이무원 Mooweon Rhee
Underwood Distinguished Professor,
Hyundai Motors and YSB Research Chair Professor,
Professor of Management, School of Business, Yonsei University
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University (1998-2003)
Department of Organizational Behavior
Co-chairs: James G. March & Pamela R. Haunschild
Ph.D. Student, UCLA (1997-1998)
The Anderson Graduate School of Management
Department of Management and Organizations
M.B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1991-1993)
Co-advisors: Sei-Chull Oh & Yong-Hak Kim
B.B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1987-1991)
Work Experience
Underwood Distinguished Professor/Hyundai Motors and YSB Research Chair Professor/Professor of Management, Yonsei University, School of Business
International Research Fellow, Centre for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford, Said Business School (2015-2018)
Associate Director, Yonsei Business Research Institute, Yonsei University, School of Business (2015-2016)
Shidler College Distinguished Professor/Professor of Management, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2012-2013)
Cooperating Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii, Department of Sociology (2007-2013)
Associate Faculty, University of Hawaii, Center for Korean Studies (2005-2013)
Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professor (2009-2012)
Associate Professor of Management, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2008-2012)
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yonsei University, College of Business (2010)
Shidler College Faculty Fellow, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2007-2008)
Assistant Professor of Management, University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business (2004-2008)
Co-director, Stanford Project on Entrepreneurial Education (2003-2004)
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business (2003-2004)
Research Associate, Stanford Project on Software / Incubating Industry in East Asia (2000-2003)
Research Associate, Stanford Project on Globalization in the Silicon Valley Workplace (1999-2000)
Instructor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea (1997)
Research Associate, POSCO Research Institue, Korea (1995-1996)
Air Traffic Controller, Korean Army, Korea (1993-1995)
Awards & Honors
Academic Associations
• Linsu Kim Academic Award, Korean Academy of Management (2023)
• The 1st K-Innovation Growth Excellence Award, the Minster of Trade, Industry and Energy (2023)
• The 2020 Winner of the Excellent Paper Award (with Soyeon Kim and Minhyung Cho), The Korean Society of Business Venturing (2020)
• Humanities and Social Sciences Excellent Scholars Program, Korean Government (2020-2025)
• The National Research Foundation of Korea Grant, Korean Government (2020-2021)
• The 2020 Winner of FIU / AIB Best Theory Paper Award, Academy of International Business (2020)
• The 7th Middle-aged Scholar Management Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (KASBA) (2018)
• The National Research Foundation of Korea Grant, Korean Government (2017-2018)
• The 2017 Winner of the Best Paper Award (with Sang-Eon Park and Daegyu Yang), Korean Association of Human Resource Development (2017)
• Cho-Hun Academic Award, Alumni Association of the College of Business and Economics of Yonsei University, Seoul (2017)
• Appreciation Plaque, The 9th Linsu Kim Memorial Conference, Seoul (2016)
• International Scholarship Award, Korean Academy of Management, Seoul (2015)
• The Winner of the 2014 SO!WHAT Best Paper Award (with Tohyun Kim), Strategic Organization (2014)
• The 2010 Winner of Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award (with Young-Choon Kim), Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle (2011)
• The National Research Foundation of Korea Grant (with Taeyoung Yoo and Reinhard Bachmann), Korean Government (2010-2013)
• Ascendant Scholar Award for 2009, Western Academy of Management, Midway (2009)
• The 2003 Winner of the West Publishing Best Paper Award (with Pamela R. Haunschild), Academy of Management, Seattle (2003)
• The 1999 Winner of the Annual Labor and Employment Relations Associatoin Student Writing Competition, Boston (2000)
Yonsei University
• Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research, Education, and Service, Yonsei University (2022)
• Teaching Excellence Award for 2022, Yonsei School of Business (2022)
• Teaching Excellence Award for 2021, Yonsei School of Business (2021)
• Underwood Distinguished Professorship, Yonsei University (2015-present)
• Research Competitiveness Initiative Grants, Yonsei University (2018-22-0128)
• Future-Leading Research Initiative Grants (with Ji-Hyun Kim), Yonsei University (2017-2018)
• Teaching Excellence Award for 2014, Yonsei University (2015)
• Teaching Excellence Award for 2013, Yonsei School of Business (2014)
• Teaching Excellence Award for 2013, Yonsei University (2014)
• Hyundai Motors and YSB Research Chair Professorship (2013-present)
• New Faculty Seed Grants, Yonsei University (2013-22-0261)
University of Hawaii
• Shidler College Distinguished Professorship (2012-2013)
• Shidler College Distinguished Associate Professorship (2009-2012)
• Faculty Research Grants (2005-2011)
• Research Award from CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) (2004-2006, 2009)
• Shidler College Faculty Fellowship (2007-2008)
• The 2007-2008 Winner of the Shirley M. Lee Research Award, Shidler College of Business
• The 2005-2006 Winner of the Shidler College of Business Research Award
• Research Award for the Financial Times Top-40 Journal Publication (2004, 2006, 2009)
• Research Productivity Award (2005-2008)
Stanford University
• David S. Tappan, Jr. Fellowship (2002-2003)
• Clarke A. and Elizabeth Stuart Nelson Fellowship (2002-2003)
• C. Gordon Knight Fund (2001-2002)
• Leland F. and Margaret Perry Johnson Fellowship (2001-2002)
• Escondido Village Fellowship, 1999 – 2003
• William F. Miller Award (1999)
• John A. McCarthy Memorial Fellowship (1998-2000)
UCLA
• Graduates Excellence Fellowship (1997–1998)
Yonsei University
• Graduation with Honors (1991)
• The Bang Ilyoung Foundation Scholarship (1987-1991)
Research Interests
Organizational Learning
Organizational Identity/Reputation
Social Networks
Asia-based Theories of Organizations
Teaching
∙Organization & Management
Theory (Graduate)
∙Seminar in Contemporary
Organization Theories (Graduate)
∙Organizational Learning:
Opportunities and Traps
(Undergraduate)
Contact Info
주소: 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로 50
연세대학교 경영관 621호 (03722)
Address: Room 621, Building 212,
School of Business Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (03722)
E-mail: mooweon@yonsei.ac.kr
Tel: 82-(0)2-2123-2502
2010 - present
2010 - present
External Services & Affiliations
Co-president, Association of Korean Management Scholars (2017-)
Director, Korea Corporation Management Association (2016-2017)
Executive Director, Korea Association of Human Resources Development (2016-2017)
Senior Editor, Management and Organization Review (2013~2018)
Editorial Board, Korean Academy of Management Journal (2012-2016)
Executive Director, Korean Academy of Management (2014-2015)
Executive Director, Korean Academy of Organization and Management (2014-2015)
Guest Editor (with Mie Augier, James G. March, and Xueguang Zhou) for Management and Organization Review’s Special Issue on "Ambiguity and decision making in Chinese organizations and thought"
Ad hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Business and Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Management Science, Organization Science
Faculty Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii (2005~present)
Member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils (2006~present)
Academic Member: Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, INFORMS