Sung-Choon Kang is a professor of Human Resource Management and a former associate Dean of Student Affairs at Seoul National University Business School. Prior to joining SNU in 2008, He was an assistant professor at Korea University from 2006 to 2007. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from SNU and received his PhD in Human Resource Management from Cornell University. His research has focused on Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Capital, Managing Star Employees and Professionals, Compensation, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, and Social Capital. His articles have appeared in top HRM journals such as Academy of Management Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Human Resource Management. He served on the editorial boards of Journal of Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Managment, Management and Organization Review, and Korean academy of Managment Journal.

[학력] Ph.D., Human Resource Management, Cornell University, 2006 MBA, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Seoul National University, 1994 BA, College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, 1992

[Work Experience] 2008.2-present. professor, Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University 2006.2-2008.2. Assistant professor, School of Business, Korea University 2005.8-2005.12. Visiting scholar, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University 1999.8-2005.5 Research Assistant, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University 1994. 8-1997.6 - Instructor, Department of Management, Korea Air Force Academy

[Professional Activities] LG전자사외이사, 롯데카드 사외이사, 롯데기업문화위원회 위원, 중앙노동위 공익위원, 한국경영학회 상임이사, 한국인사조직학회 이사. Editorial borad on Journal of Management and Asai Pacific Journal of Managmenent,  Ad hoc reviewer for Human Resource Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Strategic Entrepreneurial Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, The Service Industries Journal

[Awards and Honors] 2021 정진기언론문화상 우수상. 2nd Place, Ralph Alexander Dissertation Award, Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management, 2006. Teaching excellent award, Korea Air Force Academy. 1994. Research Grant from CIPD in UK (with Scott Snell & Shad Morris), 2004 Research Grant from Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) (with Scott Snell & Shad Morris), 2003 Undergraduate Student Fellowship, Seoul National University, 1988-91

[BOOKS]

1. Kinnie, N., Swart, J., Lund, M., Morris, S., Snell, S. & Kang, S.-C. 2006. Managing People and Knowledge in Professional Service Firms. London, UK: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
2. 강혜련 외 (공저). 2016.  『『K-매니지먼트 2.0: 지속가능한 혁신공동체를 향한 실천전략』클라우드 나인
3. 강성춘. 2020. 『인사이드 아웃: 사람이 만드는 기업의 미래 』21세기북스
4. 강성춘 외 (공저). 2026. 『인적자원관리: 역사 · 이론 · 제도 · 쟁점』율곡출판사

[PUBLICATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL REFERRED JOURNALS]

1. Kang, S.-C., Morris, S. S., & Snell, S. A. 2007. Relational Archetypes, Organizational learning, and value creation: Extending the human resource architecture. Academy of Management Review, 32(1): 236-256.
2. Kwon, S. W. Kim, M. S., Kang, S.-C., Kim, M. H. 2008. Employee reactions to gainsharing under seniority pay systems: The mediation effects of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. Human Resource Management. 47(4): 7457-776.
3. Kang, S.-C., & Snell, S. A. 2009. Intellectual capital architectures and ambidextrous: A framemework for human resource management. Journal of Management Studies, 46(1): 65-92.
4. Yanadori, Y., & Kang, S.-C. 2011. Intra-firm differentiation of compensation systems: Evidence from US high-technology firms. Human Resource Management Journal, 21(3): 236-257.
5. Kang, S.-C., & Yanadori, Y. 2011. Adoption and coverage of performance-related pay during institutional change: An integration of institutional and agency theories. Journal of Management Studies, 48(8):1837-1865.
6. Kang, S.-C., Snell, S. A., & Swart, J. 2012. Options-based HRM, intellectual capital, and exploratory and exploitative learning in law firms' practice groups. Human Resource Management, 51 (4), 461-485
7. Park, J., Kang, S.-C., & Kim, H. 2012. Does an Internal Labor Market Really Hinder Firm Innovatioin?. Academy of Management Proceedings. 
8. Kim, H., & Kang, S.-C. 2013. Strategic HR function and firm performance: The moderating effects of high-involvement work practices. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 30(1): 91-113.
9. Shin, J. Y, Kang, S.-C., Hyun, J.-H., & Kim, B.-J. 2015. Determinants and performance effects of executive pay multiple: Evidences from Korea. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 68(1): 53-78.
10. Dunford, B. B., Schleicher, D. J., Zhu, L., & Kang, S.-C. 2015. Unintended consequences of voluntary company stock investment. Academy of Management Proceeding.
11. Yun, Y. H., Sim, J. A., Lim, Y. J., Lim, C. I., Kang, S.-C., Kang, J. H., & Noh, D. Y. 2016. Development and Validity Testing of the Worksite Health Index: An Assessment Tool to Help and Improve Korean Employees’Health-Related Outcome. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(6), 623-630.
12. Sung, S. Y., Choi. J. N., Kang, S.-C. 2017. Incentive Compensation and Organizational Outcomes: Moderating Roles of Procedural Justice Climate and Environmental Turbulence. Human Resource Management. 56(2): 287-305.
13. Kang, S.-C. 2018. Reading the stars: Determining human capital's value in the hiring process. Human Resource Management, 57(1): 55-64.
14. Kim, K., Ok, C., Kang, S.-C., Bae, J., Kwon, K. 2021. High­performance work systems with internal and external contingencies: the moderating roles of organizational slack and industry instability. Human Resource Management, 60(3): 415-433.

[PUBLICATIONS AT KOREAN REFERRED JOURNALS]

1. Kang, S-C., & Bae, J. 2007. What is not social capital? Korean Journal of Management, 15(3): 225-252.
2. Kwon, S.W, Kim, M. S., & Kang, S.-C. 2007. The effects of internal and external equity on the organizational effectiveness. Korean Small Business Review, 29(1): 1-20
3. Kang, S.-C. 2008. Boundaryless careers and knowledge creation. Journal of Industrial Relations. 19: 65-86.
4. Kang, S.-C., & Yoon, H. 2009. Contextual fit for the use and effects of high performance work system. Korean Journal of Management, 17(4): 125-168.
5. Kang, C.-C., & Kim, T. G. 2009. Opinion leaders, social capital, and innovations in teams. Seoul Journal of Business, 15(2): 137-156.
6. Bae, J., & Kang, S.-C. 2010. The elements of learning: Coordination capacity and search scale. Korean Journal of Management, 18(2): 1-30.
7. Kang, S.-C., Park, J, & Park, H.-H. 2011. Strategic human resource management in Korea: Where are we today and where do we go from now. Korean Journal of Management, 19(2):51-108.
8. Chung, H. S., & Kang, S.-C. 2013. Sources of HR department power: Scale development and Validation. Seoul Journal of Business, 19(2): 95-126.
9. Kang, S.-C., & Lee, J. Y. 2017. Internal labor markets and firm innovation. Seoul Journal of Business, 23(2): 67-91.
10. Choi, J. Kim, H., Kang, S.-C., & Yeom, J. 2025. Developing a scale for measuring employer brand personality in Korean companies: Applying Aaker's brand personality model to the recruitment context. Seoul Journal of Business, 31(1): 93-124.