Sunkee Lee

Associate Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy; Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Associate Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy

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Education

• INSEAD - Ph D (Strategy) - 2017
• Seoul National University - MS - 2012
• Korea University - BBA - 2010

Research

Organization design; organizational learning; exploration/exploitation; incentives; spatial design; microfoundations of strategy

Publications

• Prior Experiences of Managers and Maladaptive Responses to Performance Feedback: Evidence from Mutual Funds
  (author(s): Vibha Gaba, Sunkee Lee, Philipp Meyer-Doyle, Amy Zhao-Ding)
  Organization Science, 2022
• Bridging Two Worlds: Application of Organizational Theory to Cardiac Surgery
  (author(s): Sunkee Lee, Jisoo Park, Arman Kilic)
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 114(3), 2022; 1055-1063
• Organizational Learning Processes and Outcomes: Major Findings and Future Research Directions

  (author(s): Linda Argote, Sunkee Lee, Jisoo Park)
  Management Science 67(9), 2021; 5301-5967

• Disentangling the Microfoundations of Acquisition Behavior and Performance
  (author(s): Philipp Meyer-Doyle, Sunkee Lee, Constance E. Helfat)
  Strategic Management Journal 40(11), 2019; 1733-1756
• Learning-by-Moving: Can Reconfiguring Spatial Proximity Between Organizational Members Promote Individual-level Exploration?
  (author(s): Sunkee Lee)
  Organization Science 30(3), 2019; 467-488
  
• Incentive Redesign and Collaboration in Organizations: Evidence from a natural experiment

  (author(s): Sunkee Lee, Phanish Puranam)
  Strategic Management Journal 38(12), 2017; 2333–2352

• Knowledge Transfer: Barriers, Methods, and Timing of Methods
  The Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning

  (author(s): Gabriel Szulanski, Sunkee Lee)
  Oxford University Press

• How Performance Incentives Shape Individual Exploration and Exploitation: Evidence from micro-data

  (author(s): Sunkee Lee, Philipp Meyer-Doyle)
  Organization Science 28(1), 2017; 19-38

• The Past, Present, and Future of Organizational Learning Research: A conversation with Professor Linda Argote

  (author(s): Sunkee Lee, Florian Rittiner, Gabriel Szulanski)
  Journal of Management Inquiry 25(1), 2015; 85-92

   

 Awards and Honors

• Organization Science - Outstanding Reviewer Award (2022)
• Tepper School of Business - Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Faculty Development Professorship (AY 2022-2024)
• Tepper School of Business - George Leland Bach Teaching Award for Excellence in the MBA Classroom (2022)
• Maekyung Media Group – Winner, MK-AKMS Young Scholar Award (2020)
• Tepper School of Business - Xerox Junior Faculty Chair (AY 2019-2020)
• BPS Division of Academy of Management - Winner, BPS Division Distinguished Student Paper Award (2017)
• Academy of Management - Winner, William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation (2017)
• Israel Strategy Conference - Finalist, Best Doctoral Student Paper Prize (2015)
• Strategic Management Society - Winner, Honorable Mention of the Best Conference Paper Prize (2015)
• Strategic Human Capital Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society - Finalist, Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Paper Prize (2015)
• Samsung Economic Research Institute - Winner, Best Doctoral Student Paper Scholarship (2015)

University Service

• Organizational Behavior and Theory Group Seminar Series, Organizer
• Salancik Dissertation Award, Committee Member

Professional Activities

• Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Organization Design (2021 -)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Organization Science (2020 -)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Management Journal (2019 -)
• Member, Academy of Management William Newman Award Committee (2019)
• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Strategy Science
• Chairperson, Academy of Management Annual Conference, Behavioral Strategy Track (2017)