KYUNGMIN BAEK Department Address Home Address Department of Sociology 425 13 th Ave. University of Minnesota SE #1101 909 Social Sciences Building Minneapolis, MN, 55414 269 19 th Ave. South 612-236-7876 Minneapolis, MN. 55455 baekx016@umn.edu EDUCATION: Ph.D. Department of Sociology, (Expected, Spring 2014) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Minor: Business Administration Committee: Erin L. Kelly (Advisor), David Knoke, Elizabeth H. Boyle (Chair), Andrew H. Van de Ven (Carlson School of Management). Dissertation: The Adoption and Outcomes of ISO 14001across Korean Business Firms M.A. Department of Sociology, 2007 Korea University, Seoul, Korea Master Thesis: North Korean Defectors Social Capital and their Adjustment B.A. Department of Sociology, 2004 (Summa cum laude) Korea University, Seoul, Korea AREAS OF INTERESTS: Organizational Theory; Economic Sociology; Corporate Social Responsibility; Law and Social Policy; Asian Business Firms; Statistics PUBLICATIONS (In Peer-Reviewed Journals): Baek, Kyungmin and Erin L. Kelly. Forthcoming Noncompliance with Parental Leave Law in Korean Organizations: Extending Institutional Research to a New Legal Context Law & Social Inquiry (listed in SSCI) [Lead author on developing argument, drafting, revision, modeling decision, etc.] Baek, Kyungmin, Erin L. Kelly and Yong Suk Jang. 2012 Work Family Policies in Korean Organizations: Human Resources Management and Institutional
Explanations. Asian Business & Management 11(5): 515-539. (Lead article; listed in SSCI) [Lead author on developing argument, drafting, revision, modeling decision, responses to reviewers, etc.] OTHER PUBLICATIONS Lee, Hang Young, Kyungmin Baek, and Yong Suk Jang. 2007. The Expansion of Outside Directorate in Korea: Agency Control, Resource Dependency and Neo Institutional Perspectives Korean Journal of Sociology 41(2): 27-66 (In Korean) [Contributed significantly to analytic plan, modeling decision, extensive manuscript revision before and after reviews, etc.] Baek, Kyungmin, and Ki Tae Park. 2013. Noncompliance with Paternity Leave Provisions across Korean Workplaces: Focusing on Two Types of Noncompliance Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy 13(2): 155-185 (In Korean) [Lead author on developing argument, drafting, revision, modeling decision, responses to reviewers, etc.] WORKS IN PROGRESS: Baek, Kyungmin. Corporate Social Responsibility Department across Korean Organizations: Institutional and Economic Approaches, (Under review) Baek, Kyungmin. What Motivates Firms to be Environmentally Responsible? Institutionalization Processes in Korea (Draft available) Kim, Minzee, Kyungmin Baek, and Yong Suk Jang. The Structural Bases of Social Trust (Draft available) [Contributing significantly to analytic plan, modeling decision, extensive manuscript revision, etc.] Baek, Kyungmin. Who does Win the Race?: Green Ranking in Korea (In preparation) Baek, Kyungmin Moon Suk Cho, Jang Hoon Chung and Yong Suk Jang. Employee-Friendly Organizations?: Employee Benefits Programs across Korean Organizations (In preparation) [Lead author on developing argument, drafting, revision, modeling decision, etc.]
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Baek, Kyungmin. What Motivates Firms to be Environmentally Responsible? Institutionalization Processes in Korea Paper was presented at the 5 th Annual Meeting of the Alliance of Research on Corporate Sustainability, San Francisco, CA, 2013. Baek, Kyungmin. Corporate Social Responsibility Department across Korean Organizations: Institutional and Economic Approaches Paper was presented at the 4 th Annual Meeting of the Alliance of Research on Corporate Sustainability, New Haven, CT, 2012. Baek, Kyungmin and Erin L. Kelly. Noncompliance with Parental Leave Policy of Korean Organizations: Extending Institutional Research to a New Legal Context Paper was presented at the 105 th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, 2010. Baek, Kyungmin and Erin L. Kelly. Noncompliance with Parental Leave Policy of Korean Organizations: Extending Institutional Research to a New Legal Context Sociology Workshop Series, University of Minnesota, MN, 2009. Kim, Minzee, Kyungmin Baek, and Yong Suk Jang. The Structural Bases of Social Trust Paper was presented at the 104 th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2009. Baek, Kyungmin, Erin L. Kelly, and Yong Suk Jang. Adoption vs. Practice? Work Family Policies in Korean Organizations Paper was presented at the 103 rd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, 2008. Baek, Kyungmin, Dong-ju Lee, Yong Suk Jang, Gru Han, and Chan-Ung Park. The Expansion of Maternity Benefits Policies in Korean Firms: The Effects of Internal Labor Market and Institutional Environment Paper presented at the 102 nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, 2007. Lee, Hang Young, Kyungmin Baek, and Yong Suk Jang. The Expansion of Outside Directorate in Korea: Agency Control, Resource Dependency and Institutional Perspectives Paper presented at the 102 nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, 2007. Lee, Hang Young, Kyungmin Baek and Yong Suk Jang. Is It a Victory of Justice? Worldwide Abolition of Death Penalty Paper presented at the 101 st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2006.
AWARDS: Baek, Kyungmin, and Hang Young Lee. The Human Rights of Labor in the view of New Institutionalism, Paper presented at the 100 th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA. 2005. Anna Welsch Bright Research Award, University of Minnesota, $2,000 (Summer. 2012) Graduate Research Partnership Program, University of Minnesota, $5,000 (summer, 2009) Professional Development Award, University of Minnesota, ($450, Summer, 2008; $372, Summer, 2010; $750, Summer, 2012) Dean s List, Korea University, (1999-2000 & 2002-2004) Academic Excellence Scholarship, Korea University, $8500 (2000-2004) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Ad hoc Reviewer for Social Science Research; Asian Business & Management; Strategic Management Society Conference COMMUNITY SERVICES: Council member at The Lord s Church of Minnesota (2011-present) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant, University of Minnesota -Youth Development Study (Spring, 2008) - Data Analysis - Corporate Family Policies Project (Summer, 2013) - Data Analysis & Literature Review TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor (Full responsibility), University of Minnesota - Organizations and Society (Summer, 2011) Lab Instructor, University of Minnesota - Basic Social Statistics (Fall, 2009; Spring, 2010; Summer, 2010; Spring, 2011; Spring, 2013) - Advanced Social Statistics (Graduate level: Spring, 2011; Spring, 2012) Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota
- Introduction to the American Criminal Justice (Fall, 2008; Spring, 2009) - Terrorist Networks and Counter Terror Organizations (Fall, 2010) - Social Theory (Fall, 2011) - Sociology of Youth: Transition to Adulthood (Spring, 2012) - Organizations and Society (Fall, 2012) - Grading students papers PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: SKILLS: American Sociological Associations (Section: Organizations, Occupations, and Work) Alliance of Research on Corporate Sustainability Proficiency in using software including STATA, SPSS, and LISREL REFERENCES: Available upon request