Sun Hyun Park is Professor of Strategy and International Management at the College of Business, Seoul National University. He received his Ph.D. in Corporate Strategy from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Prior to joining SNU, he served as Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

Professor Park’s research focuses on how corporate managers cope with a firm’s external environment, which includes technological, institutional, and competitive dynamics. His research has been published in the leading journals of the field - Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He teaches topics in corporate strategy, corporate governance, and research methods both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Professor Park is a recipient of the Academy of Management Best Paper Award (OMT, 2010) and the Strategy Research Foundation Dissertation Scholar award (2011) from the Strategic Management Society. He also served as a global representative for the Organization and Management Theory division of the Academy of Management (2017-2019), the Editorial Review Board of Administrative Science Quarterly (2022-2024), and the International Corporate Governance Society. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Strategic Management Journal.

Education [학력]
Ph.D. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2012
M.B.A. Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University, 2003
B.B.A. College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, 2000

Academic Positions [경력]
Associate Professor, SNU Business School, 2016-2021
Assistant Professor, SNU Business School, 2014-2016
Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2012-2014
Instructor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2009

Awards and Honors [수상]
- Hyunwoo Award for Research Excellence, College of Business, Seoul National University, 2022
- Best Paper Award for "Diversity as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Synthesizing Social Categorial and Cognitive Diversity Dimensions" Korean Academy of Management Journal, 29(1): 143-174
- Best Paper Award for "Broken-tie-reconstitution of the Korean Independent Director Network: Corporate Elite Network, Resource Dependence and Inter-organizational Learning" Journal of Strategic Management, 24(3): 1-32
- Teaching Award, SNU Business School, 2016
- Best Paper Award for "Is Blood Thicker than Water? Sibling Rivalry and Strategic Change in Family Business Groups", with Seok Jin Ko, Strategic Management Society, Hong Kong Special Conference, 2016
- International Scholarship Award, Korean Academy of Management, 2016
- Emerging Scholar Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration, 2015
- Emerging Scholar Award, Korean Society of Strategic Management, 2015
- Pioneering Scholarship Research Grant, Seoul National University, 2015
- Dissertation Scholar Award, Strategic Management Society, Strategy Research Foundation, 2012
- Best Paper Award for "Helping Other CEOs Avoid Bad Press: Impression Management Support among CEOs toward Journalists", Organization and Management Theory Division, with James Westphal, Michael McDonald, and Mathew Hayward, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2011
- Gerald & Lillian Dykstra Fellowship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan (awarded for teaching and academic excellence), 2010-2011

Academic Service [학술봉사]
- Strategic Management Journal, Associate Editor, 2022-2025
- Administrative Science Quarterly, Editorial Review Board, 2022-2024
- International Corporate Governance Society, Director, 2022-current
- Research Committee, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management, 2017-2022

Research Interest [주요 연구분야]
기업전략, 기업 지배구조, 최고경영진과 기업 이사회의 전략적 의사결정 과정
Strategy; Corporate Governance; Sociology of Financial Markets; Social and Psychological Processes in Strategic Decision Making of the Top Management Team

Selected Journal Publications [in English]
[1] Jung H.J., Lee, Y.H. and Park, S.H., 2022, “Just Diverse Among Themselves: Performance Feedback and Board Diversity in Expertise and Ascriptive Backgrounds”, Organization Science, 34 (2), 657-679
- Time, “Board Diversity Is Sacrificed When Companies Underperform, Study Finds” (2022.08.09) https://time.com/6204684/board-diversity-underperformance/
- Fortune, “Board diversity declines when companies face financial pressure” (2022.08.12) https://fortune.com/2022/08/11/board-diversity-declines-when-companies-face-financial-pressure/
[2] Park, S.H., Chung, S. and Rajagopalan, N., 2021, “Be Careful What You Wish For: CEO and Analyst Firm Performance Attributions and CEO Dismissal”, Strategic Management Journal , 42(10):1880-1908
- Rajagopalan, N.,Park, S.H., and Chung, S. 2022 "Research: Why CEOs Shouldn’t Take All the Credit", "Harvard Business Review , https://hbr.org/2022/05/research-why-ceos-shouldnt-take-all-the-credit
[3] Park, S.H. and Patterson, K., 2020, “Being Counted and Remaining Accountable; Maintenance of Quarterly Earnings Guidance by U.S. Public Companies, Organization Science , 32(3):527-908
[4] Park, S.H. and Zhang, Y., 2020 “Cultural Entrepreneurship in Corporate Governance Practice Diffusion: Framing of “Independent Directors” by U.S.-Listed Chinese Companies”, Organization Science , 31(6):1313-1620
[5] Park, S.H., Zhang, Y. and Keister L., 2020 “Governance Innovations in Emerging Markets”, Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(2): 226R11;239
[6] Nahm, P. and Park, S.H., 2018, “Value of Friendship: Instrumental and Sentimental Motivations for Executive's Networking Behavior”, Academy of Management Annual Meetings Best Papers Proceedings
[7] Ko, S.J. and Park, S.H., 2017, "Is Blood Thicker than Water? Sibling Rivalry and Strategic Change in Family Business Groups", Academy of Management Annual Meetings Best Papers Proceedings
[8] Park S.H. and Westphal, J.D., 2013, “Social Discrimination in the Corporate Elite: How Status Affects the Propensity for Minority CEOs to Receive Blame for Low Firm Performance”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 58:542-586
[9] Westphal, J.D., and Park S.H., 2012, “Unintended Agency: Impression Management Support as a Trigger of Institutional Change in Corporate Governance”, Research in Organizational Behavior, 32: 23-46
[10] Westphal, J.D., Park, S.H., McDonald, M.L. and Hayward, M.L.A., 2012, “Helping Other CEOs Avoid Bad Press: Impression Management Support among CEOs towards Journalists”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 57:217-268 [won Best Paper Award for OMT Division of the Academy of Management, 2011]
[11] Park, S.H., Westphal, J.D., and Stern, I., 2011, “Set Up For a Fall: The Insidious Effects of Flattery and Opinion Conformity Toward Corporate Leaders”, Administrative Science Quarterly, 56: 257-302

Book Publications [in English]
[1] Westphal, J. and Park, S. H. 2020 Symbolic Management: Governance, Strategy, and Institutions . Oxford University Press.

Selected Publications [국내등재지, 리뷰논문]
[1] 박선현, 2021, 다양성의 전략적 가치: 사회정체성 다양성과 인지 다양성의 통합적 모색, 인사조직연구, 29(1): 143-174
[2] 박선현, 2021, 한국기업 사외이사 네트워크에서의 끊어진 연결 복구: 기업 엘리트집단, 자원의존, 조직학습 관점을 중심으로. 전략경영연구 24(3): 1-32.
[3] 박선현, 2020, 상징적 경영(Symbolic Management): 제도환경과 지배구조, 경영전략의 경계에서, 전략경영연구, 23(3): 117-142
[4] 박선현, 2015, 기업지배구조에 대한 행태주의적 연구의 현재와 미래, 전략경영연구, 18(2): 75-105