Faculty
Professor Introduction
Woo-Jong Lee is a professor of accounting at SNU Business School. He is or has been a member of governing boards of public and private companies, advisory boards of not-for-profit entities, and editorial boards of scholarly journals.
CV (English)
CV (English)
Education & Experiences
[Academic Experience]
- Professor (tenured), Seoul National University (2020-present)
- Associate Professor, Seoul National University (2016-2019)
- Assistant Professor, Seoul National University (2015)
- Associate Professor (tenured), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2014-2015)
- Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008-2014)
- Ph.D. in Business Administration (accounting concentration), Seoul National University
- Bachelor in Business Administration, Seoul National University
[Teaching]
- Accounting Principles (Undergraduate)
- Accounting Analytics (MBA, Executive MBA)
Publications
- “An Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences in Asymmetric Labor Adjustment: Evidence from Korea”, with Meeok Cho, Jiwon Hyeon and Hee-Yeon Sunwoo, accepted for publication in Review of Accounting Studies
- “Organized Labor and Inventory Stockpiling”, with Sophia Hamm, Boochun Jung, and Daniel Gunhee Yang. The Accounting Review, 2022, 97 (2): 241-266
- "Asymmetric Inventory Management and the Direction of Sales Changes”, with Iny Hwang, Taejin Jung and Daniel Gunhee Yang. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021, 38 (1): 676-706
- “Political Uncertainty and Cost Stickiness: Evidence from National Elections around the World”, with Walid Saffar and Jeffrey Pittman. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2020, 37 (2): 1107-1139
- “Labor Unions and Income Smoothing”, with Sophia Hamm and Boochun Jung. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2018, 35 (3): 1201-1228
- “Do Managers Withhold Good News from Labor Unions?”, with Richard Chung, Bryan Byung-Hee Lee, and Byungcherl Charlie Sohn. Management Science, 2016, 62 (1): 42-68
- “Debt Financing and Accounting Conservatism in Private Firms”, with In-Mu Haw and Jay Junghun Lee. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2014, 31 (4): 1220-1259
- “Financial Reporting Quality and Labor Investment Efficiency”, with Boochun Jung and David P. Weber. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2014, 31 (4): 1047-1076
- “Does Information Risk Affect the Implied Cost of Equity Capital? An Analysis of PIN and Adjusted PIN”, with Lee-Seok Hwang, Seung-Yeon Lim, and Kyung-Ho Park. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2013, 55 (2-3), 148-167
See more publications here.