Sangchan Park is Associate Professor of Management and Organization at KAIST College of Business. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His research explores issues related to organization theory and strategic management with a focus on the legitimation of non-legitimate ideas, novel technologies, and work practices, such as the emergence and spread of renewable energy and corporate sustainability. His research has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Organization, Organization & Environment, Journal of Business Research, Work and Occupations, and Korean Journal of Management, among others.


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Education

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, 2008.

Career

Professional Appointments:
2014-Present: Assistant, Associate Professor, KAIST
2025: Visiting Professor, SKK Business School
2019-2020: Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
2013-2014: Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University
2008-2013: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

Industry Advisory Activities

SK, SERI, WFRI, AER and various startups

Publications (patents, etc.)

2026 "How do multidivisional firms select executives?: Balancing interdivisional transfers, intradivisional appointments, and external recruitment." Journal of Business Research, forthcoming. (with Sea-Jin Chang and Young-Choon Kim).

2025 "National circumstances matter: How climate change vulnerability and political instability affect greenhouse gas coverage in nationally determined contributions. Environmental Science and Policy, 175: 104283. (with Jaeeun Koo and Yunsung Lee). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104283

2024 "Inter-unit executive redeployment in multiunit firms: Evidence from Korean Business Groups." Organization Science, 35(3): 815-834. (with Sea-Jin Chang and Young-Choon Kim). https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.14525

2024 "Polyarchy and project performance in open, distributed forms of innovation." Strategic Organization, 22(4): 797-824 (Junyeong Lee and Heeseok Lee). https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270221145567

2022. "Shared fate and entrepreneurial collective action in the U.S. wood pellet market." Organization Science, 33(5): 2065-2083 (with Shon Hiatt). https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1532
- 2016 People’s Choice Award, Alliance for Research in Corporate Sustainability
- 2016 Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, ONE Division

2022. "Institutional influence on innovation-oriented market creation and entrepreneurship." Korean Journal of Management, 30: 71-100.

2022. "Ritual networks of difference and conflict: Accepting strangers into the workplace." Korean Journal of Management, 30: 135-160 (with Jonghoon Bae, Minsoo Kim, Young-Kyu Kim, and Seung-Yoon Rhee). http://dx.doi.org/10.26856/kjom.2022.30.3.135

2021. "Enhancing firm performance through intra-group managerial experience: Evidence from group-affiliated firms in Korea." Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 38: 435-465 (with Young-Choon Kim and Taekjin Shin). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-019-09671-3

2020. "The effects of renewable energy financial incentive policy and democratic governance on renewable energy aid effectiveness." Energy Policy. 145: 111682 (with Suyeon Yang). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111682

2020. "The halo effect and social evaluation: How organizational status shapes audience perceptions on corporate environmental reputation." Organization & Environment. 33(3): 464-482 (with Daegu Yang, Hyeonjin Cha, and Seobin Pyon). https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026619858878

2019. "Institutional decoupling and the limited implementation of certified environmental technologies." Journal of Environmental Management. 247: 253-262 (with Hyeonjin Cha). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.116

2018. "A contingent approach to energy mix policy." Energy Policy. 123: 749-758 (with Jiwon Kim). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.028

2017. "Institutional decoupling: Conceptual review and future research." Korean Journal of Management 25(3): 121-150 (with Dongsoo Kim and Hyeonjin Cha). http://dx.doi.org/10.26856/kjom.2017.25.3.121

2017. "Knowledge decoupling: An institutional approach to the gap between the creation and utilization of environmental technologies." Knowledge Management Research 18(1): 117-138 (with Hyeonjin Cha). https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4040043363748

2016. "Too much is as bad as too little? Sources of the intention-achievement gap in sustainable innovation." Sustainability 8(8), 712 (with Daegyu Yang). https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080712

2015. "Questions on organizational learning." Korean Journal of Management 24(4): 33-59 (with Young-Kyu Kim and Jonghoon Bae). https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4010024729614

2015. "Organizing knowledge ecosystems: The influence of organizational capabilities of platform leaders on multi-firm collaborations for knowledge creation." Knowledge Management Research 16(2): 1-27 (with Dong-Il Jung and Bo Kyung Kim). https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4040043110838

2013. "Lords of the harvest: Third-party influence and regulatory approval of genetically modified organisms." Academy of Management Journal 56(4): 923-944 (with Shon Hiatt). https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.0128

2013. "A multidimensional model of institutional embeddedness." Korean Journal of Management 21(3): 297-330 (with Sangmook Yi). https://scholar.kyobobook.co.kr/article/detail/4010023634494

2011. "Professions, organizations and institutions: Tenure systems in colleges and universities." Work and Occupations 38(3) 340-371 (with Wesley Sine and Pamela Tolbert). https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888411412725
- 2008 Best Paper Award, Administrative Science Association of Canada, Organizational Theory Division.

2010. "To share or not to share? Professional norms, reference groups, and information withholding among life scientists." Organization Science 21(4) 873-891 (with Martine Haas). https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0500

Research Areas

Research: Organization theory, institutional change and organizational innovation, business-government relations in emerging business sectors

Teaching: Organizational innovation and design, competitive environmental strategy, business and sustainability