Jiwook Jung
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
School of Labor and Employment Relations
- jwjung@illinois.edu
- (217) 300-4339
- (217) 244-9290
235 LER Building, 504 E. Armory Ave. Champaign, IL 61820
Education & Experience
PhD, Sociology, Harvard University, 2012
MA, Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2003
BA, Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2001
Jung was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore during 2012-2016.
Research Interests
Organizational Theory
Economic Sociology
Labor Markets
Corporate Governance
Social Inequality
Recent Publications
Godechot, Olivier, Paula Apascaritei, Dustin Avent-holt, Nina Bandelj, Alexis Baudour, István Boza, David Cort, Gergely Hajdu, Martin Hällsten, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Are Skeie Hermansen, Feng Hou, Jiwook Jung, Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela, Joe King, Naomi Kodama, Alena Krizkova, Zoltán Lippényi, Elvira Marta, Silvia Maja Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Andrew Penner, Trond Petersen, Andreja Poje, William Rainey, Halil Sabanci, Mirna Safi, Matthew Soener, Max Thaning, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. 2024. “The Great Separation: Top Earner Segregation at Work in High Income Countries.” American Journal of Sociology 130(2): 439-495.
Jung, Jiwook, and Tom VanHeuvelen. 2024. “Power Resources of Labor and the State Politics of Corporate Downsizing.” Socio-Economic Review 22(3): 1501-1530.
Pernell, Kim, and Jiwook Jung. 2024. “Rethinking Moral Hazard: Government Protection and Bank Risk-Taking.” Socio-Economic Review 22(2): 625-653.
Godechot, Olivier, Nils Neumann, Paula Apascaritei, István Boza, Martin Hallsten, Lasse Henriksen, Are Hermansen, Feng Hou, Jiwook Jung, Naomi Kodama, Alena Křížková, Zoltán Lippényi, Elvira Marta, Silvia Maja Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Halil Sabanci, Matthew Soener, and Max Thaning. 2023. “Ups and Downs in Finance, Ups without Downs in Inequality.” Socio-Economic Review 21(3): 1601-1627
Penner, Andrew, Trond Petersen, Are Hermansen, Anthony Rainey, István Boza, Marta Elvira, Olivier Godechot, Martin Hällsten, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Feng Hou, Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela, Joe King, Naomi Kodama, Tali Kristal, Alena Křížková, Zoltan Lippenyi, Silvia Melzer, Eunmi Mun, Paula Apascaritei, Dustin Avent-Holt, Nina Bandelj, Gergely Hajdu, Jiwook Jung, Andreja Poje, Halil Sabanci, Mirna Safi, Matthew Soener, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Zaibu Tufail. 2023. “Within-Job Gender Pay Inequality in 15 Countries.” Nature Human Behaviour 7(2): 184-189.
Bascle, Guilhem, and Jiwook Jung. 2023. “Caught in an Expectations Trap: Risks of Giving Securities Analysts What They Expect.” Organization Science 34(1): 176-196.
Courses
LER 590EC Executive Compensation
LER 566 International HR Management
LER 590X Macro Research Methods
