labor Adjustment: Evidence from Korea”, with Meeok Cho, Jiwon Hyeon and Hee-Yeon Sunwoo, accepted for publication in Review of Accounting Studies
2. “Organized Labor and Inventory Stockpiling”, with Sophia Hamm, Boochun Jung, and Daniel Gunhee Yang. The Accounting Review, 2022, 97 (2): 241-266
3. "Asymmetric Inventory Management and the Direction of Sales Changes”, with Iny Hwang, Taejin Jung and Daniel Gunhee Yang. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021, 38 (1): 676-706
4. “Political Uncertainty and Cost Stickiness: Evidence from National Elections around the World”, with Walid Saffar and Jeffrey Pittman. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2020, 37 (2): 1107-1139
5. “Labor Unions and Income Smoothing”, with Sophia Hamm and Boochun Jung. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2018, 35 (3): 1201-1228
6. “Do Managers Withhold Good News from Labor Unions?”, with Richard Chung, Bryan Byung-Hee Lee, and Byungcherl Charlie Sohn. Management Science, 2016, 62 (1): 42-68
7. “Debt Financing and Accounting Conservatism in Private Firms”, with In-Mu Haw and Jay Junghun Lee. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2014, 31 (4): 1220-1259
8. “Financial Reporting Quality and Labor Investment Efficiency”, with Boochun Jung and David P. Weber. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2014, 31 (4): 1047-1076
9. “Does Information Risk Affect the Implied Cost of Equity Capital? An Analysis of PIN and Adjusted PIN”, with Lee-Seok Hwang, Seung-Yeon Lim, and Kyung-Ho Park. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2013, 55 (2-3), 148-167