조승아 교수는 현재 경영대학에서 경영전략과 조직이론, 그리고 협상전략에 대해 연구 및 강의를 하고 있다. 미국 하버드 대학에서 경제학 학사, 그리고 컬럼비아 경영대학에서 석사 및 박사학위를 받았고 2007년에 서울대학교에 부임하기 전까지 미국New Jersey에 있는 Rutgers University 대학에서 조교수 및 (종신)부교수로 재직하였다. 서울대학교 국제처장(국제협력본부 본부장), 서울대학교 경영대학 학생부학장, 하버드 대학 총동문회 이사 및 한국 전략경영학회 부회장등을 역임하였다.

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[학력]

1. 미국 하버드 대학 학사 (경제학), 1990
   
2. 미국 컬럼비아 경영대학 석사(경영전략), 1996
   
3. 미국 컬럼비아 경영대학 박사 (경영전략), 1999
   

1. 경영전략
   
2. 조직이론/국제경영
   
3. 협상전략/전략적 의사결정
   

1. 서울대학교 경영대학 교수 (2008-현재)
   
2. 서울대학교 국제처 처장 (2022-2024)
   
3. 현대제철 (주) 사외이사 (2024-현재)
   
4. 하버드 대학 총동문회 (Harvard Alumni Association) 이사 (Elected Director) (2024-현재)
   
5. KT (주) 사외이사 (2023-2024)
   
6. 삼성 SDS (주) 사외이사 (2020-2024)
   
7. 서울대학교 경영대학 학생부학장(2020-2021)
   
8. 한국 전략경영학회 부회장 (2017-2018)
   
9. 하버드 대학 총동문회 (Harvard Alumni Association) 동아시아 담당 이사 (2018-2021)
   
10. 애큐온 캐피탈 (전 KT 캐피탈) (주) 사외이사 (2015-2019)
    
11. 서울대학교 국제처 부처장 (국제협력본부 부본부장) (2015-2016)
    
12. 한인경영학자협회 회장 (2014-2015)
    
13. 미국 Rutgers University 종신 교수 (1997-2007)
    

• Jürgen Hauschildt Prize, 2025. (An annual award for the best empirical publication on innovation management in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)


• Finalist for the Best Paper Award, Strategy Division, The 2022 Academy of Management Association Annual Conference.


• KSG Entrepreneurship Research Award, 2019 Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs, Vienna, Austria.


• Best Paper Award, 2019 European Academy of Management (EURAM).


• Finalist / Honorable Mention, 2018 Strategic Management Society Best Paper Prize.


• Best Paper Award, 2018 Strategic Management Society Cooperative Interest Group.


• The Best Conference Paper Award (Honorable Mention), 2018 Meeting of the Strategic Management Society.


• Elected as the Representative-at-Large, Strategic Management Society, Behavioral Strategy Interest Group, 2018-present.


• Appointed as the Director of Asia-Pacific Clubs and SIGs, Harvard Alumni Association, 2018-2021.


• The Best Conference Paper Award (Honorable Mention), 2018 Meeting of the Strategic Management Society.


• Institute of Management Research Grant, Seoul National University, 2008-2014.


• The Best Alliance Program Research Award, 2013.


• The Overseas Training Expense Program for Humanities & Social Sciences, Seoul National University, 2012.


• The Aspiring Researcher Program at Seoul National University, 2011.


• Young Faculty Research Award, Korea Research Foundation, 2009.


• Thomas H. Mott Award for Teaching Excellence, Rutgers Business School, 2004.


• Finalist, The William Newman Award for the Best Paper Based on Dissertation, Academy of Management, 2001.


• Rutgers Business School Technological Management Research Center Grant, 2003-2004.


• GE Teaching Fellow, 2000-2001.


• Rutgers University Research Council Grant, 1999-2006.


• Rutgers Business School Research Resource Committee Grant, 1999-2006.


• Recipient of With Distinction honors for the doctoral thesis (awarded to the top 1% of the doctoral candidates), Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1999.


• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, 1999-present.


• Columbia University Doctoral Fellowship, 1991-1995.


• Harvard College Scholarship, 1987-1990.


• Dean’s List, Harvard College, 1987-1990.


• First Place, The Korea Times Literary Competition, Non-Fiction Division (in Korean), 1990.


• Rotary Scholarship, 1986.

[학술실적]

• Ahn, S., Cho, T. S., Cho & Park, S. H. “Market entry decisions revisited: The case of biopharmaceutical firms in the midst of COVID-19,” Journal of Business Research, in press.


• Ahn, S., Cho, T.S. and Cho, C.K. 2025. “Stock Market Reaction to Environmental Performance: The Role of Organizational Reputation as an Interpretive Lens,” Organization & Environment, 36:440-470.


