SEOK-EUN KIM

Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Arkansas (Fall 2007)
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Office: (479) 575-

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Research interests:
Nonprofit Management and Accountability; Organization Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations; Performance Measurement and Productivity; Organizational Change and Development;Public Trust and Bureaucratic Legitimacy; Research Methods

Education and Professional Experiences:

Ph. D., University of Georgia (School of Public and International Affairs), December 2002

M.P.A., Iowa State University, Ames, 1997

B.P.A., University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 1991

2004 -present     Assistant Professor, MPA program, Kansas State University.

2003-08/2004     Assistant Professor, MPA program, University of West Florida.

Selected Recent Scholarly Activities:

Forthcoming:

Seok-Eun Kim & Jung-Wook Lee. Is mission attachment an effective management tool for employee retention?: An empirical analysis of a nonprofit human services agency. Review of Public Personnel Administration

Yeo-Jin Kang, Seok-Eun Kim, and Gee-Weon Change. The impact of knowledge sharing on work performance: An empirical analysis of the public employees’ perceptions in South Korea. International Journal of Public Administration

2005

Seok-Eun Kim.  The role of trust in the modern administrative state: An integrative model. Administration & Society, 37 (5), 611-635.

Seok-Eun Kim. Balancing competing accountability requirements: Challenges in performance improvement of the nonprofit human service agency. Public Performance and Management Review, 29 (2), 147-165.

Seok-Eun Kim. Three management challenges in performance improvement in human service agencies: A case study. International Review of Public Administration, 10 (1), 85-93.

Robert T. Golembiewski, Jong I. Yoon, Seok-Eun Kim, & Jung W. Lee. Informing an apparent irony in OD applications: Good fit of OD and Confucian work ethic. In R. Woodman & W. A. Pasmore (Eds.). Research in Organizational Change and Development (Vol. 15, pp. 241-274). New York: Elsevier.

2004

Robert T. Golembiewski, & Seok-Eun Kim.  Perspective on Appleby and organizational analysis. In P. L. Sanjeev Reddy (Ed.). IJPA's Golden Jubilee Volume in Honor of Dean Paul H. Appleby. Indian Institute of Public Administration.

2003

Seok-Eun Kim. Networks, organizational. In J. Rabin, & M. Kelly (Eds.), Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Robert T. Golembiewski, Jong I. Yoon, & Seok-Eun Kim. (2003). Responsible freedom as the goal in OD, III: Confucian work ethic as the base. In R. T. Golembiewski (2nd Ed.). Ironies in organizational development (pp. 211-229). New York: Marcel Dekker.

2001

Seok-Eun Kim. Public trust in government agencies: Basic conceptual considerations. In M. A. Rahim, R. T. Golembieski, & K. D. Mackenzie (Eds.), Current topics in management (Vol. 6, pp. 331-351). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.