• Hanisch, M., Koenig, A., Haussler, C., Graf-Vlachy, L. and Cho, T. S. 2025. “Kindred spirits: Cognitive frame similarity and good faith provisions in strategic alliance contracts." Strategic Management Journal, 46:436-469.


• Mack, D., Cho. T.S. and Yi, A.C. 2024. “Attentional engagement and strategic responses to discontinuous environmental change: Evidence from the U.S. banking industry," Strategic Organization, 22:49-90.


• Ahn,S. and Cho. T.S. 2022. “The effects of analyst coverage on innovation strategy: A cognitive perspective,” The academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.


• Ahn, S., Cho, C.K. and Cho, T.S. 2021. “Performance feedback and organizational learning: The role of regulatory focus,” Management Decision, 59:616-637.


• Cho, C. K., Cho, T. S., and Lee, J. 2018. “Managerial attributes, consumer proximity, and corporate environmental performance,” Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.


• Cho, C. K. and Cho, T. S. 2018. “On averting negative emotion: Remedying the impact of shifting expectations,” Frontiers in Psychology.


• Hanisch, M., Koenig, A., Haussler, C., Graf-Vlachy, L. & Cho, T. S. 2018. “The Influence of cognitive frame similarity on contingency planning in strategic alliances,” The Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.


• Chung, D., Kang, J. and Cho, T. S. 2018. “TMT knowledge specificity, organization and search behavior on innovation: A contingency perspective,” International Journal of Technology Management, 78: 208-233.


• Choi, J. N., Sung, S. Y., & Cho, T. S. 2014. “Creative contribution of individuals in groups: Effects of goal orientation and participative safety,” Social Behavior and Personality, 41.


• Mack, D. and Cho, T. S. 2011. “SK Telecom R11; Going for the global leadership,” Asian Case Research Journal, 15:2.


• Ahn, K. J., Chae, H. W., Song, J. Y. and Cho, T. S. 2009. “The effects of founder-CEO attributes on alliance formation of venture startups: The social network perspective,” Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.


• Cho, T. S. and Shen, W. 2007. “Changes in executive compensation following an environmental shift: The role of top management team turnover,” Strategic Management Journal, 28:747-754.


• Cho, T. S. and Hambrick, D. 2006. “Attention as the mediator between top management team characteristics and strategic change: The case of airline deregulation,” Organization Science, 17:453-469.


• Cho, T. S. 2006. “The effects of executive turnover on top management team's environmental scanning behavior after an environmental change,” Journal of Business Research, 59:1142-1150.


• Shen, W. and Cho, T. S. 2005. “Exploring involuntary executive turnover through a managerial discretion framework,” Academy of Management Review, 30:843-862.


• Hambrick, D.C., Finkelstein, S., Cho, T.S., and Jackson, E. M. 2005. “Isomorphism in reverse: Institutional theory as an explanation for recent increases in intraindustry heterogenity and managerial discretion,” Research in Organizational Behavior (Issue 26). Staw, B. and Kramer, R. M. (Ed). Berkeley: Elsevier.


• Cho, T. S. 2001. “The Effects of top executive team composition, pay structure and attention on strategic change: A case of airline deregulation,” Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings (nominated for the William Newman Best Paper Award Based on Dissertation).


• Hambrick, D. C., Cho, T. S., and Chen, M. J. 1996. “The influence of top management team heterogeneity on firms' competitive moves," Administrative Science Quarterly, 41: 659-684. Reprinted in Corporate Governance in the New Global Economy, 2004. Keasey, K., Thompson, S. and Wright, M. (Ed.). Surrey, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.


• Cho, T. S., Hambrick, D. C. and Chen, M. J. 1994. "The effects of top management characteristics on competitive behaviors of firms," Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.


[KCI Journals]



• Ahn, S. H. & Cho, T.S. 2025. “Linguistic Framing of Information Disclosure and Analysts’ Evaluation of Innovation Strategy.” Korean Journal of Management (인사조직연구), 25: 27-55.


• Choi, W.S., Ahn, S. H. & Cho, T.S. 2021. “Interfirm rivalry in action: An exploratory study of multiplex theaters in Korea,” Korea Business Review, 25: 27-55.


• Cho, T. S. 2011. “Environmental scanning behavior of the top managers: A regulatory focus model,” Seoul Journal of Business. Vol. 17(2): 151-166.


• Cho, T. S. 2011.”Exploring the effects of macrocultural forces on institutional isomorphism,” Journal of Strategic Management. 14 (2): 77-92.


• Cho, T. S. 2009. “Managerial attention and organizational adaptation following an environmental shift,” Korean Management Review.


• Ahn, K.J., Chae, H., Song, J. and Cho, T. S. 2009. “The effects of founder-CEO attributes on alliance formation of venture start-ups: A social network perspective,” Korean Business Review, 38 (6): 1545-1572.